Private exhibitions but public photos

[jseaman]

I tried a search ... I really did! :)

Can one have a private exhibition but have the photos within it be public?

As an example - I have many groups of one, two or three misc photos and it simply isn't worth creating an exhibition for each group. I would like to put them in a large catchall exhibition and make that private (since it would be so messy) but still allow each of the photos to be found and viewed by a search on filename or being selected by category.

Thoughts?

[mvrekum]

I do not think that is possible. Once an image is private it is private and can not be found public.

[jseaman]

I do not think that is possible. Once an image is private it is private and can not be found public.

I want public photos - in a hidden exhibition.

Photos that will be found in a search of all exhibitions.

Actually the way things appear now, when you edit the photos in a hidden exhibition, the photos show as being "displayed in public" but they are not found in searches.

[mvrekum]

I want public photos - in a hidden exhibition.

Photos that will be found in a search of all exhibitions.

Actually the way things appear now, when you edit the photos in a hidden exhibition, the photos show as being "displayed in public" but they are not found in searches.

If you have a photo in an exhibition that is hidden, then the photos in that exhibition are hidden too. See it as a room with a locked door. If you can not get in you can not see what is in the room.

There are the folowing possibilities:

public exhibition - public photo => photo is visible for all
public exhibition - hidden photo => photo is NOT visible
hidden exhibition - public photo => photo is NOT visible unless you have a password to enter the exhibition
hidden exhibition - hidden photo => photo is NOT visible

[jseaman]

If you have a photo in an exhibition that is hidden, then the photos in that exhibition are hidden too. See it as a room with a locked door. If you can not get in you can not see what is in the room.

There are the folowing possibilities:

public exhibition - public photo => photo is visible for all
public exhibition - hidden photo => photo is NOT visible
hidden exhibition - public photo => photo is NOT visible unless you have a password to enter the exhibition
hidden exhibition - hidden photo => photo is NOT visible

Maybe this should be more of a bug report.

Yes, I recognize that is how things appear to be. But I think that things are not working correctly. A public photo (even if within a hidden exhibition) should be found when doing a search. (isn't that the definition of public?) A hidden photo should never be found regardless of it being in a hidden or public exhibition.

[Pekka]

The term "public" is not correct in photo editor, it should be visible.

Displayed in public
Hidden from public

should be (and will be)

Visible
Hidden

But I think that things are not working correctly. A public photo (even if within a hidden exhibition) should be found when doing a search. (isn't that the definition of public?) A hidden photo should never be found regardless of it being in a hidden or public exhibition.

In EE permissions are exhibition-level (mostly). It means if a photo is in private exhibition X, and only there, it will not show on other exhibitions or "all combined". If it is also in other, non-private exhibitins it will show on search.

[jseaman]

I guess that answers that!

Thanks Pekka