Album help needed...

Off-topic
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I’m having a lot of trouble with moving my photos and videos into nested albums that I’ve started to make. I do everything like it says but they just don’t move anywhere. My goal is to have a nice organised album that’s easy to view and is in the following layout:

Andrew’s photos and videos:
Photos

  • Muni
  • Trials
  • Freestyle
  • Equipment
    Videos
  • Muni
  • Trials
  • Freestyle
  • Miscellaneous (if need be)

Can anyone please help me with this? What am I doing wrong?

Thanks a lot,
Andrew

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I know I’ve already posted a thread like this in r.s.u but I didn’t get a response and I don’t think it should’ve been there anyway. So I’m trying Just Conversation.

Thanks,
Andrew

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Re: Album help needed…

Andrew, I can not help you with your technical issues. However, I’d like to make a suggestion with regard to the organization of your material.

It is a common “mistake” to arrange items with respect to format, e.g. photos vs videos. However, do you think people accessing your media are interested in viewing “Photos” or are they interested in viewing your “MUni” stuff regardless of format?

I would recommend 4 or 5 buckets:

MUni
Trials
Freestyle
Equipment
Miscellaneous

or (if necessary)

MUni

  • Photos | Videos
    Trials
  • Photos | Videos
    Freestyle
  • Photos | Videos
    Equipment
  • Photos | Videos
    Miscellaneous
  • Photos | Videos

with photos and videos mixed together or each of those subdivided into Photos and Videos. That way folks who want to see your Trials stuff will only have to go to one place. Naturally these kinds of decisions are much more significant when larger amounts of data and more categories are involved. Nevertheless, if your collection expands and your categories increase finding things in your galleries will be easier.

Libraries you may note keep materials separate based on the format, e.g. books are not shelved with videos, however they also have the advantage of sophisticated classification systems that make searching for like materials easy. You will not likely have recourse to such a classification system so using the meaningful topics rather than the format breakdowns, makes more sense, in my professional (and humble) opinion.

Good luck. Hopefully your arrangement in the galleries may serve as a model for others to follow.

Raphael Lasar
Matawan, NJ

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Raphael,

That’s an excellent idea…thanks!

Andrew