The Default settings enable Admins to configure key aspects of the Canto platform with ease. You can adjust the initial gallery display and layout, customize the presentation of the folder tree, and define default search and filter parameters, among other options. These configurations provide a consistent environment for all users, while still allowing for individual customization after logging in.
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Please note: The actions described in this article require Administrator privileges, and are unavailable on Consumer and Contributor profiles. |
Navigation
From the Main Library, click on your profile icon in the top right corner – if this has not been adjusted, the default icon used will be – to open the "Profile & Settings" menu, and select "Settings".
On the Settings page, select the "Configuration Options" tab, followed by "Defaults" from the menu on the left.
Display
Main Library Display
Specify the combination of panels that users will view upon logging in.
- Display library (only content)
- Display only the Folder Tree
- Display only the Filter Panel
- Display both the Folder Tree and the Filter Panel
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Please note: The library gallery will always be displayed, regardless of which option above is selected. |
Folder Tree Display
Select the default sort order of the folder and album structure by choosing your preferred option from the Default Sort by menu.
- Date: Sort by Newest or Oldest
- Name Alphabetically: Sort Alphabetically in Ascending or Descending order
- Type: Display Folders first or Albums first
- Custom Sort: Arrange folders and albums in your preferred order
Default Display
Choose the initial content that users will see upon login, you may choose one of the available Content Type Filters or select a particular folder or album.
Default Thumbnail Size
Select your preferred default thumbnail size: Small, Medium, or Large.
Default Content Layout
- Default Content sort by - Set the initial sorting of assets - either by name or by date.
- Canto Default - When enabled, Images and Videos Content Types are displayed in thumbnail view, all others in list view.
- Thumbnail - When enabled, all albums are displayed in thumbnail view.
- List - When enabled, all albums are displayed in the list view.
- Masonry Grid - When enabled, all albums will be displayed in the masonry view.
- Curated View - When enabled all albums will be displayed in the curated view
Display Content as Pages
You may disable the infinite scroll feature by enabling Display Content as Pages so that your content is paginated. This would allow your assets to be previewing in pages instead which may enhance load times. You can control how many assets are displayed per page.
Sort & Display Assets By Date Field
If assets are sorted by date, choose if they’re sorted by when they were last modified (Date Modified), when they were uploaded (Date Uploaded) or when they were created (Date Created).
List View
Specify which metadata to display in the List View (maximum 8).
Tooltip Preview Display In
Specify in which of the 3 View Options (List View, Thumbnail View, Masonry Grid View) a tooltip preview is generated when you hover your mouse over a file.
A preview will also be generated in Curated View when Thumbnail View and/or Masonry Grid View is/are enabled.
Tooltip Style - Preview/Information
Select the tooltip style for each file type. Choose between Preview and Information.
You can also specify the information fields.
Search & Filter Panel
Advanced Search Default Options
- Search: Specify the search range: either Globally (in the entire Canto library), or only Within Results, i.e. the assets in the current display.
- Combine terms: Specify the operators that will be used to combine different search terms: AND or OR.
- Only within fields: Specify in which metadata fields to search.
Filter Panel Default Options
Set the operators that will be used to connect the Tags or Keywords when filtering: AND, OR, or NOT.
Other Options
Check Out Assets
Once enabled, you can specify Roles that are allowed to check out assets, set the maximum checkout duration, and specify the e-mail reminder time.
Time Zone
The internal clock can be changed to any major time zone.
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Please note: Time zone changes take effect the next time the Admin logs in. |
Select All - Max Files
You may define the maximum number of files that can be selected at once. The minimum is 1000 files and goes up to 10,000 files.
Share Links
Set various default options for sharing links.
Add Annotations on Images and Videos
If the checkbox is activated, the comment function is available.
Prevent Files from Being Downloaded
If you select the checkbox, you can enter file extensions to prevent downloading of certain file types. If there are multiple file extensions you want to disable, you must use the comma as a separator.
Note: By enabling this feature you can control the file types that are permitted to be downloaded by Contributors and Consumers.
Save Metadata before Download
If you encounter speed issues when downloading files, you may choose to disable including metadata in the download. When you disable metadata, the download of the file happens immediately, as opposed to writing the metadata first.
Note: Note that any metadata that you have added to the asset while it was in Canto (tags, keywords, descriptions, copyright information) will not be embedded alongside the asset during the download.
Default Color Profile
Specify the default color profile for asset downloads, choosing between sRGB and Adobe RGB.
Folders & Albums Count
When this function is enabled, file counting counts a file that is assigned to multiple albums in this folder multiple times.
When this feature is disabled, files that are assigned to multiple albums in this folder are only counted once in the file count.
Imprint Link
Imprint Links are a legal requirement in Germany for websites and online services. The imprint link feature provides German customers the ability to share information about the entity responsible for the content, as well as operations of the website, including contact details. Canto admins can activate this feature as required.
Imprint setting in Canto:
Imprint in a shared link: