Welcome to Collage, your cloud-based digital asset management (DAM) platform. This quick tour orients you to the two things you'll use most: the Dashboard (your central hub) and the sidebar navigation on the left. Once you know where things live, storing, finding, and sharing assets takes just a few clicks.
Sign in first
If you haven't logged in yet, head to Logging in to Collage. After a successful login you'll land on the Dashboard.
Your Dashboard at a glance
The Dashboard is your central hub for managing digital assets. It's divided into a few key areas:
- Search Bar — in the global top header (present across the app, not just the Dashboard), type keywords, file names, or tags and results appear as you type.
- Quick Actions — instant options to create or upload: New Asset, New Collage, and New Folder. This area also surfaces the Uncategorized Assets notification when assets are uploaded without a folder — click it to categorize them.
- Recents — your most recently added Collages and folders, with tabs for each. Every item shows a name, asset count, and a lock icon if permissions are applied.
- Last 7 Days — a bar chart of your activity: Viewed, Added, Downloaded, and Shared. Hover a bar for daily counts, or click View All for a custom range.
- Recently Added — your latest assets, each with a thumbnail, name, upload date, folder, and file type.
Note: A lock icon on a Collage or folder means specific permissions or restricted access apply to it.
Navigate with the sidebar
The left-hand sidebar takes you anywhere in Collage:
- New — create menu for a new asset, Collage, or folder.
- Dashboard — your central hub.
- Collages — curated groupings of assets.
- Folders — the folder tree where assets live.
- Sharing — share links you've created.
- Portals — your branded distribution sites.
- Notifications — recent account activity.
- Trash — deleted items, recoverable for a limited time.
- Profile / Settings — your profile and account settings.
- Help / Support — support articles and contact options.