A new Hotspot Drag and Drop Uploader has been added to the Asset Manager. This uploader replaces a previous version which utilised the now deprecated Yahoo Browser Plus plugin. This feature is available in v6.5.13 onwards.
Note: The Drag and Drop Uploader may require activation, please contact the Service desk team to arrange for activation of this feature.
Drag and Drop Uploading is currently supported by the following Browsers: Chrome, Firefox and Safari.
Add
To add an asset to the asset manager, select the appropriate asset placeholder and click Show Asset Properties. The following view will be presented:
1. Drag and Drop the required asset to the Hotspot icon. The following view will be presented:
2. Edit/configure:
Convert to PDF
Check if required.
Note: the PDF converter module must be installed for this feature to work.
Title
Enter an appropriate title for the asset.
Alternate Text
Enter appropriate alternate text for the asset.
Short Description
If required, enter an appropriate caption for the asset.
Long Description
If required, enter an appropriate long description for the asset.
Keywords
Enter appropriate keywords, separated by commas for the asset.
Featured Asset
if required, check to promote the asset to top of any matching search results.
Scheduling
If required, select Scheduling to present the following view:
Enter appropriate scheduling dates
Categories
To add the asset to one or more categories, select categories. The following view will be presented:
Check to add the appropriate categories.
Note: categories allow for efficient storage and searching of assets. They may also be used to generate dynamic lists of related assets.
Metadata
To add metadata to an asset, select metadata. The following view will be presented:
Click Change to associate an asset owner, and complete any other metadata fields
4. Click Save Draft to create an unpublished instance of the asset, or Publish to add the asset to the page. The following view will be presented:
5 Click Return to browse for another asset, or Select to add the asset to the page.
6. Configure the local instance of the asset as required.
