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How to upload multiple image-files?

If this is your start time uploading content, start by testing a pocket-sized number of items. Once y'all're more familiar with the process and tools bachelor, we encourage you to upload as much content every bit you have available in a digital format.

Please only upload content yous have 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? Use the advanced import feature to submit items in majority.

Upload content

In theItems page iconItems manager, click the pointer next toAdd new items select Simple import. Choose from ane of the following upload options:

  • Upload: To upload i or more supported media files from your computer
  • Video search: Search YouTube for publicly available videos
  • YouTube Video: Enter the URL of a publicly bachelor YouTube video
  • Your YouTube videos: Select one of your ain YouTube videos

Add detail details (metadata)

Click an particular to open the detail editor and add metadata details. The more detailed and comprehensive information you are able to provide, the easier it will be for users to search for and find your content, and the more than engaged they will get with your site and exhibits.

  • Championship: the text provided here is always shown along with the item (required)
  • Content type
  • Date Created: when the particular was originally created; for example, when a painting was painted. Providing this information is strongly recommended, as you tin then use tools like "sort by engagement"
  • Creator: the proper noun of the original creator of the detail; for case, the creative person. If provided, this is shown adjacent to the title of the item
  • Description: details most the item that are not already included in other fields (optional)
  • Add additional information based on your content type as shown in the metadata templates

Details can too be provided in multiple languages, larn how to add translations for your item details.

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

Yous tin can likewise read more about how to tag items here.

Cheque for errors

The Nugget Quality warning cavalcade in your dashboard will give yous an indication of the quality of your metadata and make suggestions for comeback. Metadata quality is important for the discoverability of your collection:

  • Good: no action required
  • Needs Improvement: asset requires comeback of metadata to increase discoverability
  • Poor: asset has important fields incorrect/missing

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Asset Quality warnings won't cake y'all from uploading avails but should be resolved before publishing.

​Warning details and how to ameliorate them:

  • Missing backdrop: The more detailed and comprehensive information you are able to provide, the easier information technology will be for users to search for and observe your content, and the more engaged they will go with your site and exhibits.
    • Creator: including this information is strongly recommended and will increase discoverability of your items on Creator pages.
    • Date Created: providing this information is strongly recommended to be able to employ site features such every bit organizing your drove by time.
    • Description: providing a description is strongly recommended every bit it volition increase discoverability of your collections through tags.
    • Movement: providing movement information where relevant is recommended and will increase discoverability of your items on Motion pages.
    • Medium: providing movement data where relevant is recommended and will increase 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 exist publicly visible along with the detail.
    • Titles should exist betwixt 5 and 100 characters.
  • Issues with translations:
    • If you have included metadata in an incorrect linguistic communication, you should export the data to CSV and re-import it with the correct language code. Encounter instructions hither.
  • Issues with epitome size: Images that are as well small-scale are problematic as zooming is encouraged. Encounter image specifications hither.
  • Repetition of information:
    • Repetition of information in multiple fields appears as an mistake to the user. Meet more data about metadata here.

Choose where to publish

Past default, uploaded content is not publicly visible. You can bank check how your item will appear to viewers by clicking Preview at the top of the item editor.

If you lot're ready to make the detail visible publicly, select ane or more than of the publishing options in the console on the right mitt side of the particular editor.

You may adopt to go along items inaccessible until you publish them within an exhibit at a later on stage.

Learn more virtually the different publishing options bachelor.

Salvage changes

When you have finished describing your item, click Salve.

You can make farther changes afterward you have saved the details. Click Save once more to update the item and make whatsoever changes publicly visible for a published item, or Discard changes to undo whatever edits yous take fabricated.

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