Upload files to the Content Library

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What's in it for you

Uploading content is one of the first steps to do as an administrator. All the files, also called assets, should be uploaded to the Showpad Library. This library serves as a central repository where you can manage your content, modify its properties, add tags, etc… When you’ve set up a content structure with Channels, folders, and Smart Folders, you can quickly organize your content and distribute it to your users.

See how it looks

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Key features

  • Upload content to use in Channels
  • Import from a local drive or from cloud storage
  • Upload Microsoft Office files with a size up to 200Mb
  • Upload other files with a size up to 2.5Gb

The quick way to awesomeness

  1. Click Add Content
  2. Select local content from your computer or a cloud solution
  3. Wait until processing is finished
  4. Add assets to channels

Do this step by step

There are two ways to upload content to the library:

Once your content is uploaded, it's processed to ensure it’s displayed correctly on all devices. When the processing is finished, the content will appear in the library.

Upload content from your local computer 

  1. Click Content in the top menu.
  2. If your organization uses Divisions, click the relevant Division.
  3. Click the Add Content button.
  4. Click Upload content.
  5. Click the Select content button to choose assets stored on your computer, or drag and drop the content into the Upload section.
  6. If you want, you can add tags to the assets you’re going to upload. 
    1. Click inside the Add tags field.
    2. Select an existing tag from the list or enter a tag of your own and press Enter. Repeat these steps to add more tags.
    3. If you're using Divisions, you can choose to share the asset on all Divisions or not.
  7. When you’re ready, click the Start Uploading button.
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Import content from a cloud solution

You can import your content from different sources. Keep in mind that assets will be imported and they will not change when you update the source. Folder or tree structure of your cloud solution will not be imported either. If a file is deleted or overwritten with a new version on, for example, Dropbox, it will not change in Showpad automatically, unless you import it again.

  1. Click Content in the top menu.
  2. If your organization uses Divisions, click the correct Division.
  3. Click the Add Content button.
  4. Click Import from...

  5. Click the cloud solution you want to import content from. In this example, we will import content from Box.
  6. Click the Allow Showpad to access my Box account button and follow the login procedure on the screen. Click Grant access to Box (Or other).
  7. Select the assets you want to upload.
  8. Now, you can add existing tags to the assets you're about to import. You can also define that they're available on all your Divisions if you're using them.
    When you’re ready, click the Import Content button.
  9. The files will be added to the processing queue and will be available shortly.

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