Media and Titles support credits. This is a powerful way to connect the individuals and/or organizations that played a role in creating the content for specific projects. This can be accomplished by using either the dedicated 'Manage Contributors' area within the Dashboard or adding/edit directly from the Media or Title itself.
Manage Contributors
The MediaStorm Platform provides a dedicated view for managing contributors. To access it, open the main navigation menu in the top-left corner of the Platform interface and select "Manage Contributors."
Here you can find a list view where you are able to add new contributors or edit existing ones from here. Additionally, it supports searching and filtering records by various attributes from the right 'Filter Contributors' menu.
Content Block types that are currently available for Contributors:
- First Name
- Middle Name
- Last Name
- Bio URL - URL of this individual's primary bio.
- Organization - The primary company this contributor works for/with
- Organization URL - URL associated with the above organization.
- Title - The main role that this individual plays
- Bio - Rich text field to fill in the contributor's bio
- Image - upload a hi-res image to the 'Image' field
- Social Links - Social media links associated with this contributor.
- Links - Other links associated with this contributor.
- Notes - Internal/administrative notes
- Tags - Tags are displayed on published contributor pages.
- Credits - This list is auto-populated from any media and/or titles that this contributor has associated with.
Additionally, under the 'Profile Content' tab, you are able to add custom content to this contributor’s profile by adding blocks similar to how our menu works for Releases. These items show up below the information you have added via the 'General' tab.
Content Block types that are currently available for Contributors:
- Heading - Heading text that uses standard HTML formatting
- Button - Button with link
- Text - Free-form text section with basic formatting options
- Embed - Embed Code area (iframe-based embeds only)
- Dynamic Text - Text brought in from a field within a piece of media or title
- Credits - Credits for the currently active item
- Related Links - Links related to the currently active item
- Publication Dates - Release published/updated dates
- Media - Media with optional description and credit
- Playlist - Playlist Title
- Image Grid - Images in a grid layout with optional hyperlinks
Note: Be aware that any changes to contributor records will impact all Title and Media objects referencing those contributors.
Adding Credits to Media and Titles
Aside from the 'Contributors' section of the platform, you are able to assign credits using the "credits" field in the 'General' panel of any Media or Title detail view.
Open the menu labeled "Select a contributor."
- Choose an existing contributor from the list (type a search query to filter the list)
- Add a 'Free-Form Text Credit'
- OR select "New Contributor"
- Click 'Add Credit' once you have made your selection
When creating new Contributors, fill out the appropriate info within the overlay menu. This is a truncated version of the full contributor profile which can be accessed via the yellow highlighted text. When clicked, it will open a new tab to the Contributors section of the Platform.
From the Overlay, you are able to add/edit the following information:
- First Name
- Middle Name
- Last Name
- Bio URL - URL of this individual's primary bio.
- Organization - The primary company this contributor works for/with
- Organization URL - URL associated with the above organization.
- Bio - Rich text field to fill in the contributor's bio
- Image - upload a hi-res image to the 'Image' field
When you click 'Save Changes' from the overlay, this new contributor will be added to the list of Credits within the peice of Media or Title you were working in. This new contributor will now show within the Contributors section of the Platform.
If you wish to re-organize the list of credits, click and hold onto the 3-line 'stack' icon to move the credit items and change their sort order.
Note: Be aware that any changes to contributor records will impact all Title and Media objects referencing those contributors.
Media objects also support an alternative, simplified credit style that can be edited using a free-form text field. This option is appropriate for items that do not require the extended metadata supported by the "contributor" records. To use this option, set a Media item's "Credit type" field to "Simple."