Image Library

Introduction / Overview:

The image library tool allows you to easily create and display image galleries on your category pages. This feature includes automatic thumbnail generation, image scaling to ensure a polished presentation, and the ability to download thumbnails simply by clicking on them. Your uploaded images are showcased in a responsive grid layout directly on the category page. It's available as an optional upgrade, giving you more flexibility in managing and displaying visual content on your platform.

Activation & Set-up:

To enable this feature, please email [e-mail] or speak to your Customer Success Manager.

Steps / How to:

1. Add a new category 
2. Add the image gallery tag ${UI_ImageGallery} to the description of your category
3. Configure your category settings to your specifications and click 'Create'.
   • Note: Best practice is to change your 'Category type' to 'Content only'.
4. To start adding your images, click 'edit documents'
5. Click 'Add a Document'
6. Give your document a name and description and then upload your file
7. Click 'add'
8. Your image is now uploaded - navigate back to the category to see what it looks like. 

Tagging Content:

Apply tags to images to increase searchability and make it easier for your users to find what they need.

To add a tag to an image update the 'Name' of the file to include brackets [ ].

Tags are completely customisable, fill the brackets with your tags separated by commas. For example [Tag name 1, tag name 2, tag name 3].

Add either 'landscape' or 'portrait' to your tags to use the orientation tag section. For example [Tag name 1, Tag name 2, portrait].

Once uploaded, your images will be displayed in your category and users can filter these down by orientation and tags.

FAQs:

Q: Can I change the order of my images?

A: Images are displayed in the order they are uploaded. To change the order you need to delete and re-upload your images in your desired order.

Q: How can users download the image?

A: Users can download the image by clicking on the thumbnail