User`s guide

Synology DiskStation User's Guide
Based on DSM 3.2
101 Chapter 11: Share Photos, Videos, and Blogs with Photo Station
Manage Albums
Manage your albums with the upload, delete, download, and reorder functions. Edit the titles, descriptions, and
access privileges according to your need. You can also enable virtual albums in Photo Station.
Upload Photos and Videos to an Album
You can allow users to directly upload or download photos and videos via Photo Station.
To upload photos and videos to an album:
1 Select the album to which you want to upload photos and videos.
2 Choose Add > Upload from my computer or Copy from my DiskStation.
3 In the window that appears, do any of the following:
 If you want to upload photos or videos to the current folder, choose Upload to the current album.
 If you want to upload photos or videos to a subfolder, choose Upload to, and name the subfolder.
4 Click Browse and then select the photos or videos you want to upload. After you've made your selection, the
selected photos or videos will be shown in the window. Use the Delete or Clear All button to change your
selection.
5 Click Start to start uploading, which may take a while to complete. When the upload process is complete,
refresh your browser window to see the uploaded photos or videos.
Note: Only users with the access and upload rights to the album can upload photos and videos. See "Set Album's
Privacy Settings" on Page 102 for more information.
Download Albums
You can allow users to download albums via Photo Station.
To allow users to download albums:
1 Go to Settings and click the Photos tab.
2 Tick Allow users to download album.
3 Click Save.
To download an album:
1 Click the album cover to enter the album's thumbnail page(s).
2 Choose More > Download.
3 In the window that appears, do any of the following:
 Choose Download all to download the entire album as a zip file.
 Choose Select items to download, select the items you want to download and click OK. (Press and hold
Shift or Ctrl while making multiple selections.)
Your selections will be downloaded as a zip file.
Reorder Albums
1 Go to Settings and click the Photos tab.
2 Do any of the following:
 Choose the number of albums per page from the Albums per page drop-down menu.
 Choose Ascending or Descending from the Sort by folder name drop-down menu to sort albums in
ascending or descending order.
 Choose Sort by preference, click Rearrange, click OK, and then drag any album to change its order.
3 Click Save.