Library
Folders
Organize a Space's files in nested folders, move them in bulk, filter by tag or Shopify product, and search the whole image library by file name.
Files live in folders, nested as deep as you like, per Space. A file is in one folder, or in none; use tags for what cuts across folders.
The Library shows its folders as cards: a preview of the newest images or video stills inside (a folder and its folders), and how many files and how much they weigh. Order them by Recent or A to Z; one row shows, Show all shows the rest, and the arrow beside Folders folds the section away (remembered in your browser). Drop files on a card to upload them into that folder.
Making and changing folders
- New folder makes one inside the folder you have open.
- A folder's page shows where it is, its cover, how many files it holds and how many images still need alt text (a link to them). Share and Upload here sit beside it; its ⋯ menu has Rename, Move, Download all (its files as one zip) and Delete folder…. A card's ⋯ menu has Rename, Share and Delete folder too.
- A name has 1 to 120 characters and is unique among its siblings.
- Moving a folder into another is done by an agent or the agent API (
changeFolder). A folder can't move inside itself or one of its own folders. - Only an empty folder can be deleted: move or delete its files and folders first.
Nesting "X: Y" folders
When folders are named like "Case: Abel", the Library offers to nest them once: each "X: Y" becomes Y inside X, X being a folder beside it with that name or a new one. Review lists what each folder becomes; nothing changes until you confirm. A folder whose new name X already holds stays as it is.
Nothing a site links points at a folder. Moving files, and renaming or moving folders, changes no URL, so content using the files keeps working.
Moving files
Click a file to select it, Shift-click to select a range, and ⌘ or Ctrl-click (or the check on a tile) to add or take one away; Escape lets go. One file shows its details beside the files; several show what they share: their folder, size, where they're used, and how many need alt text, with Suggest alt text for N. The bar at the bottom has Move, Download (one zip), Delete… (files content uses stay) and Suggest alt text. In Move, Apply upload rules runs the Space's upload rules on the selection instead.
You can also drag files onto a folder in the sidebar: the selected ones go along when you drag one of them. A single file can also be moved from its details, with Folder.
Finding files
- All files in the Library lists every file of the Space; in a folder, that folder's files. More load as you scroll, with how many show of how many match at the end.
- All, Images, Videos and Documents show one kind, each with its count.
- No alt text shows the images without alt text in the Space's default language, Not used the files no content uses. Either narrows any kind.
- Search looks for part of the file name; Newest, Oldest, Name and Size order the files.
- Grid shows tiles, List a table with each file's kind, size, dimensions, where it's used, its alt text and when it was added; click Name, Size or Added to order by it.
- Tags filter by one tag, and Products by a Shopify product when the Space has a store connected.
A tile marks what needs attention: the watch-out mark for an image without alt text, Not used for a file nothing uses. The header shows how many files the Space holds and how much they weigh.