--- title: "Guides" canonical_url: https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/category/d09cc07e-ae70-11e2-ba48-22b8e83b8e79 short_url: https://dpg.support/chzh path: "Guides" locale: en source: Digital Photo Gallery Support --- # Guides Help articles in this category. Append `.md` to any article URL for clean Markdown, or `.json` for structured data. ## Tutorials - [Getting started with Essential Portfolio](https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/article/7c1354ca-e16a-11ea-ac9c-3248f2465248): In this four part video course you'll learn everything you need to build a portfolio website with the Essential Portfolio template. ## Teams ### Using DPG for collaborative galleries #### Overview - [Features and benefits](https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/article/1380d5e2-07ec-11e6-99c2-16474ff850f4): Digital Photo Gallery makes it easy for teams and organisations to work together on collaborative galleries. - [Events to-do list for Admins](https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/article/14fa7e02-080d-11e6-8390-16474ff850f4): Whether you're setting up your first DPG-powered event site or are already a regular, here are some things to do and consider. Setting up an account - [Public Gallery vs. Press Gallery](https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/article/c7d89144-080d-11e6-8390-16474ff850f4): DPG allows you to make all kinds of sites, but using our tailored templates and page collections, we’ve made it really easy to make two specific types for event… - [Workflow](https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/article/e8299844-0812-11e6-8390-16474ff850f4): Depending on the type of event and the size of your team, there are several options for running your collaborative event sites with DPG. Presenting your content #### Account Setup - [Create account](https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/article/e9f1a89e-0810-11e6-8390-16474ff850f4): Fill in the form here to register for a new account invitation for your event or organisation. Please clearly state that you are signing up to use DPG as a team… - [Upgrade account](https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/article/25107884-0810-11e6-8390-16474ff850f4): Once you are ready to upgrade your account, head to Accounts, where you can subscribe via PayPal. - [User and Admin roles](https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/article/d3a12f18-096b-11e6-8390-16474ff850f4): When you make your DPG account, you simultaneously create a user and an account. This master user will control the account settings such as billing and user man… #### DPG Preparation - [Adding users](https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/article/e5d735d2-080e-11e6-8390-16474ff850f4): Each member of your team who will be contributing to your DPG-powered event should have their own login. - [Configuring users](https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/article/1881c75e-553e-11e7-bddd-3e1faff2bde0): Once you've to the account, you can configure their accounts to best take advantage of DPG's various features. - [Image upload rules](https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/article/06c2a4b6-528d-11e6-813c-7678d470c6e0): Image upload rules allow you to detect potential issues with new image uploads and prevent common problems, such as uploading images without metadata or those i… - [Setting up duplicate handling](https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/article/9658d832-0811-11e6-8390-16474ff850f4): Duplicate detection allows you to choose how duplicate files are handled by DPG. Duplicates happen if a photographer mistakenly uploads the same file more than… - [Setting the time days start](https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/article/80daebd8-5b6e-11e7-9cb9-76c92ec7a447): If your event runs into the night over several days, you should adjust the time the day "starts". - [Serial number matching](https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/article/1bac86fc-0810-11e6-8390-16474ff850f4): If you are running an event with one central editor who is uploading all the images, then you should enable serial number recognition. This will match the seria… - [Watermarks](https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/article/9db6f40a-080d-11e6-8390-16474ff850f4): If you'd like to add watermarks to your images you can follow . - [Slack notifications](https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/article/4133473a-0810-11e6-8390-16474ff850f4): If you are running a photography team of 2 or more members we highly recommend that you use our Slack integration. #### Team Preparation - [Syncing camera times](https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/article/418fa21c-080d-11e6-8390-16474ff850f4): Before photographers begin shooting, they should always ensure that all cameras are set to the correct time. The date and time captured is used to display image… ##### Photographers - [Guide for Photographers](https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/article/b1d0b864-8452-11e7-bf83-3e1faff2bde0): Contents: Your first time using DPG? Account setup Workflow Keywords Before an event Switching to event account Uploading Managing your images Your first time u… - [Keywords for Photographers](https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/article/adf0cc9e-a94f-11e7-b63d-02616046d57b): Keywords are a way of adding information to images, both for internal categorisation and to provide structure to website galleries. You can add keywords in your… - [Image export settings](https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/article/9a8f3baa-9170-11e7-8d41-76c92ec7a447): These are our suggested image export settings for events. Unless otherwise briefed by your event contact, we recommend always uploading in full resolution (you… #### Gallery Set Up ##### Public Site - [Setting up a Public Gallery](https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/article/80706c98-0810-11e6-8390-16474ff850f4): In this guide we'll go through the steps to create and configure a new gallery for an event such as a music festival. - [Create Facebook app](https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/article/b8abe970-0810-11e6-8390-16474ff850f4): In order to use the Facebook social sharing button and comment features on your site you should and add it to your site. - [Add Twitter handles to website](https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/article/e0cca20e-0811-11e6-8390-16474ff850f4): Twitter is supported in mutiple ways, you can add your handle to the main site image blocks and also turn on Twitter Cards for images. ##### Press Site - [Overview](https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/article/a5dde540-8376-11e7-8b00-76c92ec7a447): A DPG Press Site is an easy way to create a standalone website for image delivery from an event such as a festival, concert or fashion show. It can display work… - [Setting up a Press Site](https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/article/768a7610-0810-11e6-8390-16474ff850f4): In this guide we'll go through the steps needed to create and set up a new - a standalone gallery with image download options, protected by individual user logi… - [Updating set description text](https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/article/f7953c62-0811-11e6-8390-16474ff850f4): You