Hello erAck,

I have taken the privacy tour of the Take A Tour plugin, thanks for your suggestion!
I didn't expect it in the plugins, and even though I browsed it I did not spot.
I still struggle to understand though. I hope you or someone else wants to clarify it for me?

The option of sending a share link for a private album to family and friends is what I want.
I currently have a Flickr account. Photos are set to Friends and Family. Albums are shared with a link that includes all photos marked Friends and Family. I can revoke access.
That is the kind of setup that I want. Most of my contacts won't sign-up to Piwigo.com just to view some album(s).

As far as I can see, there is only one solution: the ShareAlbum plugin.
Photos need to be set to 'Who can see: Everyone', then the share button will create a link that works.
It will show the private album for which it was made, no other albums with 'everyone' photos.
The link can be revoked.

Still, photos inside the private albums need to be set to 'Who can see: Everyone'.
How does this impact privacy (if at all) compared to 'Who can see: Admin' photo?
I understand that any guest user that I add and who logs in can see all photos, but apart from that?

Also, is there another way to create a share link that can share photos with different 'Who can see'-setting?
The Private Share-plugin seems to do that, but only for individual files.

Kind regards, tkrr

Last edited by tkrr (2022-12-17 17:36:01)

Hello erAck,

I think I understand the options now for sharing Private Albums.
To explain in detail for everyone who is also looking for the right settings:

1. Sharing through ShareAlbum
- Install ShareAlbum plugin
- In Admin > Photos > Batch Manage, set photos to Who can see? Everyone (keep Album private!)
(also accessible from Admin > Albums > Manage > Edit > Manage Album Photos)
- In Gallery, click Share button to create link to send to people via mail/app

Pro: easy
Con: people can access all your public albums with this one link. Private albums not (even if Who can see? Everyone)
If you want to revoke access for a ShareAlbum link, you have to revoke the whole link for all people you sent it to.

2. Create Users who get a login to your gallery
Under Admin > Users > Manage:
- Create a User, activate the 'Send connection settings by email' box
- Edit the User: Status to Generic, Privacy Level to Family.
Under Admin > Users > Groups:
- Create a group Permanent-Login
- Under Manage the Members: add the User.
- Under Permissions: Existing albums can be added (you may need to adjust privacy level of photos)
Under Admin > Users > Notification > Subscribe:
- Add the user to Subscribed
Under Admin > Albums > Manage > Add Album:
- Create a new Album
- Permission: private
- Set photos to Who can see? Family

Pro: fine-grained control over who has access
If you want to revoke access for a User Generic, you simply delete that User Generic or delete that user from the Group
Con: more work to set up
This is ideal for the close circle who need access longer

I asked:

Also, is there another way to create a share link that can share photos with different 'Who can see'-setting?
    The Private Share-plugin seems to do that, but only for individual files.

Not to my knowledge.

Yes, there is! This option lets you send a link to photos with a different 'Who can see?'

3. Create User who only gets temporary (3-day) link to an Album

Under Admin > Users > Manage:
- Create a User, keep 'Send connection settings by email' unchecked! (password is created but not emailed)
[Note: I use an alias email that I have myself for maximum control. I can send link from normal mail]
- Edit the User: Status to Generic, Privacy Level Friends.
Under Admin > Users > Groups:
- Create a group Guest-Passes
- Under Manage the Members: add the User.
- Under Permissions: Only latest album [Note: delete this after expiry guest pass!]
Under Admin > Users > Notification > Subscribe:
- Add the user to Subscribed
Under Admin > Albums > Manage > Add Album:
- Create a new Album
- Permission: private
- Set photos to Who can see? Friends [Note: after expiry guest pass, set back to Family!]
- Notification: from here you can send an email to group Guest-Pass with automatic authentication key on links, valid for 3 days!

Pro: fine-grained control over who has access
If you want to revoke access for a User Generic, you simply delete that User Generic or delete that user from the Group
Con: more work to set up

Conclusion
For close family, I will use option 2+3
For everyone else, I will use option 3

Thanks for your help!

Kind regards, tkrr

Last edited by tkrr (2022-12-19 07:49:58)

Yes, and together with a longer validity (which can be set by Support for Piwigo.com customers) it, I think, can replace the Flickr Guest Pass, if I set Users and assign the correct rights.