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General information
The assets can be organized in collections. The collection menu is located by default on the top bar. It is also possible to display the collections in the center of the home screen (in place of folder menu) by clicking on "All collections" under the Collections menu:
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Collections are individual. This means that every collection created by a specific user will only be visible to this user, unless they decide to share it with another user.
The following actions related to collections are available:
- sharing,
- renaming,
- downloading,
- deleting an entire collection,
- removing a single asset from a collection.
Sharing collections
Collections shared with other users are marked with the following symbol:
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In case of systems in which the login method is set to "login required", one has to set the config manager setting Allow shared collection users to bypass login required screen to "true", in order for the recipient to access the collection without having to log in.
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Currently, when sharing collections to external sites - one can choose to enable Server Side Rendering (SSR) which will make collections shared have better looking thumbnails when presented on social media. This, however, has the side effect, i.e. Media Manager in general will become noticeably slower, which is why this option is not enabled by default. To enable it, EnablePrerendering must be set to "true" in the Media Manager's appsettings.json file.
Sorting
It is possible to change the sorting order of the collections' list. The collections can be sorted either by name or by the order in which they were created. It can be done:
- from the drop-down list under the Collections menu - by selecting an option from the list that opens upon hovering over Order:
- in the main window view - by using the button in the upper right corner:
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Adding assets to a collection
There are three methods of adding assets to the collection:
- by dragging and dropping them into the collection,
- by dragging the dropping the multiselect menu into the collection,
- by sharing them "To collection".
Downloading collections
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The following actions related to collections are available:
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In order to download a collection, the user needs to open collection menu by clicking on the three dots next to it and then select "Make available for download". The download will be prepared in the background.
Once it is ready, a notice box will appear in the lower right corner of the screen.
This will result in two new items appearing in the collection menu:
- "Download" - this option will initiate the download of the collection.
- "Modify the download package" - this option will initiate the preparation of a new download, for example in case something was added or removed from the collection.
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Currently, the ability to download collections is automatically disabled when Download approval workflow is enabled in the system. In order to download collections despite the active workflow, the user needs to have a role that allows them to bypass the download approval (Download_Approval_Bypass). |
Creating a new collection out of selected assets
It is also possible to quickly create a new collection from the selected assets. There are three methods of achieving it:
- After selecting the assets, the user needs to drag and drop them onto New collection option under the Collections menu (the Collections menu expands automatically when the user begins dragging the assets);
- After selecting the assets, the user needs to click on Share in the multiselect menu on the top bar, and then select New collection;
- While the collections are displayed in the center of the screen, after selecting the assets, the user needs to drag and drop the selection onto the Create new collection button.
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