A collection is a group of assets from across your Dash. They are way of gathering together assets to help you with your work, such as:
Collating assets for a press release
Sharing project assets with an external agency
Collaborating with colleagues
Sharing documentation with your customers
Creating a collection
To create a collection, either:
Create an empty collection:
On the Home or Browse screens, click the Collections button
Type in a name in the textbox
Click "Add".
or
Create a collection with some assets:
Click the "Add to collection" button
Choose the desired collection, or enter the name for a new one and click "Add"
Adding assets to a collection
To add an asset to a collection, first select one or more assets on the Browse screen, then click the "Add to collection" button.
You can add assets from across your Dash, from any folder.
Removing assets from a collection
To remove an asset from a collection:
Open the collection
Select the asset/s you'd like to remove using the tick button over the asset thumbnail
Click the "Remove from Collection" button
Assets removed from a collection are not removed from your Dash account.
Viewing your collections
To view your collections:
Navigate to the Home or Browse screen
Click the Collections button
You will be shown a list of you collections and how many assets are in them. Click on any of the collections to open it.
Changing the order of assets in a collection
If you would like to change the order of assets shown in a collection, use the sort menu to the top-right of the collection screen. This lets you re-arrange the assets by common criteria such as Date Added, File Size etc.
You can also sort assets in a collection by your own custom fields. To do this:
Ensure the field is not hidden from public, by unchecking this option for the relevant field in Admin > Fields.
Add the field to the thumbnail display for public visitors.
Once you've completed these two steps, as long as assets in your collection contain data in the chosen field, the field will now be shown as a sortable option in the "Sort By" dropdown box at the top-right of the collection screen.
Collaborating on a collection
By default, collections are private to each user, but you can share them with other users to collaborate with.
Sharing a collection externally
You can share collections with non-Dash users. Shared collection links don't expire and stay up to date to reflect the contents of the collection.