How to create a website with multiple web galleries that remain sync'd with LR?

[lpfertig]

Hi. I would like to publish LR collections as web galleries that remain sync'd with LR (i.e. LR edits are applied automatically to images in gallery). I know that I can do this by sharing a collection that is sync'd with LR Mobile, but that only publishes an individual web gallery and not a website with multiple sync'd galleries.

The only way I've found of doing this is to publish to Smugmug. Are there any alternatives? (I'm not a professional and do not need website commercialisation or (much) customisation.)

Thanks,

Paul

[Abambo]

Treat each gallery as an independent website, but in reality, it is only a subdirectory of a greater site.

Site:

www.mysite.com -> index page could be a static page pointing to the different galleries.

Gallery 1:

www.mysite.com/G1

Gallery 2:

www.mysite.com/G2

...

[john beardsworth · Accepted solution]

You will not find any web gallery where "LR edits are applied automatically to images in gallery". Technically it is possible, but usually you have to go through some other process or use a Publish Service.

One idea is to take a look at Adobe Portfolio. It comes with your CC subscription and uses the same images as LrMobile. It fails your "LR edits are applied automatically to images in gallery" but is quite simple. You can add text, change layouts, even get you own url.

Another route is based on the LrM collections at lightroom.adobe.com. As you know, it is possible to share your collections' URLs. But have you noticed you can copy a slideshow from there? You are copying a small bit of HTML which you can then put on your own web site, and this does display updated edits. Your site doesn't need to be fancy. I could suggest more detail if this is an option you might follow.

[lpfertig]

Thanks John and Abambo. I've started to use Adobe Portfolio but have become irritated at having to re-import images as and when they are edited further.

There is (I believe) a Lr plugin which allows collections published to Smugmug to be republshed automatically whenever source images are edited in Lr. That would meet my requirement of remaining sync'd with Lr.

I like the idea of creating a static page with pointers to LrM galleries. I'm just surprised that there is no plugin or whatever which will manage that all for me. I would have thought that my requirement is one that many people would have.

I didn't know that you could obtain a link to a LrM slideshow; I would appreciate some more detail about that.

Thanks,

Paul

[john beardsworth]

lpfertig  wrote

I didn't know that you could obtain a link to a LrM slideshow; I would appreciate some more detail about that.

With your web browser go to  Lr on the Web lightroom.adobe.com. Choose a collection that you have already shared, and click the pale blue Shared button at the top.

The next screen lets you edit the Share Settings and you need to click the second icon in the middle. The first one, which looks like infinity or chains, is a URL. But the second one looks like a tag and switches the main box to some HTML. You can then copy this and paste it into another web page.

John

[john beardsworth]

Also, go to Adobe Photoshop Lightroom  and see the May 10 notice - US style date 5/10/2017. You can now edit the background colours.

Here's an example of the HTML you cut and paste:

<div class='lr_embed' style='position: relative; padding-bottom: 50%; height: 0; overflow: hidden;'><iframe id='iframe' src='https://lightroom.adobe.com/embed/shares/XXXXXXXXXXXXX/slideshow?background_color=%23191919&color=%2...' frameborder='0'style='width:100%; height:100%; position: absolute; top:0; left:0;' ></iframe></div>

One detail that is important is the %23 which stands for # in a colour code, so %2319191 means #191919. You can also use rgb and rgba values.

[jamess30926689]

I can successfully embed a slideshow into a page on my web site.  How can I get the like and comment controls?  This is the key missing ingredient to making this feature useful for photographers wanting a semi-automatic workflow collaboration with our clients.

It's obviously possible since I can see the Adobe generated web page, but I need my customers to stay inside my site for a cohesive and professional experience.

[john beardsworth]

Actually, I think there are a few other missing ingredients!  But in any case you can't get those comment and like features onto your own site.

[jamess30926689]

Agree there's a lot of untapped potential.  If they'd modify the embed-able code with all the controls of the web page and not just the slide show buttons, I'd be happy.  Ideally, when the likes and comments resynced with my collection, they would be translated into fields I could filter on.  I'm glad they now allow FB authentication as an alternative to an adobe account, but that additional step of email verification in their implementation is overkill.