Editing: Linking Thumbnails to Files

This page describes how to provide thumbnails for imaging files so that viewers may preview the file without having to download a large file to their own system and opening it. There are two cases:

1. You have uploaded the source files but have not yet uploaded their corresponding thumbnail images.
2. You have uploaded both the source files and their corresponding thumbnail images.

Important: In order to link to the source file, you must know the filename of the source file.

If you have not already uploaded the images, but you have uploaded the files

Do the following for each file:

• Make sure you are signed in as a FaceBase Writer (you have joined the FaceBase Writer group for your project).
• Search for your file (drilling down using the filter sidebar or adding keywords to the search bar).
• Click the View (“eye”) icon (in the Action column) to view its metadata. (Warning: Do not click the Edit "pencil" icon - this is only editing the base record - not related records.)
• Scroll down to the "Thumbnails" section and click the Add link (to the far right of the section).
• In the Image field, use the Select File button to upload your thumbnail file.
• Fill out the Caption field to describe the image it corresponds to.
• In the "Thumbnail of" field.
• Click the dropdown field and search for the corresponding source filename, then click the corresponding select box.
• Scroll down to the "Show in dataset" field and choose true.
• When you are finished, scroll back to the top of the page and click the Submit Data button.

If you have already uploaded the thumbnail images

• Make sure you are signed in as a FaceBase Writer (you have joined the FaceBase Writer group for your project).
• Search for your file (drilling down using the filter sidebar or adding keywords to the search bar).
• Click the View (“eye”) icon (in the Action column) to view its metadata. (Warning: Do not click the Edit "pencil" icon - this is only editing the base record - not related records.)
• Scroll down to the "Thumbnails" section.
• Click the Edit button on the right hand side of the table header to switch into a table view of the thumbnails.
• For each thumbnail you want to link to a file, click its Edit "pencil" icon. The metadata form appears.
• Find the “Thumbnails of” field.
• Click the dropdown field and search for the corresponding source filename, then click the corresponding select box.
• Scroll down to the "Show in dataset" field and and make sure it reads true.
• When you are finished, scroll back to the top of the page and click the Submit Data button.