You can customize the settings for each of your galleries by clicking into the Gallery Settings. In this article, you'll find additional details for the settings in each section.
Remember that you can always save a gallery's settings as a Gallery Preset by toggling on the Save these settings as a Preset while in the Gallery Settings.
General
This section allows you to control when a gallery will be accessible and set a custom link.
| Gallery Access | |
| Active |
Makes the gallery live and viewable. |
| Inactive |
Makes the gallery not live and not viewable. |
| Pre-Released |
Allows you to collect visitor email addresses before the gallery is active. Learn more about Pre-Release |
| Date Options | |
| Shoot Date |
The date of the event or photoshoot. By default, this is the date of your upload. |
| Gallery Expiration Date |
At 11:59 pm, on this date (in your studio's time zone), the gallery will expire and become inactive. |
| Order Due Date |
The Order Due Date is a way to encourage clients to get their orders in quickly. Use this date in email templates and email campaigns sent to gallery visitors to remind them that their ordering period is ending. Gallery visitors are still able to place orders once the Order Due Date passes. |
| Release Date |
A gallery set to Pre-Released will automatically be released (made live for viewing) on this date. |
| Custom Link |
Create a customized URL for the gallery. |
Layout
Control the way your images are displayed to your clients.
| User Banner Image |
Shows cover image as a banner image in galleries and albums. |
| Intro Page |
Choose a layout to invite your clients into their gallery. |
| Photo Pages |
Select a vertical or horizontal arrangement for photos in the gallery. |
| Image Size |
Select between Large, Medium, and Small-sized images in the gallery. |
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Image Spacing |
Select between Large, Medium, and Small spaces between the images in the gallery. |
| Gallery Intro Message |
Choose to welcome visitors with a text or video message. These messages will display as visitors enter the gallery. |
Gallery
Give your gallery some color, additional options, and music!
| Color Set |
Select your color set. Color sets determine the fonts, colors, and logos displayed in the gallery. |
| Language |
Choose a language for text inside the client gallery. |
| Marketing Banner |
Add a banner that shows at the top of the gallery. |
| Show Filenames |
Enable filename visibility in the gallery. If enabled, file names show when a photo is clicked. |
| Add Music Playlist |
If you have a music plan, choose a playlist and select whether music automatically plays when entering the gallery. |
| Allow Social Sharing |
Show or hide social share options and enter text that will accompany the photos when a visitor shares on social media. |
| Allow Black & White Filtering |
Allow clients to view and order black & white versions of the gallery photos. |
| Homepage Link |
Set the website to which visitors will be sent when they click the Website link in the About tab of the gallery. |
Access & Privacy
Control how your clients will access the gallery.
| Gallery Access |
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Public |
Public galleries show on your ShootProof Portfolio Website. In a Public gallery, the brand name link in the top left corner of the gallery goes to ShootProof Portfolio Website. |
| Private |
Private galleries do not show on your ShootProof Portfolio Website. In a Private gallery, the brand name link in the top left corner of the gallery does not go ShootProof Portfolio Website and instead goes to the Photos section of the gallery. |
| Password-protect |
Only visitors with the password will be permitted to enter the gallery. |
| Require visitors to enter an email address |
Require all visitors to enter their email addresses to enter the gallery. This allows you to track visitor activity. |
Free Digitals
Allow your clients to download images from the gallery. You can take advantage of download rules that we've created for you or customize the digital rules for your clients here. You can add a custom print release to each rule you create. Learn more about all of the Free Digitals options here!
| Gallery |
Free Digitals rules that are set on the Gallery level are available to all visitors to the gallery unless you use a PIN to limit access. |
| Linked Contact |
Linked Contacts can have their own special set of rules for free digitals. |
| Album |
Set rules on each album you have created in the gallery. Gallery visitors will have access to album-level free digitals in addition to the gallery-level rules. |
Shopping Cart
This section allows you to add a shopping cart to your gallery and set additional options.
| Use Shopping Cart |
Toggle this on to enable sales through your gallery. Once this is turned on, you will see additional settings options for selling through the gallery. |
| Price Sheet |
Assign a price sheet to your gallery. |
| Minimum Order Amount (Optional) |
Set an optional minimum order amount. Clients will be prevented from placing an order if the total does not reach this amount. |
| Allow Cropping |
Lets clients crop the photos when ordering. The crop can still be changed before the order is submitted to the lab. |
| Enable Store |
Shows the Store tab in the gallery, which allows clients to shop by product first and then select the photo. |
| Enable Abandoned Cart Email |
Sends automatic reminder emails to clients with items in their carts 24 hours after their last gallery activity. |
| Show “Buy All” Button |
Gives clients the option to add all photos as a particular item to the shopping cart. |
| Offer packages only |
Only shows packages in the gallery and hides a la carte items. |
| Allow client to Pay Later |
Allow the option to skip payment at checkout. |
| Allow client to comment on items in cart |
Allows clients to add comments to individual items in the Shopping Cart. |
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Delivery Options |
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| Allow pick-up only |
Clients will not be charged for shipping. Use this option if clients will be picking up their orders from you. |
| Allow ship-to-client only |
Your client will be charged for the order shipping fee. |
| Allow client to choose pick-up or shipping | Clients can choose to pick up their orders (no shipping charge will be applied) or have their orders shipped to them (shipping will be charged to them). |
| Optional Message Shown at Checkout |
This text will be shown in the shopping cart, as well as on the order confirmation email. |
| Deliver a Print Release | Toggle on this option to deliver a print release with your PAID digital download established within your price sheets. This is delivered as a PDF when your client receives his/her purchased digital files. |
*If you plan to accept credit card payments, be sure that you have a payment processor in place. Without a payment processor, clients can create orders without payment. Learn more about payment processors
Advanced
As the name implies, these settings are probably not for every gallery. When in doubt, contact Support.
| Hide the “All Photos” album |
Hide the All Photos album from your clients. Use this option when you only wish for visitors to see photos you’ve sorted into albums. |
| Hide Album Photo Count |
Keep the number of images in an album hidden in the gallery. |
| Hide albums within gallery |
Hide all of the albums in the gallery. You should ONLY use this setting if you are going to send direct album links to your client(s). Contact Support to activate this feature. |
| Add to Category |
Choose the category this gallery will be in on your ShootProof Portfolio Website. |
| Automatically send gallery to Archive after expiration |
Automatically archive this gallery after it expires. |
| Send Email Campaigns |
Choose an Email Campaign to send gallery visitors. |
| Set Album Cover Images automatically |
Selects a photo from each album to be the cover image during upload. You can always change the cover photo later. |
| EXIF Search Label |
Contact Support to activate this feature. |