Archive for July, 2008

HEADS UP: Custom Host Name Changes Coming

Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008

If you use your own custom domain (like mine at Moon River Photography) on your SmugMug site, you’ll want to check out this thread on Dgrin for some very important changes that are happening now.
We’ll also be announcing this via release notes, and QuickNews.

SmugMug Sponsors Photo Contests

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008

SmugMug is proud to be sponsoring two photo contests that offer up some nice booty, and also some serious recognition to the winners!
The Pop Photo Contest: Show us your Skills – Enter Now! Here is your chance to gain recognition in The 15th Annual Popular Photography Photo Contest and have the opportunity to have [...]

Repeat after me: “Feeds are our friends!”

Saturday, July 5th, 2008

We get the question a lot at the the help desk: “How do I hide the feeds button?” Don’t do it! If you are a pro, use the feeds to your advantage. Google loves the feeds, for example. I just searched for “Sierras Workshop” and came up with this as [...]

Right Click Protection and Image Security

Friday, July 4th, 2008

We get this question at our help desk all the time: “HELP!!!! I thought I was protected, but so-and-so was able to get a copy of my photo from SmugMug! What Happened?????”
Right click protection is a mild deterrent, and it’s one part of your overall image security on SmugMug. It should not [...]