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Show a hand-picked set of photos, in the order you want, on any page. Build the album once from your media library, then show it in a Gallery section. Who can do this: Contributors, Editors, Admins and Owners can build and change albums. Publishing them needs an Editor, an Admin or an Owner.

Before you start

  • Upload your photos to the media library first, or upload them while you pick. See Media library.
  • Give each photo alt text in the media library. The album uses it for screen readers and as the photo’s caption in the full-size photo viewer (the lightbox) that opens when a visitor chooses a photo.
  • Set a focal point on photos with a clear subject. Gallery layouts that crop a photo keep that spot in view.
  • To show the album on a page, add a Gallery section too. See Gallery.

Build an album

1

Open the list

Press ⌘K (Ctrl+K on Windows) and choose Photo Albums under Manage. You can also press G, then L.
2

Start a new album

Choose New Photo Album. The editor opens on the Basics tab.
3

Name it

Type a Title, such as “Summer play days”. Add a Description if you like. It’s a note for your team, and Gallery sections don’t show it.
4

Choose the photos

Under Photos, choose Browse Images. Select every photo you want, then choose Select Images. You can upload new photos from the same window.
The image chooser opened from an album's Photos field, with 6 photos of puppies at play selected (check marks visible) and the confirm button ringed.The image chooser opened from an album's Photos field, with 6 photos of puppies at play selected (check marks visible) and the confirm button ringed.

Pick the album's photos from your media library.

5

Put them in order

Back in the editor, drag the photos into the order you want. Galleries show them in this order.
The album editor on the Basics tab: Title "Summer play days", a one-line Description, and the Photos field holding 6 photos in order, one being dragged.The album editor on the Basics tab: Title "Summer play days", a one-line Description, and the Photos field holding 6 photos in order, one being dragged.

Drag the photos into the order your gallery shows.

6

Save it

To finish later, open More save options (the arrow next to the main button) and choose Save Draft. When it’s ready, choose Publish. Contributors choose Submit instead, and an Editor publishes it.

Show it on a page

In a Gallery Preview or Gallery (Full) section, open the Gallery tab. Set Photo source to Photo Album (hand-picked, hand-ordered), then choose your album under Album. The same album can appear in any number of sections, on any number of pages. When you change the album and publish it, every section that shows it updates. See Gallery.

Keep its photos filed in a folder

Keep your media library tidy by filing each album’s photos in one folder. You set this on the album’s Organize tab.
  • Keep photos organized in a folder: on by default. When you publish, photos in the album that aren’t in any folder yet move into the album’s folder.
  • Album folder: the folder those photos move into. Leave it empty and Attract makes one for you, inside the Albums folder of your media library. Or choose any folder you already have.
The album editor on the Organize tab: Keep photos organized in a folder on, and the Album folder "Summer play days" chosen.The album editor on the Organize tab: Keep photos organized in a folder on, and the Album folder "Summer play days" chosen.

Each album can keep its photos in its own folder.

Filing never undoes your own choices:
  • Photos you’ve already filed in another folder stay where they are.
  • Taking a photo out of the album doesn’t move it back.
  • If you change the folder later, only photos filed from then on go to the new one.
See Folders to learn more about folders.

Make an album from a folder

Already have a folder of photos? Turn it into an album in a few clicks.
1

Press ⌘K (Ctrl+K on Windows) and choose Images under Manage

2

Find the folder, open its Folder actions menu, and choose Create album from folder…

3

Type an Album title and choose Create album

You’ll see “Draft album “…” created.”
The new album is a draft holding the photos directly inside that folder, oldest upload first, up to 500. Photos in subfolders aren’t included. Open it in Photo Albums, put the photos in order, then publish it.
The Create album from folder prompt over the Images manager, Album title "Training class graduates", the lede naming the folder and its 12 images.The Create album from folder prompt over the Images manager, Album title "Training class graduates", the lede naming the folder and its 12 images.

Turn a folder of photos into a draft album.

What happens next

A published album shows in every Gallery section that uses it. Visitors never see drafts. If you later archive or delete a photo the album uses, the album’s editor shows a missing-images notice so you can replace it. See Broken media.

Troubleshooting

Captions come from each photo’s alt text. Open the photo in the media library, add alt text, and save.
The Albums, Photo Feeds, Pages & Posts and FetchskiAI references folders are looked after by Attract. Choose a folder you made yourself.
Each folder belongs to one album. Open that album instead, or choose a different folder.

Gallery

show an album on a page, in 8 layouts.

Photo feeds

fresh photos pulled in on a schedule instead of hand-picked.

Folders

organize your media library.

Archive, restore and delete

retire albums you no longer need.