Managing assets

 In this article, we’ll show you how to manage your website assets.

The Asset Library can be accessed from the ‘Website Editor’ or the dashboard.

Step 1: Click on the button to the left of the ‘Website Editor’ screen to expand the left navigation panel. 

Step 2:Click on ‘Manage Content’ to expand the menu

Step 3:Click on ‘Assets’ to access to new Asset UI

Accessing Asset Management UI from ‘Dashboard’ 

Step 1: Under the ‘Manage Content’ section click on ‘Assets’ 

You could also use the quick access search bar to access your assets. Just type in 'assets' to get going. 

Searching for assets

The new Asset UI Dashboard displays thumbnails of the assets within the user's repository. 

You can search for assets using the search bar to the top left of the screen. Choose the filter from the drop-down and use the search bar. 

 The dropdown menu to the right allows you to filter results by folders 

Adding images

You can click on the ‘Add Image’ button to upload new images to the asset repository.

Step 1: Click on ‘Add Image’ 

Step 2: Enter details about the Asset being uploaded. Details like: 

Asset Type: This will determine the folder within the Asset repository in which the asset will be stored. 

Asset Title: The name of the Asset in the new Asset UI 

File Name: The name of the Asset on our database 

Step 3: Click on ‘Choose File’ to upload the asset 

Step 4: Select the image file to upload and click on ‘Open’ 

Step 5: Add image details

Enter details such as: 

Asset Owner: The person adding the asset

Asset Status: Choose ‘Active’ if you wish the asset to be live on your website, else choose ‘In Active’. You can deactivate assets in the future by turning them on ‘In Active’ Status. 

Enter image URL hyperlink – if applicable

Enter keywords and finally choose whether it is a stock image

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Step 6: Click on ‘Save’ to upload the asset to the repository 

Step 7: The image editing screen will allow you to crop images on Desktop, Tablet, and Mobile 

Step 8: Once the screens for Desktop, Mobile and Tablet have been selected click on ‘Save’ to upload the image to the repository 

The latest asset will appear on the Asset Management UI. 

Editing and deleting assets

 You can click on the ‘Edit’ icon to edit files within the Asset repository 

From the ‘Asset’ details menu you can change details about the asset, excluding Asset Type, File Name, and Asset Owner.

You can even replace images using the ‘Replace’ button 

You can view up to 200 rows of thumbnails using the dropdown menu to the bottom left of the screen 

You can delete images by selecting the image(s) they wish to delete and click on the ‘Delete’ button 

Assets once deleted cannot be recovered