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Akurium Handbook

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Images and video

Photography is at the heart of Akurium. Images turn a catalog into a showcase, letting people appreciate the character, craftsmanship, history, and small details of the things you have collected.

A strong cover image introduces the collection, while each item’s gallery gives it room to be seen from different angles and up close. Video is an optional companion that can capture movement, sound, scale, or other qualities that still photographs cannot fully convey.

Add a collection cover image

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The Cover Image represents a collection on its public page and in collection cards throughout Akurium.

To add or replace one:

  1. Open Manage Your Collections.
  2. Select the collection you want to edit.
  3. Use Cover Image to choose an image.
  4. Crop or adjust it in the image editor if needed.
  5. Select Save Changes.

Choose an image that represents the collection as a whole. Simple compositions tend to work best because cover images may appear at several sizes.

Add images to an item

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Open an item for editing and use Gallery Images to upload one or more photographs. Akurium accepts JPEG, PNG, WebP, and GIF images up to 8 MB each.

You can drag uploaded images into a different order. The first image becomes the item’s lead image, so place the strongest or most recognizable view first. The remaining images form the item’s gallery.

The number of gallery images allowed for each item depends on your plan. The form displays your current limit and warns you as you approach it.

Replace, remove, or reorder images

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When editing an item:

  • Drag images to change their display order.
  • Use the upload control to add more images within your plan limit.
  • Remove an image when it no longer belongs in the gallery.
  • Save the item to keep the new gallery arrangement.

If you change the first image, the newly selected lead image will represent the item on its public page and in cards elsewhere on Akurium.

Add a video

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Collections and items can each include one video embed on plans that support video.

Akurium does not host the video file itself. Paste a public YouTube or Vimeo link into the Video URL field. You may also paste a YouTube video ID. Akurium detects the provider and displays a preview when it recognizes the link.

For a collection, choose a video that introduces or tours the collection as a whole. For an item, use video to document that particular object—for example, how it moves, sounds, operates, or looks from several angles.

If Akurium cannot recognize the link:

  1. Confirm that it points to a YouTube or Vimeo video.
  2. Try the standard share URL provided by the video service.
  3. Confirm that the video is available to viewers and is not restricted to your account.

Remove the URL and save the record when you no longer want the video displayed.

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YouTube and Vimeo are third-party services. Akurium waits for the viewer to allow the relevant cookies before loading an embedded video. Until then, the page displays a placeholder with an option to accept cookies and load it.

This means a video may be attached correctly even when it does not begin playing immediately for every visitor.

Media and audience settings

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An item’s audience setting applies to all of its content, including images and video. Choose Mature Audiences if any part of the item may not be suitable for everyone; otherwise choose All Audiences.

Items marked for mature audiences may display blurred media or a warning until the viewer chooses to reveal it.