Galleries and visibility
Use galleries to give each project, trip, campaign, wedding, or series its own ordered page and shareable address.
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Gallery basics
A gallery has its own name, URL, description, visibility, header treatment, portfolio thumbnail, photo layout, and ordered set of photographs. Use one gallery for one body of work rather than treating galleries as folders for every upload.
Photos live in the reusable Photos library. Adding a photo to a gallery does not create another upload, and removing it from a gallery does not delete it from the library.
Visibility choices
Choose visibility for the intended audience, then publish the change. Unlisted and password-protected galleries are marked not to be indexed.
Unlisted and password-protected galleries include ready Public and Unlisted photos. Public galleries without a password include only ready Public photos. Draft photos are always excluded. A gallery needs at least one eligible photo to be published.
| Status or metric | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Public | Included in the portfolio gallery index after publishing, provided it contains at least one Public, Ready photo. The direct gallery URL also works. |
| Unlisted | Published at its direct URL but omitted from portfolio navigation and search indexing. The link itself is not a secret. |
| Draft | Kept in Studio and excluded from the next publish. |
Create a gallery
- Open Galleries
In Studio, open Galleries and select New gallery.
- Name the gallery
Use the title viewers should see, such as Northern coast or Winter portraits. Add a short description when it gives the series useful context.
- Choose the Gallery URL
Use a short readable slug. Studio shows the normalized path before saving.
- Set Visibility
Choose Public for the portfolio index, Unlisted for direct-link sharing, or Draft while the work is being prepared.
- Create the gallery
Save it, add existing library photos or upload new ones, then arrange their sequence.
Good gallery URLs
The slug becomes the path after the portfolio domain: username.iso100.photos/northern-coast. It is public-facing copy, so write it for a person rather than an internal filing system.
- Use short, readable slugs such as belfast-street-art or portraits-2026.
- Use lowercase words separated by hyphens. Studio normalizes the value and checks it before saving.
- Avoid internal client codes unless that is the name viewers expect.
- Do not use paths that conflict with ISO100 utility pages.
- If a shared gallery URL changes, publish again and update any important links you control.
Add, remove, and arrange photos
- Add photos
Open a gallery and select Add photos. Choose Upload for new files or Photo library to reuse existing uploads.
- Make intended photos Public
Set the photos intended for the gallery to Public, either in Edit photo or with the library’s batch actions. They must also be Ready to appear in the gallery after publishing.
- Set the sequence
Use Reorder in the gallery to arrange photos and see the result in a gallery preview. Select Save order to keep the draft sequence, then publish when you want visitors to see it.
- Remove without deleting
Use Select in the gallery and Remove. The photos stay in the Photos library and in any other galleries.
Arrange photos with a preview
Open a gallery and choose Reorder. Exit selection and clear search and filters first. Return browsing sort to the gallery order if needed, and allow Studio to load all photos before arranging the complete sequence.
- Move photographs
Drag thumbnails into their numbered positions. On touch screens, press and hold before dragging. Select a thumbnail to use Move > To first, To last, or To position. With a thumbnail focused, Alt and an arrow key moves it earlier or later.
- Check the gallery preview
The arrangement and preview appear side by side on larger screens. On mobile, switch between Arrange and Preview. Check Desktop, Tablet, and Mobile widths to see how the saved gallery layout presents your sequence.
- Try a different order
Use Sort for Newest first, Reverse order, or Reset to saved order. Photo sorting uses capture dates; photos without a usable date stay after dated photos. Undo reverses a recent arrangement change.
- Save or cancel
Save order keeps the draft sequence. Cancel discards the unsaved arrangement. If saving fails, the arrangement remains available to retry. Publish separately to update the public site.
Arrange galleries on your portfolio
In Galleries, choose Reorder galleries. On mobile, find it in the options menu. Clear search and filters, return sorting to Portfolio order, and load all galleries if prompted.
Drag gallery thumbnails, or select one and use its Move menu. The portfolio preview shows how eligible gallery covers will appear at different screen widths. Use Sort, Undo, and Save order or Cancel as you would when arranging photos. Publish to update the live portfolio.
Browsing sort and published order
The Sort controls in Photos and Galleries help you browse your library. Choosing a name or date sort there does not change the sequence visitors see. Use Reorder inside a gallery for its photo sequence, or Reorder galleries for the portfolio overview.
The reorder preview shows photos and galleries eligible for publication. Draft or otherwise ineligible items may appear in the arrangement but be omitted from the preview. Flow places photos in mixed-height columns, so their visual positions vary with screen width; other photo layouts follow your sequence across rows. Check both the grid and individual photos before publishing.
Change visibility or remove a gallery
- Hide a gallery without deleting it
Open Gallery details, set Visibility to Draft, and save. Publish changes to remove it from the public site while keeping the gallery editable in Studio.
- Keep it link-only
Set Visibility to Unlisted, save, and publish. Test the direct URL in the preview before sharing it.
- Delete the gallery
In Gallery details, select Delete gallery and confirm. Its photos remain in the Photos library. The gallery can be restored from Recently deleted for 30 days.
- Update the public site
After hiding or deleting a live gallery, publish changes. Until then, the last successful live version can still contain the gallery.
Restore a deleted gallery
- Open Recently deleted
Open the options menu in Galleries and choose Recently deleted.
- Select Restore
The gallery returns as Draft with its remaining photo placements. You need room within your gallery allowance, and its URL must not be in use by another gallery.
- Review before sharing
Check photos, covers, visibility, and password settings. Restore any separately deleted photos from Photos, add them back where needed, then preview and publish.
Plan your gallery selection
Open Studio to make the change.
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