Finding your way around the album workspace

Your album workspace is where you build and manage your keepsake. Across the top you'll see your album title, a status pill (Private draft, Public draft, Live, or Archived), a Share button (shown only once your album is live and publicly viewable), and a Publish button. Once you publish, the Publish button is replaced by a Live / Archived switch so you can take your album offline any time. Below that, a row of tabs: Album, Media, People, Inbox, and Settings. The Inbox tab only shows up when you've turned on comments or turned on the Chorus.

The Album section is where the magic happens. You'll see your album exactly as your guests will see it. Empty spots — the hero image, the title, the subtitle, and the main story — show up as soft grey placeholders inviting you to fill them in.

• Click the title or subtitle to type right on the page. They save as soon as you click away.
• Click the hero image placeholder to pick a photo. You can come back and replace it any time.
• Click the main story placeholder to open a full writing window with headings, lists, quotes, and links.
• Underneath your photos you'll always see an Add another memory tile — click it or drop a file onto the page to upload more.

Themes

Right under the tabs there's a strip of themes you can scroll through. Hover any theme to preview it on your album — colors, fonts, and layout all change. Click to apply it. The strip stays open so you can keep trying different looks without losing your place.

Publishing

When you're ready to share, click Publish in the top-right. Right next to it is a Preview button, which opens your album in a new tab so you can see exactly what guests will see before you publish — handy for catching little things like a missing subtitle or a story that needs another sentence. Your album has to be publicly viewable in Settings and already published before the Share button appears — that way no one accidentally promotes a draft or a private album.

Sharing your album link and QR code

Once your album is live and publicly viewable, click the Share button up top. You'll get three options:

• Copy link — copies the full web address of your album so you can paste it into messages, emails, or social media.
• Download QR code — saves a high-resolution PNG of your album's unique QR code. Print it on an invitation, pass it out at an event, or display it on a screen so guests can scan and visit.
• Copy QR code — copies the QR code image to your clipboard so you can paste it straight into a document or chat.

Taking your album offline with the Live / Archived switch

After you publish, the Publish button changes into a Live / Archived switch. Flip it to Archived any time you want to hide the album from guests — the public link will stop working, and members you invited will no longer see it on their shelves. You and any co-editors will still see the album on your own shelves with an Archived pill, and you can switch it back to Live whenever you're ready to share again. Nothing is deleted; your memories are safe.

Media

Your album has two views of the same photos:

• Album view is the stage where your keepsakes are arranged for guests.
• Media view is the organizer. You can see every photo in a grid, on a timeline sorted by event date, or in a detailed list. Just drop files anywhere on the Media tab to upload.

At the top of the Media page you'll see a little bar showing how much of your album's 20 GB of storage you've used so far.

An album can hold up to around 1,000 items — photos, videos, stories, and more — which is plenty for even the biggest celebration or tribute. If you ever bump into that limit, you can start a second album to keep going.

Hiding a photo without deleting it

Want to take a photo off the album for now but keep it for later? Choose Hide from album on the tile. You'll see a little note at the bottom of the screen saying Hidden. Find it under Hidden in Media. with an Undo button if you change your mind.

Bringing it back

Go to Media and open the Hidden section at the bottom. Click Reinstate next to the photo and it will jump right back to where it was on the album.

Deleting forever

If you're sure you want it gone, choose Delete permanently. We'll ask you to confirm — once you do, the photo is gone for good.

Settings

Under Settings you'll find your album link, three simple privacy toggles (who can view your album, who can leave comments, and whether comments wait for your review before appearing), and an Album Book toggle so visitors can save a PDF keepsake.

If your album is still a draft you haven't purchased or published yet, you'll also see a Delete draft album option at the bottom for starting over. Once you publish, that option goes away and the Live / Archived switch is the gentler way to step back.