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HalGa1963
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November 27, 2018
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Reordering albums in the web gallery

  • November 27, 2018
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Hi Guys,

Adobe recently added a feature to Lightroom CC Web version: now you can publish one gallery with more individually published albums.

It would be a great option for a minimalist Travel Photo Journal site - if I could reorder (or at least reverse) the order of the albums.

The default order is date of publishing with the oldest post first - which might be OK for a portfolio site, but it is just the opposite of the "latest post first" blogging logic.

Did I miss something, and it is possible to reorder the albums? Or does anyone have any workaround?

Thanks in advance

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    Correct answer john beardsworth

    I don't believe you can change the order of albums in the gallery. OK, they seem to be in the order of being added, so maybe you can delete them and add them again.

    Alternatively, consider using your Adobe Portfolio pages which do allow reordering and also extra features like password protection.

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    MelissaLA88
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    November 27, 2018

    Hi, HalGa1963! Are you referring to reorganizing the images within the Album? If so, that is possible by selecting a Custom Order.

    Make sure the album is selected and then press the little menu at the bottom left to the screen. From there, select Custom Order.

    Make sure you then switch to Display environment and you can rearrange your images.

    I hope that helps

      john beardsworth
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      john beardsworthCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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      November 27, 2018

      I don't believe you can change the order of albums in the gallery. OK, they seem to be in the order of being added, so maybe you can delete them and add them again.

      Alternatively, consider using your Adobe Portfolio pages which do allow reordering and also extra features like password protection.

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      HalGa1963Author
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      November 27, 2018

      Dear John,

      Thanks for the answer.

      Deleting and adding again is OK if you have only a couple of albums, but if you have republish let say 20 albums again and again - it is killing.

      I have checked Portfolio, but it works for me also only with compromises.

      I have three requirements:

      1. Adding albums time by time to the website, and as it is a journal/blog, the latest post should appears first.
      2. Albums should have some internal structure: splitting to chapters with subtitles and descriptions.
      3. The albums should be synchronized with the original LR Classic catalog, in case of any modification of the photos or the selection.

      Lightroom Web Gallery meets the 2nd and 3rd requirements; but seems to miss the first one.

      Adobe Portfolio can import LR albums to ways:

      • either linking a complete album to one monolithic, unconfigurable grid (meeting req. number 1 and 3, but missing no.2)
      • or literally importing the photos to a quite flexible album structure, but then losing the link to the original files and albums, and as such, not meeting req. 3.

      It is a pity that it can't be done solely with Adobe products:-(
      Now I am considering to use some blog engine (Tumblr or Blogger). Then I can post the URLs of the individual shared LR web albums. Unfortunately I did not find a good enough template.


      Cheers
      Gabor

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