How to optimize a Gallery with content properties
- Martin Tsekov
With small exceptions, the optimization of galleries follows the logic of videos and articles.
On this page, you’ll learn the steps to optimizing galleries with the content properties in the system.
Optimizing a gallery
Follow the steps below to learn how to optimize the galleries you create. Here’s how:
From the main navigation, select Galleries.
2. When the galleries listing screens open, select the gallery you want to optimize (e.g. “Manchester and Ludogorets gets great”).
3. Next, open the gallery and go to the content properties in the right corner of your screen.
There are nine tabs with properties to optimize your gallery–General, Media, Content footer, Tags, Related content, URLs, SEO, Lists, Custom data.
The General tab lets you select category(ies), author(s), status, distribution regions and channels, as well as additional properties for your gallery.
To optimize your Gallery’s General tab:
Expand the General tab.
2. Select a main category from the Categories drop-down box.
Remember that selecting a main category is mandatory for creating a gallery.
3. To add an additional category, select the Additional Categories box.
4. Next, open the Author box, and select the author you wish.
5. If you want to add a custom author, enter the author in the Custom Author box.
6. To set the status of your gallery, go to the Status box and select from the options Active/Inactive.
7. To select gallery properties, go to Properties and choose from the options.
8. If you want to set a period for your gallery to be active on your website, enter the desired dates in the Pubslihed From / Pubslihed Until boxes.
9. Select a region for distribution in the Distribution Regions box.
10. Next, go to the Distribution Channels box and select a channel.
For more information, see Content properties for specific content titles.
The Media tab is where you select the main image/cover image for your gallery.
To optimize your Gallery’s media:
Expand the Media tab.
2. If you want to upload a new main image/cover for your gallery, select Upload new images.
3. To choose from already uploaded to the system images, select Toggle already uploaded images.
Note that once you select an image as main media, you can crop it by selecting Crop image.
For more information, see Content properties for specific content titles.
The Content footer tab is the place where you select the origin of the images you use in your video.
For more information, see Content properties for specific content titles.
Under the Tags tab, you can optimize a gallery with a tag you have created, as well as football connections suggested by the system.
To optimize your gallery with tags:
Expand the Tags tab.
2. In the Tags box, enter a tag(s) you have already created in the system.
3. To tag a gallery with football connections, go to the Football Connections box and select the recognized entity suggestions you want to tag your gallery with.
Note that you can tag your gallery with football connections either by adding all suggestions or only the ones you desire.
Once you enter football connections, the system will suggest relevant past/upcoming matches to connect to your gallery.
4. To add relevant matches, select either the Upcoming matches or Past matches tabs. Then click on the + sign to select a match.
For more information, see Content properties for specific content titles.
The Related content tab is directly connected to the football connections you use in the Tags tab and lets you select and include additional reading/watching to your post.
You can either add suggested videos, galleries, and articles to your post or search for related content.
To add related content to your post:
Expand the Related content tab.
2. Under the Suggestions tab, select a content type you want to add as related content i.e. Articles, Videos, or Galleries.
3. Next, choose an article, video, or gallery and select the + sign to add it as related content.
4. If you want to manually find an article, video, or gallery to add, select the Search tab and enter the title of the content you are looking for.
For more information, see Content properties for specific content titles.
By optimizing the URLs tab of a gallery, you tell search engines whether to index your gallery or not. This feature is especially helpful in cases such as advertising campaigns and duplicated content.
To optimize your gallery’s URLs tab:
Expand the URLs tab.
2. In the External URL box, paste the URL to an external source you want to send users to.
3. Next, expand the Type of redirect to select if you want your redirect to be permanent/temporary.
4. Lastly, if you want to avoid duplicating content, select the Canonical URL box and paste the preferred URL you want search engines to index.
For more details, see URLs in the Content properties for specific content titles.
The SEO property will help optimize your gallery so it is easy to discover online.
To optimize your gallery’s SEO tab:
Expand the SEO tab.
2. If you want to write an alternative title, enter it in the SEO Title box.
3. If you want the SEO title to match that of your gallery’s main title, select Copy SEO title from main title.
4. Next, enter a description in the SEO Description box.
5. To further describe your gallery, enter keywords in the SEO Keywords box.
6. Use the Slug box to enter a custom slug or generate a slug from your gallery’s SEO title.
7. Lastly, if you want your gallery to be indexed/followed, select Allow indexing and Allow following.
For more information, see Content properties for specific content titles.
Lists is a feature that lets creators add the gallery, article, or video they are working on to a list of galleries (articles or videos) grouped under certain criteria to appear in a specific position on their website.
To add your gallery to a list:
Expand the Lists tab.
2. In the Select list box, select the list you want to add your gallery to.
After you select a list, list items will open. Note that if the list you want to add your gallery to is empty, no items will display.
3. To add your gallery to the list you’ve selected, go to Add current gallery to list > +.
4. When done, select Save List.
For more information, see Content properties for specific content titles.
To import any type of data in JASON format into your gallery, follow the steps:
Expand the Custom data tab.
2. Paste valid JASON data in the box.
For more information, see Content properties for specific content titles.
Next: How to add and optimize a new Image.