Create Media Portal

Requirements

• License for at least one Media Portal
• full administrator rights (editing rights can also be assigned to individual main users after a portal has been created)

In the settings, open the Media Portal section and click Create Media Portal (top right). A dialog window with the following options opens (mandatory fields are marked with *):

• Name – is also the page title (relevant for search engines)
• Description – meta description for search engines
• color set – color can be selected via color picker or HEX code
• Album background color – likewise
• Home page layout – choice between image stream and album overview (one section each) and albums and images (two sections)
• Cover image layout – Full size or two-thirds (will be cropped for the top two-thirds of the page)
• URL – character string for subdomain (preferably short and concise, no umlauts or special characters)
• Title text – text below the logo
• Title image darkening – None, Light, Medium, Strong (darkening is recommended for light-colored images, search field is then more visible)
• Font – Catamaran, Open Sans or Futura
• Image size – Normal or Large (refers to the size of the preview images in the stream)
• Album heading – heading for the album overview section
• File heading – heading for the image stream section
• Footer text – text for the footer, e.g. © Sample company 2026
• Select cover image – select file from hub or upload file
• Select logo – likewise
• Select favicon – likewise (a favicon is a small icon for web browsers)
• Select header logo – likewise (appears to the left of the search bar when the search is active)
• File sorting – Name, Recording date, Upload date (in ascending or descending order), user-defined (manual sorting under Media Portal > Albums)
• Album sorting – Name, Creation date (in ascending or descending order), user-defined (manual sorting under Media Portal > Albums)
• Secure publishing – if activated, only media that have been explicitly marked for public playback are transferred. For details see here
• Activated – button switched on = Media Portal can be accessed under the specified URL

When Save is finally clicked, the mandatory fields are checked. If there are no errors, the Media Portal is created and listed in the portal overview (helpful when there are several portals).