Edit Lightboxes

The Edit Lightbox page provides access to all of the settings for a Lightbox, including content, settings, sharing and conversation options.

The tabs and fields on the page and their usage are as follows.

Lightbox Options
Creator	The name of the user that created the Lightbox
Lightbox name	The name of the Lightbox. If you rename the Lightbox, all conversations and links to it that may have been shared with others are also renamed.
Description	If entered, when the Lightbox is opened this description will appear at the top of the page beside the Lightbox name.
Date	This field is automatically populated with the date the Lihtbox was first created. You can use the field for any purpose. The date is displayed when the Lightbox is listed in the Lightboxes page.
Thumbnail sort order	Select the order in which thumbnails are displayed in the Lightbox. By default they are sorted in order of filenames, ascending.
Update Lightbox	Saves any changes you have made on this or any of the other tabs on the page.
Sharing Options
Users with access to this lightbox	Displays a list of the users and email addresses with whom the Lightbox has been shared. To add to more shares, click inside this box. A list of all the users with access to your IMS Library is presented. After you select a user, their name is added to the box. Click in the box again to have the list of users presented, so you can select another user. To delete a user you added, select their name in the box and use the delete key on your keyboard. You can disable the user listing if required - please refer to Hide Usernames for details.
Sharing Message	This option appears once you click in the Users with access to this lightbox field. Enter a message that will be sent to those with whom the Lightbox is shared.
Send message To Everyone	By default messages are sent to all those included in the User with access ... field. This option enables you to send a message with newly-added users. Users already sharing the Lightbox will not be sent the new message.
Update Lightbox	Saves changes made
Lightbox Contents	This tab includes a list of the Files included in the Lightbox
Thumbnail image	Click to open the File in the File Console
Filename and description	Click to open the File in the File Console
Filesize	Megabytes of disk space taken up by the File.
	Select to remove a File from the Lightbox.
Update Lightbox	Saves any changes you have made on this or any of the other tabs on the page.
View Now	Opens the Lightbox in the main panel on the IMS page. If the Lightbox has any conversations in progress, the Conversations window will appear with the option to add a new message.

External User Options

An external user is someone that does not have login credentials for your IMS Library. External User Options only appear when you have entered an unknown email address. IMS will prompt you with External User Options when you select the Update Lightbox button.

External User Option	Description
Single-click Downloads	This option enables the external user to download Files.
Download Wizard	Using the Download Wizard the external user can resize, reformat and crop the File as part of the download process.
Watermark	Determines if the Files in the Lightbox will have a watermark applied. If selected, the watermark applied will be as specified on the Watermarking page.

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