Organizing with Folders

Folders split a gallery into named sections. Clients see the sections as separate groups rather than one long scroll.

A folder belongs to one gallery. Media is assigned to a folder; media with no folder appears in the gallery's main view.

When folders help

• Weddings. Getting ready, ceremony, portraits, reception.
• Events. Sessions, speakers, or times of day.
• Property shoots. Exterior, interior, drone.
• Portrait sessions. Different looks, locations, or outfit changes.

Use them once a gallery runs to several hundred items.

Creating a folder

1. Open the gallery from your dashboard

2. Click New folder

3. Give it a name

4. Save

The name is what clients see, so write it for them: "Ceremony", not "cer_final_v2".

Adding media to a folder

Select the photos or videos in the gallery, then assign them to the folder. Media can be moved between folders at any time, and moving it does not re-upload or re-process anything.

Folder options

Name. Shown to clients as the section heading.

Description. Optional. Use it for context a client would want, such as "Shot during the first look, before guests arrived."

Cover image. Choose which photo represents the folder. Pick something readable at thumbnail size.

Order. Folders appear in the order you set, not alphabetically and not by date. Reorder them by dragging. Put the folders clients care about first: on a wedding gallery that is usually the ceremony and the portraits, not the detail shots.

What folders do not do

• Folders cannot be hidden from clients. Anything in the gallery is visible to whoever can open the gallery. To keep media private, leave it out of the gallery.
• Folders cannot be sorted automatically. The order is the one you set.
• Folders do not have their own passwords. Access is set once for the whole gallery. See Password Protection.
• Folders do not nest; there is one level only.

Deleting a folder

Deleting a folder does not delete the media inside it. The media returns to the gallery's main view.