Media library
Browse, upload, and edit the images that appear on your Basker site
The media library is where the images used on your site live. From here you can upload new images, find existing ones, tag them for later, and fill in the details that make each image useful wherever it's referenced on your site.
Non-image uploads — PDFs, brochures, and other documents — live alongside the media library in the Files area, which works in a similar way but with a smaller set of details to fill in.
Browse and find
Open Media under Media in Basker. The screen is subtitled Upload and manage images, video, and reusable override sources. The top right has two view toggles — All Media for a flat list of every item, and By Folder to browse items organised into folders. The list shows file name, alt text, caption, and credit columns, and you can search by file name.
Upload new media
There are two upload paths at the top of the Media screen:
- CREATE NEW — uploads a single file.
- BULK UPLOAD — uploads many files at once.
You can also drop a file directly onto the screen.
After uploading, take a moment to fill in the item's details — especially alt text. Items added during a content edit (for example, while writing a page) are saved into the library automatically, so you can reuse them later.
Edit an item's details
Each media item has details you can edit at any time:
- Alt text — describes the image for screen readers and search engines. Add this to every image; it's the most important field for accessibility.
- Caption — a short description that may appear alongside the image, depending on how your theme uses it.
- Credit — the photographer, designer, or rights-holder of the image.
- Tags — labels you can apply to group related items together and find them faster later.
- Custom metadata — extra key-and-value information you want to keep alongside the file, such as a license reference or an internal code.
- Focal point — for images, the part of the picture that should always stay in frame when the image is cropped to different shapes by your theme.
Reuse without re-uploading
You don't need to upload the same file twice. Once an item is in the library, you can pick it from any page, event, or content block, and Basker will reference the same file. If you replace the file behind an item, every reference to it updates automatically.