I had been thinking about making our photo galleries private for some time, and today (by request) I went ahead and made the change.

I welcome (and encourage!) all family members and friends to view our photo galleries, please understand that the only reason for requiring registration is that we don’t feel there is any valid reason to make them available to the entire Internet.  It is a family album, after all.

For those of you subscribed to MichiganMartins.net for e-mail updates:  I use two separate applications to run the website and the photo gallery, and I have not found a way to get them to share a login – so you have to register in the photo galleries as well.  Sorry, I’m just not that much of a tech geek.  Just for clarification, registering on the web site sends you an email update letting you know any time we write a post here on the site – any time we add pictures, we usually post it here to let people know there are new photos in the gallery.  Registering for the galleries permits you to view the photos.

I am setting it up so that when you register for the photo galleries, it will advise me of a new registrant.  Once I receive that e-mail, I will check to assure that it is family or friend, and then I will activate your account.  As of right now, I’m still bug-checking the whole registration and approval process, so if you have any problems, please let me know!

And please, don’t bother yourself with considering whether you’re “close enough family” or “close enough friends.”  You’re all extended the warmest invite I can communicate in these words – we put these pictures up to share with you!

Thanks,

Dave