Add images

You can add images to the plant page, or the accession page, by going to the Pictures tab on the relevant page. 

From here you can add pictures of a particular plant, by following the on-screen instructions, or you can drag a picture straight onto the ADD IMAGE box. If you are using Persephone on a mobile, you can add pictures from your phone library, or take one to upload. Watch the short video at the bottom of this page to show you how to take and add pictures from your mobile phone. 

Files with extension jpg, png or gif are allowed, with a size of up to 10mb. You can upload as many images as you like and reorder them via drag and drop.  If your images are larger than 10mB or you prefer to use smaller images, you can compress them first.  Two useful free sites for doing this are CompressNow and Optimizilla.

You can choose one picture to be the main image for the collection, plant, or accession by going to the three dots below the image and clicking the relevant heart icon. Collection image will appear at the top of your main collection list. The plant image will appear next to the plant on the main plant list page. Accession image will appear on the main page if you select ‘accession view’.

The edit button allows you to make the image private, add a description and any copyright.  

      

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Add images from a smart phone or tablet

Add files

Files can be added to the main collection page, to the plant page or the accession page. Accepted file types are jpeg, jpg, png, gif, pdf, doc, docx, xls, xlsx, ppt, pptx. 

You can add up to 10 files at a time, providing that individual files don't exceed 10mB and the total doesn't exceed 40mB. You can choose to make these files private, by ticking the box when uploading, or by going to the green Action button next to the uploaded file, and selecting edit, then make private.  

You can see where you have stored files by looking at the file structure to the left of the Collection Files.  To view all the files, click on + Expand and click on - Collapse to close.  Green folders have files stored in them, grey folders are empty.

You can organise Collection Files in folders.

To create a New Folder, right click next to the Collection Folder and then Add Folder.  To edit (rename), move or delete a folder, right click next to the folder and then Move or Delete.

To upload a file to a folder click Upload File. To Replace, Move or Delete a file, click on the Action menu next to the file and then click Edit, Move or Delete and follow the instructions. 

Note that you cannot edit a file within Persephone, but you can replace it with an updated version.