BrendaT Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 Just a quick question (or suggestion) about our ability to sort in albums. I have a vacation album I'm working on (took the kids to Florida and saw some theme parks) that I plan to have printed in a book when it's done (at this rate, a loooong time from now ). I'm not completing the pages, however, in the order in which they'll appear in the album. I would like to upload the ones I've done, but (correct me if I'm wrong), we can only sort by A-Z or Z-A. It would sure be nice if we could edit the order by dragging and rearranging the thumbnails (like you can do for the photos in a facebook album). That way we don't have to wait until an album's complete to upload a few layouts (and get some "love" on them that will inspire us to keep plugging along!). I wonder if our website guru could make this happen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sloginny Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 You could precede each picture title with a number or letter in the order you want them posted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-M Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 I am not sure why you need to put them in a certain order if you are just going to upload them to share them in the forum/gallery here to inspire others. I am not sure how many members look at other's albums as a whole. We ( assuming here ) look at the layouts as they appear in the main gallery - the recent images is what most look at. Or if you take part in a challenge then we often look at others layouts for that certain challenge. I am gradually doing layouts for a bus trip I did way back in 1975 and only share the pages as I do them and they are not in the order that I will eventually put them into a physical album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bitzee Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 Brenda, I wish I had an answer for you. I am following this topic to see if someone helps you achieve what you want. Being a very organized person, I can totally understand wanting the layouts/albums being in the proper order. Even if posting them for inspiration, it is nice to be able to access your own, personal layouts in a systematic manner so that they can be found easily. Sloginny mentioned naming with a number or letter in front to keep things in the proper order. I use numbers (starting with 000) when I have a large group of photos that I want to keep in a particular order. I am not sure if that will work here, though. Hope you can keep plugging along to completion. Good luck in finding a solution! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
April Showers Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 We get the software package the way IPB creates it. They don't have that type of sorting as an option. I looked to see if there was a plug-in that would allow this and didn't find one. You should have the ability to sort your personal albums by image name (see screenshot). When I am creating an album (like my weekly layouts), I name the files in a way that will put them in order when I sort by name(2013_02_23 SundayMorning). If I have two or more pages from the same day, I'll add either a number or a letter. I view my images on my computer more often than I look at them in the gallery, and I like things sorted in the order they really happened, no matter when I actually scrapped it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teecee Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 We get the software package the way IPB creates it. They don't have that type of sorting as an option. I looked to see if there was a plug-in that would allow this and didn't find one. You should have the ability to sort your personal albums by image name (see screenshot). When I am creating an album (like my weekly layouts), I name the files in a way that will put them in order when I sort by name(2013_02_23 SundayMorning). If I have two or more pages from the same day, I'll add either a number or a letter. I view my images on my computer more often than I look at them in the gallery, and I like things sorted in the order they really happened, no matter when I actually scrapped it. EditAlbum.png Great tips April - thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrendaT Posted February 23, 2014 Author Share Posted February 23, 2014 Thanks, everyone! I'll just remember to put the numbering in the title. No prob - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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