can add text to press sites to provide users with information, and use HTML to create links to other sites or email addresses. - [Custom download versions](https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/article/8a9f8b0c-080d-11e6-8390-16474ff850f4): Before creating a new profile, you need to find the unique ID for the correct gallery page. In this example, we're adding a new profile to the 2018 gallery. - [Managing Press Site users](https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/article/8b036a20-0810-11e6-8390-16474ff850f4): You can see all the users signed up to a press site by going to Security and the Users tab. ##### Custom HTML Skin - [Converting an existing site design into a HTML skin](https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/article/65fe9276-080c-11e6-8390-16474ff850f4): If you are running an event and you want to exactly match the style of your DPG site to an existing site design, you can clone the HTML of the main site to turn… ##### Shared - [Adding page collections for additional years](https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/article/0e041d22-ee4b-11e6-bb98-6e61028599f7): Adding a new page collection will create a new set of pages. This allows you to easily update your site over multiple years. - [Adding new sections](https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/article/823a1b3e-f21e-11e6-b72f-6e61028599f7): Our default templates come with various pre-set pages such as Days and Artists, but you can easily add more that are specific to your content. - [Toggling image protection](https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/article/9489babe-f463-11e6-92f2-6e61028599f7): Most gallery pages have image protection options to help prevent users downloading images by right-clicking, dragging or touching-to-save on mobile devices. #### Managing Images - [Square crops for lead images](https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/article/7b5c62e6-080d-11e6-8390-16474ff850f4): Some areas of the gallery use cropped thumbnails to represent items within a section, such as keywords. While DPG will try to intelligently select the best area… - [Setting lead images for keywords](https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/article/334b9e52-080f-11e6-8390-16474ff850f4): The lead image for a keyword is the thumbnail which shows on the keyword page. By default, the image with the highest will become the lead image for that keywor… - [Setting naming patterns for file downloads](https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/article/54861868-2078-11e7-9feb-6e427e8a5d79): You can set a custom naming pattern for any file downloads on your DPG sites. #### Keywords - [Overview](https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/article/6b8fd1a4-080d-11e6-8390-16474ff850f4): Keywords allow you to organise images, both for internal categorisation and to easily give structure to website galleries. On websites, keyword pages can be use… - [Validated keywords](https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/article/5e5afd2a-4492-11e7-8586-3e1faff2bde0): Admins can add validated keywords which are used by the system as the definitive way each keyword will appear. You should double check the title case or stylisa… - [Keyword cover images](https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/article/4512d5e0-457d-11e7-914d-76c92ec7a447): The cover image is the thumbnail which shows for each namespace keyword and makes up the keywords page. #### Managing Websites - [Using redirects](https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/article/245fdc06-080e-11e6-8390-16474ff850f4): A redirect is a way to send visitors to a different URL from the one they originally requested. For example, you may want to redirect from the main gallery page… #### Analytics - [Website and download statistics](https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/article/e43168fc-096b-11e6-8390-16474ff850f4): DPG automatically collects a number of different analytics from website visitors. - [Team performance](https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/article/aa5ac24a-096b-11e6-8390-16474ff850f4): You can generate graphs to show team performance for any set with images in DPG. This shows images shot and uploaded per hour, as well as a graph of the total c… - [Exif data](https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/article/ef68aa5a-096b-11e6-8390-16474ff850f4): You can analyse the Exif statistics for all of the images in your account or just those in a specific set. #### Tips - [Set default view order for images, sets and keywords](https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/article/891bae10-0811-11e6-8390-16474ff850f4) - [Find images without title or keywords](https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/article/ac015fb0-0811-11e6-8390-16474ff850f4): DPG allows you to find images sorted by various metadata and other properties. This can be useful for checking if images lacking information such as keywords or… - [Custom menu items for shortcuts](https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/article/3cdb017a-080e-11e6-8390-16474ff850f4): As an admin or a picture editor you may find that you are visiting the same sets on DPG repeatedly. To make this easier, you can create . #### Troubleshooting - [Duplicate images](https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/article/ee4e48dc-080d-11e6-8390-16474ff850f4): Duplicate images can appear when the same image has been uploaded multiple times. - [Images stuck in processing](https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/article/fc2442cc-080d-11e6-8390-16474ff850f4): If you have images which are stuck then you should use the . - [Image uploaded, but can’t be seen on the site](https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/article/079fd1ca-080e-11e6-8390-16474ff850f4): If you can't see an image on the site, the first thing to check is that it's in the correct set. - [Site has not updated](https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/article/11817342-080e-11e6-8390-16474ff850f4): Each DPG site should have two hosts - a public one and a testing one. If you have made changes, but don't see them reflected on the public address - check your… - [Image metadata issues](https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/article/f5a3d20e-6ab0-11e6-bf8c-be279144b405): If you are seeing an upload error such as: - [Shifting Exif dates](https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/article/f8a4332e-18af-11e7-809f-7a458206432c): If a member of your team has uploaded images with their camera set to an incorrect time, you can adjust this using the time shift feature. This offsets the date… - [Colour space warning](https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/article/014b865a-4ed2-11e7-b117-3e1faff2bde0): If you are seeing the following error on the upload screen: - [Troubleshooting keywords](https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/article/c18dc37e-52c9-11e7-8fdf-3e1faff2bde0): Below you can see some examples of common keyword issues. If you need to remove or rename a keywords, see Not separating keywords with a comma #### App Integration - [iOS & Android](https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/article/c80e8d2e-9170-11e7-8d41-76c92ec7a447)