Gallery


Galleries are a way for content businesses and publishers to add multiple images to a singular asset, providing site visitors an engaging visual experience.

This topic explains how to create a gallery.

For a wire frame example of what this content type can look like on your site, see a Gallery design.

Tip
If necessary, create and upload images you will use in the gallery. For details, see Image.

To create a gallery:

  1. In the header, click add.
  2. From the Create list, select Gallery.
  3. Using the following table as a reference, complete the fields as needed.
  4. Complete your site's workflow and publish the gallery.

Gallery fields

Click each tab below to see a description of the associated fields.

FieldDescription
TitleEnter a title for this asset. This title is visible to the visitors to your site.
DescriptionEnter a description that describes this asset. This description is visible to the visitors to your site.
Authors Select one or more authors. The authors are visible to visitors to your site.

For information about creating an author, see Author.
BodyUse the rich-text editor to include text, lists, images, and links to other assets. Text in this field is visible to visitors to your site.

For information about using the rich-text editor, see Rich-text editor.
ItemsClick file_download to upload files to this module, or click add_circle_outline to add existing images to it.gallery.
SectionSelect the sections associated with this asset. This selection is visible to your visitors.

For information about creating a section, see Section.
Secondary SectionsSelect one or more sections. uses secondary sections to populate dynamic lists.
TagsSelect the tags associated with this asset. This selection is visible to visitors to your site.

For information about creating a tag, see Tag.
SponsorSelect the sponsor associated with this asset. This selection is not visible to the visitors to your site.

For information about creating a sponsor, see Sponsor.

FieldDescription
TitleText appearing in the asset's <title> tag. Brightspot automatically populates this field from data on the Main tab, and you can override this as needed by entering a new title.
Suppress SEO Display NameIf toggled on, your site's name will not appear in the <title> tag and subsequently in search results.
DescriptionText appearing in the asset's <meta name="description"> tag. Brightspot automatically populates this field from data on the Main tab, and you can override this as needed by entering a new description.
RobotsText appearing in the item’s <meta name="robots"> tag.

For an explanation of the available options, see Robots Meta Directives.
AMP DisabledToggle on to disable generation of an AMP version of this asset.

For details, see AMP.
Disable SEO RecommendationsToggle on to disable computation of density values for a word you type in the Focus Keyword field.

For more information, see Configuring SEO for an asset.
Focus Keyword displays an analysis of the keyword in the Focus Keyword Density field.
Focus Keyword DensityIndicates the number of times the Title and Description fields contain the Focus Keyword as a percentage. For example—

  • The focus word is content.
  • There are 50 words in the Title and Description fields combined.
  • content appears only once in both fields.
In this scenario, the focus keyword density is (1 ÷ 50) × 100 = 2.00.



As a best practice, use a focus keyword in your Title and Description fields that have a density of 3.00 or greater.



Note: Computing keyword densities requires toggling off Disable SEO Recommendations.

Media



FieldDescription
Primary Media TypeSelect the primary media type of this article, either None, Audio, Gallery, Text, Video. This selection determines how the asset is treated when used as a promo. For example, if you select Video, the promo image will have a play arrow overlaid on top of it.

Logos & Icons Overrides



FieldDescription
LogoSelect a new image to serve as the logo that displays on this asset. For information about creating a logo, see Image Logo.
News Publisher LogoSelect a new image to serve as the news publisher logo that displays on this asset.

Layout Overrides



FieldDescription
HatSelect one of the options to override the inherited hat.

For details, see Creating a hat.
NavigationSelect one of the options to override the inherited navigation.

For details, see Creating a navigation.
BannerSelect one of the options to override the inherited banner.

For details, see Applying a breaking news banner.
FooterSelect one of the options to override the inherited footer.

For details, see Creating a footer.
AboveSelect one of the options to override the inherited Above layout block.

For details, see Above, Aside, and Below layout blocks.
AsideSelect one of the options to override the inherited Aside layout block.

For details, see Above, Aside, and Below layout blocks.
BelowSelect one of the options to override the inherited Below layout block.

For details, see Above, Aside, and Below layout blocks.
Secondary NavigationSelect one of the options to override the inherited secondary navigation.

For details, see Creating a navigation.

Advanced



FieldDescription
Exclude from Dynamic ResultsToggle on to prevent this asset from showing up in dynamic list modules.

For details, see List module.
Exclude from Search ResultsToggle on to prevent this asset from showing up in search results on your site.

Promo Overrides



FieldDescription
Promo TitleEnter text to override this asset's title when used in a promo. Brightspot automatically populates this field from data on the Main tab, and you can override this as needed by entering a new title.
Promo DescriptionEnter text to override this asset's description when used in a promo. Brightspot automatically populates this field from data on the Main tab, and you can override this as needed by entering a new description.
Promo ImageImage appearing in the asset's image when the asset is used as a promo. Brightspot automatically populates this field from data on the Main tab, and you can override this as needed by selecting a new image.
Promo CategoryText appearing in the asset's category when the asset is used as a promo. Brightspot automatically populates this field from data on the Main tab, and you can override this as needed by entering a new category.
Promo Category LinkLink associated with the promo category. This field inherits from the selected promo category, and you can override this as needed.

Share Overrides



FieldDescription
Share TitleText appearing in the asset's title when a visitor shares the asset. automatically populates this field from data on the Main tab, and you can override this as needed by entering a new title.
Share DescriptionText appearing in the asset's description when a visitor shares the asset. automatically populates this field from data on the Main tab, and you can override this as needed by entering a new description.
Share ImageImage appearing in the asset's image when a visitor shares the asset. automatically populates this field from data on the Main tab, and you can override this as needed by selecting a new image.

Site Map



FieldDescription
Change FrequencySelect an option from the list to denote how frequently the page is likely to change. This value provides general information to search engines and may not correlate exactly to how often search engines crawl this asset. See the <changefreq> tag definition in Sitemaps XML format.
PriorityEnter a value to designate this asset's priority over other URLs on your site. Valid values are 0.0 to 1.0. This allows you to relay to search engines which pages you deem most important for crawlers. For more information, see the <priority> tag definition in Sitemaps XML format.

Gallery Page Styles





FieldDescription
PresetSelect one of the following:
  • None—Applies styling from the site's theme.
  • Custom—Opens a form to customize the site's theme for this asset.
  • (Various)—Aside from None or Custom, there may be additional options in this list depending on the value selected in the Template field. If the selected template has presets, then those presets are able to be selected in this list and applied. For information about configuring template presets, see Creating a template preset.
Choose Lead StyleSelect one of the following:
  • Standard—Default lead style.
  • Large—Expands the lead horizontally to the margins of the page.
  • Overlay—Headline laid over the lead.
  • Nested—Nests the headline underneath the lead.
Suppress commenting on this one pageToggle on to prevent visitors from commenting on this asset.

FieldDescription
LocaleSets the content's locale. This setting can also be used to auto-localize content based on the users requested locale.

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