You can provide clients with the ability to Mark Photos as Private within the Gallery by turning on the Client Exclusive Access feature! Client Exclusive Access allows you to give clients special privileges such as viewing hidden Sets, and marking photos as Private. Private photos are hidden in the public Gallery and are only visible to you and your client.
Learn more here: Setting Up Client Exclusive Access for Client Gallery
On this page:
- Where can I turn on Client Exclusive Access?
- How does my client mark photos private?
- How do I see which images my Client has marked as Private?
Where can I turn on Client Exclusive Access?
You can find the Client Exclusive Access option by opening the Collection within your Client Gallery Dashboard, and clicking on the Settings tab > Privacy > Client Exclusive Access. Turning this option On will reveal the Allow Clients to Mark Photos Private feature.
How does my client mark photos private?
Once you have turned on Client Exclusive Access for the Collection, your client will be able to log in by selecting Enter as Client and entering the Client Exclusive Access password when they visit the Collection.
Inside the Collection, the client can either click on the Privacy Icon at the top right corner of the image, or click on the Mark Private button at the top of the enlarged image view, to mark a photo as Private. Images that have been marked as Private will have a privacy icon on the top left for easy reference.
The client will see the status of the image change to Private after the image is marked as Private. To change the image from Private back to Public, they simply have to click the icon again.
How do I see which images my Client has marked as Private?
You can view which images have been marked as Private by opening the Collection in your Client Gallery Dashboard, and clicking on the Private Photos section of the Activities tab.****
To delete the photo from the Collection or unhide and make it public again, click the More icon (•••) next to the activity.