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Uploading a web gallery

The final step in making a new web gallery available on the Web is to click the Upload button at the bottom of the right panel. When you do so, you might initially think that Lightroom didn't respond. But if you look up at the left side of the identity plate, you'll see that Lightroom is indeed processing your web gallery. After the progress indicator disappears, you'll know that the gallery is live on your website. The address for accessing your gallery will be based on the FTP Server configuration settings you set along with the Server Output Path you specified. For example, if your website is www.example.com, and you entered gallery in the Put in Subfolder field, the final address will be www.example.com/gallery/.

Private web gallery

Many photographers want to take advantage of the convenience of having a gallery of images available on the Internet without making the images available to anyone in the world who has an Internet connection. In those cases you'll want to protect your web gallery with a password.

Although Lightroom doesn't include the ability to create a password-protected gallery, you may still be able to accomplish this by working directly with the company that hosts your website. The basic process involves marking a folder as password protected, and then defining a username and password for that folder. That way, whenever someone tries to navigate to that folder, they'll be required to enter a username and password before they can view the folder's contents. The specifics of how to accomplish this will depend on your server configuration, so contact your hosting service or Internet service provider for details.

Keep in mind that even if you aren't able to password-protect your web gallery, the simple fact that the files are contained within a folder and that your website doesn't include a link to that folder offers some level of protection. For example, if your website is www.sillydancing.com, and you place the files in a folder called notforpublicconsumption, it would be necessary to type the full address (www.sillydancing.com/notforpublicconsumption) into the address bar of a web browser in order to locate the site, provided there aren't any links to the gallery from elsewhere on your site (or anyone else's). This isn't foolproof protection, but does prevent casual web surfers from finding your gallery if you don't make it available from your main website.

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