Your team can organize and search for images and videos with the Asset Library.
If you are using Environments, you must manage folders in the main environment. Builder then syncs the updates you make to folders in the main environment with child environments. For more information, visit Understanding Environments.
To add an item(s) to the Asset Library:
- Go to the Asset Library.
- Click Upload Files.
- Select the files you want to upload.
The following video shows uploading assets to the Asset Library. The first example is a single upload and the second shows selecting more than one asset for a bulk upload.
To create a folder in the Asset Library:
- Go to the Asset Library.
- Click + New Folder.
- Name the new folder.
The video below shows this process:
To create a subfolder in the Asset Library:
- Go to the Asset Library.
- Click + New Folder.
- Name the new folder.
- Choose the parent folder.
The video below shows this process:
To move or rename an item to a folder in the Asset Library:
- Go to the Asset Library.
- Hover over the item you want to move and click the Edit Asset icon (the pencil icon).
- In the dialogue that opens, rename the asset or select another folder.
- Click the Save button.
The next video shows moving and renaming an asset.
To set the default alt text of an item in the Asset Library:
- Go to the Asset Library.
- Hover over the item you want to move and click the Edit Asset icon (the pencil icon).
- In the dialogue that opens, add your alt text.
- Click the Save button.
The next video shows the process of adding default alt text to an asset.
Tip: Adding alt text to an image within the asset library will not retroactively adjust the alt text for images already added to your application.
To set the default title of an item in the Asset Library:
- Go to Asset Library.
- Hover over an asset and click the Pencil icon.
- Set the default title in the Title field.
- Click Save.
When you use an asset in a content entry, the default title displays as a tooltip when you hover over the asset on the published page.
You can change the title of each asset in the Visual Editor without affecting the default title stored in the Asset Library.
This video demonstrates adding a default title to an asset:
By default, when you upload an asset to Builder, an alphanumeric name is automatically generated. To change this to a more memorable name that's people- and SEO-friendly, specify the URL slug you want to use.
Note that this cannot be undone and can only be done once.
To provide an SEO-friendly name of an item in the Asset Library:
- Go to the Asset Library.
- Hover over the item you want to move and click the Edit Asset icon (the pencil icon).
- In the dialogue that opens, add the name you want to use in the slug.
- Click the Save button.
The next video shows the process of specifying the URL slug for an item in the Asset Library. The example in the video uses an image in a folder. The location of your asset in the Asset Library and your folders will depend on where your team stores them.
To delete a folder from the Asset Library:
- Go to the Asset Library.
- Select the folder you want to delete and click the Trash icon.
- In the dialogue that opens, click the OK button to delete.
The video below shows deleting a folder in the Asset Library:
For more information on organizing your content, visit Organizing Templates and Symbols with Folders.