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I had difficulty finding it as well. From the page you are on listing your galleries, click on any one of them to open the gallery. Then click on Access. Archive is the second item on the list under Privacy. It shows the current archive status of that gallery.
OK, but at the risk of splitting hairs, doesn't that item tell you whether the gallery is eligible to be archived? I'm trying to find out which galleries have already been archived. And with 750 galleries, it's simply not a practical answer anyway. I might be OK with the auto-arching concept if I had reasonable tools to manage what's archived. I think it's time for a single-malt...
I understand, but have they archived ANY of your galleries yet? I certainly left a few of mine vulnerable to them being automatically archived but those galleries now indicate they'll be archived in late 2024. The problem as I see it is there is no way to determine the archive status without looking at each individual gallery. With 750, yikes!
.....Yes they have already done a few of my albums...be aware that you can request to unarchive them, but apparently they are resizing them to a lower resolution.I understand, but have they archived ANY of your galleries yet? I certainly left a few of mine vulnerable to them being automatically archived but those galleries now indicate they'll be archived in late 2024. The problem as I see it is there is no way to determine the archive status without looking at each individual gallery. With 750, yikes!
I'm a bourbon man myself but appreciate a good single malt
Where did you hear about them resizing images when reviving an archived gallery? This is the first I have heard of it.
I did not hear of it, it is happening to my site right now. When I requested the gallery be unarchived they are now all smaller. But the original can still be downloaded, just when you do a slideshow or the customer clicks on individual images they are all resized. looks like 1024.
Thanks. Well, at least the originals can still be downloaded. I would be nervous if they messed with the originals. I renewed just before they announced the changes so I have a bit of time to see if I can find a better solution for my needs.
My frustration with Zen and this frankly idiotic idea to take down galleries has increased dramatically since last weekend. I had been managing the archived galleries by going into the archive tool, and restoring every archived gallery. It was almost bearable. But this weekend I encountered 150 galleries in the process of being archived, and I couldn't even click the "Restore" button. It's now Thursday, and not one of those 150 galleries has completed the restore process, and emails to support are being ignored. BTW, I didn't notice any quality degradation in restored galleries -- maybe because I only upload smallish jpgs. The restore does NOT restore photos selected as cover photos, which is another significant failure of the entire archiving concept IMO.
What is the purpose of your hosting (e.g. family, friends, sharing, sales, portfolio, etc.)? There are a lot of solutions depending on what features you want and what you are trying to accomplish.
If downloads are not expected, you could use a platform like Wordpress.com, especially if your images will be accompanied by text or you want comments from guests?
What are you referring to needing to restore galleries once a month? When a gallery is updated the clock starts and you have several months(14?) before it is considered dormant and gets archived. It's a PITA but can be managed until you come up with a long range plan.
