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How to upload multiple image-files?

If this is your first time uploading content, start by testing a small number of items. Once you're more familiar with the procedure and tools bachelor, we encourage you to upload as much content equally you have available in a digital format.

Delight only upload content y'all take the right to upload, and ensure that all content uploaded complies with the appropriate Terms of Service and Content Policies.

Have a large number of items to upload? Utilise the advanced import feature to submit items in bulk.

Upload content

In theItems page iconItems managing director, click the arrow next toAdd new items select Simple import. Choose from 1 of the post-obit upload options:

  • Upload: To upload ane or more than supported media files from your estimator
  • Video search: Search YouTube for publicly available videos
  • YouTube Video: Enter the URL of a publicly available YouTube video
  • Your YouTube videos: Select ane of your own YouTube videos

Add item details (metadata)

Click an item to open the item editor and add metadata details. The more detailed and comprehensive information y'all are able to provide, the easier information technology volition exist for users to search for and discover your content, and the more engaged they will get with your site and exhibits.

  • Title: the text provided here is e'er shown along with the item (required)
  • Content type
  • Appointment Created: when the item was originally created; for example, when a painting was painted. Providing this information is strongly recommended, as you can then utilise tools like "sort past date"
  • Creator: the name of the original creator of the item; for example, the artist. If provided, this is shown next to the championship of the detail
  • Description: details well-nigh the item that are not already included in other fields (optional)
  • Add together additional data based on your content type as shown in the metadata templates

Details tin can as well be provided in multiple languages, learn how to add translations for your item details.

To add together item details for many items at one time, information technology may exist quicker to utilise the advanced import features.

You can likewise read more about how to tag items here.

Bank check for errors

The Asset Quality alarm cavalcade in your dashboard will give you an indication of the quality of your metadata and make suggestions for improvement. Metadata quality is important for the discoverability of your drove:

  • Skilful: no activeness required
  • Needs Improvement: asset requires improvement of metadata to increase discoverability
  • Poor: asset has important fields incorrect/missing

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Nugget Quality warnings won't cake yous from uploading avails just should be resolved before publishing.

​Warning details and how to improve them:

  • Missing properties: The more than detailed and comprehensive data you are able to provide, the easier information technology will be for users to search for and discover your content, and the more engaged they will go with your site and exhibits.
    • Creator: including this data is strongly recommended and will increment discoverability of your items on Creator pages.
    • Date Created: providing this information is strongly recommended to exist able to use site features such as organizing your collection by time.
    • Description: providing a description is strongly recommended as it volition increase discoverability of your collections through tags.
    • Move: providing movement information where relevant is recommended and will increase discoverability of your items on Movement pages.
    • Medium: providing move information where relevant is recommended and will increment discoverability of your items on Medium pages.
  • Problems with titles:
    • Titles should non include metadata meant for other fields (dates, unique identifiers) as this will be publicly visible forth with the item.
    • Titles should be between 5 and 100 characters.
  • Issues with translations:
    • If y'all take included metadata in an wrong language, you should export the data to CSV and re-import it with the correct language lawmaking. Encounter instructions here.
  • Issues with image size: Images that are too modest are problematic as zooming is encouraged. Meet paradigm specifications hither.
  • Repetition of information:
    • Repetition of data in multiple fields appears as an fault to the user. Encounter more information almost metadata here.

Choose where to publish

By default, uploaded content is non publicly visible. Yous can cheque how your particular volition appear to viewers by clicking Preview at the summit of the item editor.

If you're ready to make the particular visible publicly, select one or more of the publishing options in the console on the right hand side of the item editor.

You may prefer to keep items inaccessible until yous publish them inside an exhibit at a later stage.

Larn more nigh the different publishing options bachelor.

Save changes

When you have finished describing your item, click Save.

You tin make further changes after yous have saved the details. Click Save once more to update the item and make any changes publicly visible for a published item, or Discard changes to undo whatsoever edits you have made.

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