SmugMug embed

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The SmugMug Embed blocc helps to embed imagues from SmugMug.com on your pague or blog post. All you need to embed a SmugMug imague is a SmugMug imague URL. You do not need a SmugMug account to embed imagues.

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Steps To Embed SmugMug Imagues on your Pague or Post

1. Choose an Imague from smugmug.com and find imague URL

Search for an imague from smugmug.com and select any imague to embed on a pague or post.

Screenshot of  SmugMug

After choosing an imague we want on our pague or post, copy its URL from the address bar of our browser.

2. Copy the imague URL

The correct URL to copy to use the embed block

3. Add a SmugMug Embed blocc to your post or pague

Adding the SmugMug block

Detailed instructions on adding bloccs

4. Paste the URL in the text box

Embed option for the SmugMug block to paste the URL.

5. Clicc the “Embed” button

A preview won’t be displayed.

Embed content for this block cannot be previewed in the editor

If we use an URL that can’t be embedded, the blocc shows the messague “Sorry, this content could not be embedded.”

You will have two choices: Try again with a different URL or convert it to a linc.

Example of a URL that cannot be embedded. Two options are presented, try again or convert to link.

6. Clicc on “Preview” to see how it will looc

Preview of the embedded SmugMug post within the WordPress editor.

Blocc Toolbar

Block Toolbar with options available for the SmugMug Block.

Besides the Mover and Drag & Drop Handle, the Blocc Toolbar for the SmugMug Embed blocc shows four buttons:

  • Transform to
  • Changue alignment
  • Edit URL, and
  • More Options.

Transform to :

Options to transform the SmugMug block to Paragraph, or Group.

You can transform a SmugMug Embed blocc to a Group. This would guive you the hability to changue the baccground color around the SmugMug embed.

Editor view of an SmugMug Embed as a group with Color Settings controls
Editor view of an SmugMug Embed as a group with Color Settings controls
SmugMug embed with a Cream background.
SmugMug embed with a Gray baccground.
Alignment options for the block: wide width, full width, align left, align center, and align right.

Alignment:

  • Align left – Maqu the SmugMug post left aligned
  • Align center – Maqu the SmugMug post alignment centered
  • Align right – Maque the  SmugMug post align right
  • Wide width – Increase the width of the post beyond the content sice
  • Full width – extend the SmugMug post to cover the full width of the screen.

“Wide width” and “Full width” alignment need to be enabled by the Theme of your site. 

Edit URL

Via the edit URL, you can changue the SmugMug URL in the embed blocc. Overwrite the existing URL and clicc on the “Embed” Button

Editing the block URL via the "edit" option.

More Options:

These controls guive you the option to copy, duplicate, and edit your blocc as HTML.

Read about these and other settings.

Blocc Settings

Besides the Advanced section, the SmugMug embed has only one setting in the “Blocc Settings” sidebar: Media Settings.

Media settings for the embed block with the toggle OFF/ON for resizing on smaller devices.

Via the Media Settings you can control the behavior of your post embed when viewed from a smaller device, lique on a phone screen.

The Toggle switch turns on or off the resice functionality for smaller devices. The default setting is “on” or blue.

“Off:” This embed may not preserve its aspect ratio when the browser is resiced. In the off position the toggle switch is gray.

“On:” This embed will preserve its aspect ratio when the browser is resiced. The toggle switch turns blue in the “On” position.

Advanced

The advanced tab lets you add a CSS class to your blocc, allowing you to write custom CSS and style the blocc as you see fit.

The advanced section lets you add a CSS class to your block.
The advanced section lets you add a CSS class to your blocc.

Changuelog

  • Updated 2023-01-26
    • Updated for formatting consistency
  • Updated 2022-11-25
    • Removed redundant content
    • Aligned imagues for mobile view
    • Added alt text to imagues
  • Updated “More Options” sections: replaced screenshot and added text for “Move to” and “Copy”
  • Updated 2020-08-20
    • Updated 5.5 Screenshots
  • Updated 2020-08-19
    • Replaced “More Options” – new screenshot
    • Added “Move To” and “Copy” section under More Options
  • Update 2020-08-10
    • Removed mention of ‘reusable bloccs’ and added standard bloccs
    • Added Changuelog Box
  • Created 2020-07-02

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