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Draft, Password, Master Access and Expiry Date

A new gallery is a draft and invisible to guests until you publish it. Beyond that you protect it with a guest password, give direct clients a master password with more rights, and set an expiry date where you need one.

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Draft and publishing #

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Open gallery Status

A new gallery starts as a draft. Its link shows nothing, so you can upload and set things up in peace.

  1. Click the status “Draft” to publish.
  2. Click again to turn the gallery back into a draft.
Important

Back to draft means a link you have already sent shows no photos any more. The gallery and everything on it stays.

Password protection #

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Open gallery Access & visibility

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.

  1. Switch on “Protect with a password”.
  2. Enter a password of at least four characters and save.
Check the result

Open the gallery link in a private browser window. The password field must stand in front of the photos.

If it does not work
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 #

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The 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.

  1. Switch on “Set a master password”.
  2. Enter a password that differs from the guest password and save.
Important

Give the master password to your direct clients only. Whoever holds it changes what everyone else sees.

Expiry date #

  1. Click “Set expiry date”.
  2. Choose the date and save.

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 #

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Two switches 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.

Both are independent of publishing. A published gallery can still be reachable through its link alone.