How to Add and Manage an Image Gallery in Openleet

An Openleet gallery is more than a collection of unrelated pictures. Each gallery post can present one event, location, project, team activity, collection, or visual business story using a title, description, contextual details, a cover image, and multiple images or videos.

This guide explains how to build a gallery that is useful to visitors and easy to maintain.

1. Open the gallery library

1. Sign in to Openleet.
2. Select the business you want to manage.
3. Open Content.
4. Choose Gallery.
5. Select New gallery, or choose an existing gallery card to edit it.

The library shows each gallery post's cover image, title, number of media items, and Published or Draft status. It displays up to 24 gallery posts per page.

2. Give each gallery one clear subject

Create a separate gallery when a group of media tells a distinct story. Useful examples include:

• a completed project;
• a business location or workspace;
• an event or community activity;
• a seasonal collection;
• a team-at-work gallery;
• a before-and-after sequence; or
• examples of a particular type of service.

Avoid putting every business image into one large gallery. Focused gallery posts are easier for visitors to understand and easier for you to update.

If you need detailed challenge, solution, result, and before-and-after fields, a Project may be a better content type. Use a gallery when the visual sequence is the main story.

3. Add the basic information

Gallery title

The title is required and must contain at least two characters. Name the subject specifically, such as:

• Spring Landscaping Projects in Squamish
• Inside Our North Vancouver Studio
• Community Open House — August 2026

URL slug

Openleet creates a readable slug from the title. Review it before the first publication, keep it short, and avoid information that is likely to change. Changing the slug later changes the gallery post's public address.

Short description

Summarize what the gallery shows and why it may be useful to a visitor. This description can also help represent the gallery when a full media view is not shown.

Full story

Use the full-content field when the images need more context. Explain the work, occasion, process, or result without repeating every caption.

4. Add place, participants, and time

Gallery details can include:

• Place: a city, venue, service area, or intentionally public location;
• Participants: the people, team, partners, or groups involved; and
• Time / Date: when the activity occurred.

These fields are optional. Include them only when they improve the story and you are permitted to share them.

For work completed at a customer's home, a general location such as Squamish, BC is usually safer than a street address. Do not identify children, customers, employees, or event participants without appropriate consent.

5. Choose a hero image

The hero image acts as the main visual for the gallery post and may be used on its card. Choose an image that still makes sense when cropped into a wide shape.

A strong hero image should:

• represent the gallery's main subject;
• be sharp and well lit;
• avoid important details close to the edges;
• contain no private information; and
• be different enough from supporting images to give the gallery a clear introduction.

The current gallery editor accepts an image upload for hero media.

6. Add gallery images

Select + Image for each image you want to add. Then choose the file and complete its descriptive fields.

Alternative text

Alternative text describes the useful visual content for people who cannot see the image. Write a concise description of what is visible and relevant to the gallery.

For example:

• Cedar deck after installation beside a grey home
• Barista preparing espresso at the front counter
• Completed storefront sign viewed from the sidewalk

Do not begin every description with “Image of,” and do not fill alternative text with locations or promotional keywords. If an image is purely decorative, a short neutral description is enough for the current editor.

Caption

A caption gives visible context that may not be obvious from the image, such as the stage of work, material used, or reason the moment matters. Alternative text describes what is shown; a caption explains its context.

7. Add gallery videos

Select + Video to add a video file. You can also upload an optional image thumbnail to represent the video before it plays.

Use a short, relevant clip and add text that identifies its content. Before uploading, check that:

• everyone shown has agreed to public use where required;
• background conversations do not reveal private information;
• music, footage, and branding are licensed for your use;
• the thumbnail accurately represents the video; and
• important information is also available in text when visitors cannot play the video.

Large or long video files can slow uploads and public pages. Use concise, appropriately compressed media whenever practical.

8. Arrange and review the media sequence

Gallery media is saved in the sequence shown in the editor. Add images and videos in a logical order—for example, overview first, details second, and final result last.

Use Remove to exclude an unwanted media row before saving. If an existing gallery needs a substantially different sequence, review the entire media list carefully after making changes.

A focused set of distinct media is usually more effective than many near-duplicate shots.

9. Save as a draft or publish

New gallery posts have Published selected by default. Turn it off before saving when the gallery is incomplete, permission is pending, or media still needs review.

• Published makes the gallery eligible to appear publicly.
• Draft keeps it available for dashboard editing without showing it to visitors.

Publishing makes the media available on enabled Openleet surfaces. It does not guarantee search placement, visits, or use by an external AI service.

10. Save and inspect the public result

Select Save gallery, then open the saved gallery from the library. Review the card, hero image, text, media order, captions, and video thumbnails. If published, use View on website where available and inspect the result on both a phone and a larger screen.

Where published galleries appear

Published gallery content can appear in the gallery area of the Openleet business profile and on individual gallery pages.

For eligible Openleet websites, published galleries can also appear in the homepage gallery section and on the dedicated Gallery page. The Gallery feature and its website navigation entry must be active for visitors to reach the collection easily from the navbar.

Openleet can also use curated gallery images as part of the business's public visual information. Accurate titles, descriptions, alternative text, and captions give those images more useful context than files alone.

Edit or unpublish a gallery

Return to Content → Gallery and select the gallery card. You can update its text and details, replace the hero image, add or remove media, revise captions, or change its Published status.

Unpublish a gallery when rights or consent are uncertain, an image reveals information that should not be public, or the content no longer represents the business accurately. Update seasonal or event galleries when the date and context could otherwise confuse visitors.

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