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title: "Arranging media order in Design"
canonical_url: https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/article/89a756b4-b789-11ea-9771-3248f2465248
short_url: https://dpg.support/awsc
category: "Websites > Customisation > Essential Portfolio"
locale: en
updated_at: 2020-09-23T01:32:34Z
source: Digital Photo Gallery Support
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# Arranging media order in Design

To make it easier to work with your content without having to leave the Design section, you can rearrange the order of any sets and index views sorted by custom order. 

### Contents
* [Arranging sets view](#arranging-sets-view)
* [Arranging index view](#arranging-index-view)
* [Setting custom order](#setting-custom-order)
* [Making custom order default](#making-custom-order-default)

### Arranging sets view
[▶ Video](https://cache.dpg.media/hyqelgcvfopo/videos/2399b622-b78a-11ea-8b1b-0ad4e06bc2a4/27ada2be-b78a-11ea-8b1b-0ad4e06bc2a4.mp4)
Enter the Design section. In the preview window, navigate to the page you want to rearrange. In the side panel, go to **Page** and **Arrange**. You can now click on a set to pick it up and drag it to a different position. 

### Arranging index view
[▶ Video](https://cache.dpg.media/hyqelgcvfopo/videos/a7f8d338-b78c-11ea-9262-0ad4e06bc2a4/ad8ecf50-b78c-11ea-9262-0ad4e06bc2a4.mp4)
Enter the Design section. In the preview window, navigate to the index view you want to rearrange. In the side panel, go to **Page** and **Arrange**. You can now click on an image to pick it up and drag it to a different position. 

> 💡 **Tip:** If your layout has very large images, or you have a lot of images on the page, it may be easier to arrange then in the admin by viewing them as small thumbnails instead.

### Setting custom order
> ⚠️ **Warning:** To rearrange the order in Design, the set in question must be sorted by **Custom** order in the admin.
[▶ Video](https://cache.dpg.media/hyqelgcvfopo/videos/0b7854e6-b78e-11ea-9111-6e50fb6d292e/0e69204a-b78e-11ea-9111-6e50fb6d292e.mp4)
To check, navigate to the set in the admin. Click the cog icon and make sure that **Sort by** is on **Custom**. If not, choose **Custom** from the dropdown menu now.

### Making custom order default
You can make custom order the default for any new sets you create in the admin.

[▶ Video](https://cache.dpg.media/hyqelgcvfopo/videos/7929532c-b78f-11ea-a8be-6e50fb6d292e/7c1fe000-b78f-11ea-a8be-6e50fb6d292e.mp4)
From the **Dashboard** go to **Settings**. Click **Images** and **Options**. 

Find the section titled **Set default options** and select **Custom** for both Images and Sets.