Draft, Password, Master Access and Expiry Date
A new gallery is a draft and invisible to guests until you publish it. On top of that come a guest password, a master password with more rights for direct clients, and an expiry date where you need one.
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Draft and publishing #
Ab Tarif Basic Tarife ansehenOpen gallery Publish gallery
A new gallery starts as a draft. Its link shows nothing, so you can upload and set things up in peace. As long as it stays a draft, the orange “Publish gallery” button sits at the top right.
- Click “Publish gallery” to publish. The top right then reads “Published”.
- The small switch next to “Published” turns the gallery back into a draft.
If you copy the link of a draft gallery, aftersnap asks and offers “Publish now” or “Later”.
Back to draft means a link you have already sent shows no photos any more. The gallery and everything on it stays.
Password protection #
Ab Tarif Basic Tarife ansehenOpen gallery Password Protection
Guests then meet a password field instead of the photos. A password you have set can be made visible again through the eye icon and overwritten.
If you switch the protection off and save, aftersnap deletes both the guest and the master password.
- Switch on “Protect with Password”.
- Enter a password of at least four characters and click “Save”.
Open the gallery link in a private browser window. The password field must stand in front of the photos.
- The photos appear straight away despite the password.
- Then you are still signed in in this browser. The session remembers the password; a private window asks for it again.
Master password for direct clients #
Ab Tarif Pro Tarife ansehenThe master password is a second password with more rights. Whoever signs in with it can hide single photos from all guests and show them again.
- Under “Password Protection”, also switch on “Master Password”. This only works while “Protect with Password” is on.
- Enter a password that differs from the guest password and click “Save”.
Give the master password to your direct clients only. Whoever holds it changes what everyone else sees.
Expiry date #
Open gallery Access & Visibility Expiration Date
- Under “Access & Visibility”, pick the day in the “Expiration Date” field. It is saved straight away.
- “Delete” above the field takes the date out again.
After that day guests cannot reach the gallery any more. Without a date it stays online. The expiry date applies in proofing mode as well, where the setting itself is hidden.
Profile page and Google #
Ab Tarif Pro Tarife ansehenTwo switches under “Access & Visibility” that have nothing to do with the link: “Show on Profile Page” puts the gallery on your public page, “Allow Google indexing” releases it to search engines.
“Allow Google indexing” only works for galleries that sit on your profile page; until then the switch is greyed out. If you take a gallery off the profile page, aftersnap switches indexing off along with it.
Both are independent of publishing. A published gallery can still be reachable through its link alone.