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My Images

Use this dialog to view, copy, move, or delete images that you own and move images between galleries.

You can also upload one or more images at a time and simultaneously apply metadata to upload batches. If you have uploads in progress, this dialog reports upload status and links to any pending image uploads.

See Working with Images and The CommonSpot Image Editor and Gallery for procedural information on including images in your CommonSpot pages.  See Image Elements in the CommonSpot Element Reference for details on creating and managing images.

Choose from the following to filter your results.

Subsite - Select from the dropdown, or click the subsite search icon . Optionally check Include Child Subsites to search the selected subsite and all the subsites it contains. Leave this unchecked to search the selected subsite only.

Click the Filter button to apply your selections.

Click to sort results by column head.  Mouse over an item in the Image Filename column for popup preview, as shown below:

The State column indicates status for each image in this report. A lock icon indicates a private image, as shown above; unlock icons indicate public images. Click to change. You can also lock/unlock images multiple images by choosing Make Private/Make Public from the More Actions dropdown described below.

You can filter results in the Image Type field. This column also includes user or group ownership status. Mouseover to view owner details. Optionally select one or more images and choose Change Owner from the More Actions dropdown, as described below.

In the Actions column, clicking the preview icon displays Image Preview, for full-size Image Preview.

Clicking the More Actions icon displays the following options. See the Contributor's Reference for details on each option:

Click the remove icon to remove an image from the current gallery. CommonSpot prompts for confirmation and moves the image to your private gallery.

Remove individual items by clicking the associated delete icon , or select multiple items, click Delete Selected from the More Actions dropdown, then click Go. CommonSpot confirms deletion to enable you to manage any links to this file. You can optionally Select/Deselect all.

The More Actions dropdown presents these options:

Delete Selected - Removes this image from the file system and the database and confirms deletion as described above.

See the Contributor's Reference for details on using these actions.

Click Upload New Image to add a new image to the Image Gallery.

CommonSpot includes the Export to Excel option in multiple reports throughout the system so you can conveniently collect and distribute data for import into spreadsheets or other applications that accept comma-separated values. Click this option to display a table of all fields within the current report, then select the fields whose values you want to export and save in spreadsheet or CSV format. Selected fields automatically display as column heads in the CSV output. You also have the option to change column names on the fly to customize your reports.

 

Related Links

Image Preview

Delete Image Confirmation

Image Security


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