How can I change the display order of albums or sub-albums?

How can I change the display order of albums or sub-albums?

Albums and sub-albums respond to the same rules  that you can change in the side menu.

To change the main album order, tap the MyAlbums link or the Albums button in the top line. (To change the sub-album order within an album, click into that album first.)

Within your albums, choose Organize and Display Settings:

Choose one of these Display Settings and tap the green Save button:

• Album Name:  Sort albums by reverse alphabetical order and numerical albums will be last.
• Album Name Descending:  Sort by alphabetical order with numbered albums first.
• Creation Date:  Oldest albums first
• Creation Date Descending: Newest albums first

You can change the Album Name (and change the sort order for Album Names) by clicking into an album and choosing Organize, then Album Settings. Rename the album, and tap the green Save button.

The Creation Date is established by the date and time that you created the album. The creation date cannot be changed. However, if you would like to move older albums to a new creation date, you can create a new album, and move the photos from the older album with the Organize / Move command.

The Creation Date (descending) is the most popular and logical display setting because we (and potential customers) are usually most interested in our most recent albums. This also makes sense for newspapers and professional photographers because the most recent photos tend to sell best. 

Alternatively, you can name your albums year-month-date (2022-01-13), and sort by Album Name to sort the albums by date without regard to the actual creation date of the album.

Sub-Albums also respond to whatever rule you have established for your account's Display Settings. However, this means that, if you have established Creation Date Descending for your albums, your sub-album will also appear in the order in which they were created. If you want sub-albums in a particular order and you are using Creation Date Descending, create the last album first and the first album last. Alternatively, if you are happy with a random creation date order, you can rename sub-albums with a numeric (for instance, 1 to 10) or alphabetic order by clicking in each sub-album and choosing Album Settings from the Organize bar on the left.

How to change the order of your photos within an album

You can also change the order of your albums by moving them or sorting them by using the Sort Order command. More info on sorting here.

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