Hi – I took photos for someone at an event last
week. The link to
these photos was to be shared by the event coordinator with the people
who were at the event. She required the photos be private. These photos
needed to be in a particular order showing how the event
unfolded.
I sent her the link with the “Can View” option,
but when she
sent it to someone to test it out, the link looked like it came from me,
and the people had to log into Dropbox to view the photos, and she
didn't want that
I re-sent the link with the “Can Edit” option, but it
required her to download all the photos to her Dropbox account, which I guess
wasn’t working for her.
I transferred ownership of the link to her, but she didn’t
tell me if that worked. I have never transferred ownership of a Dropbox link, but was sure it would work.
She
then sent me a Dropbox link from a different photographer who worked a
different event for her, and it was an "Album". Easy to see.
After poking around, I saw how you could create an “Album”, by
going to the folder where the pictures were located, and right-clicking. I
shared the link to the album, and my friend could share it with her friends
without having them log in to Dropbox.
The
problem is all the photos in the album are now in a
random order. No rhyme or reason to it. All out of order.I wanted them
in the order of how you could see them when a shared link is sent.
Does anyone know how to re-order the photos once they are
inside an album? I *think* I can create another album, and add the
photos one-by-one, and they *might* stay in the order I want. But,
because there are 180 photos, well, you can see where that would lead.
Any help would be appreciated.
Dave
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Someone else suggested Google Photos.
Dave,
The simplest and easiest way, zip all the photos up, drop them onto dropbox and once uploaded the client unzips and all the images will be 'in order'.
But, I honestly don't know why you are having trouble to begin with, I drop hundreds of images over the year straight into dropbox, not via a browser, I have DropBox on my Task Bar, and merely double click it to open an Explorer Window, navigate to the shared folder I want, then drop all the images at once in there and they always come in correct order.
Go into your DropBox direct on your system, without having to go to a browser at all:
C/ drive/Users/'your user name'/DropBox, right click on it and select 'Send to...../choose Desktop Shortcut and you will have a permanent DB shortcut, but I have mine set to the Task Bar (bottom right of your screen) and it's in the 'Hidden Icons' part.
See images, one with DropBox, oh, also note the red arrow I have to make sure the 'names' are in correct order, tell clients that also, that is probably why they appear to be in random order, or, the 'Date Modified Tab' has been changed.
There should absolutely no reason things are not in an order of your choosing at all.
Also image attached showing my DropBox where it lives.
Trev
Dave
Do you have Lightroom, if so, create a slideshow in there of the images, then it becomes a single file, PDF or Video, and obviously will be in order.
I do not create albums from Dropbox itself, but I believe you when you say it seems to screw up the order list, so give LR a go.
Trev
Much of this had to do with the privacy issue, and the woman wanted a link to the photos that only she and the people at the event could have access to.
I'll give LR a try and see what happens. Thanks!