By logging in as the administrator on your site you can edit the metadata in your images. If you have multiple contributors to your site you will need to login as each contributor to edit the metadata in their images.
NOTE: If your collection is also represented on www.africamediaonline.com it is also possible to edit the metadata in your images on that site. Any metadata edited on your site will appear on www.africamediaonline.com and vice-versa.
Below please find both video and text with graphics instructions on editing metadata on the MEMAT system. To view the video larger, at the bottom of the video frame either click on the “enter full screen” icon or click on the “watch on Vimeo.com” icon.
MEMAT: Editing Metadata from Africa Media Online on Vimeo.
Online Metadata Management
1. Login on your site as an administrator
2. Three tabs will appear at the top of the page. Click on the Content management tab
3. That will bring you through to a page with tabs – find, metadata, admin and galleries.
4. Search for the images you want to add/edit metadata in. To view all the images from one contributor search by the name of the contributor as registered with Africa Media Online.
5. Click on the metadata tab
6. Highlight the media info you want to edit – you can multi-select from the list and then tick “show selected metadata beneath each file”
7. Add or edit metadata and click “save” beneath the image.
8. To edit your captions and keywords in a bigger text box click on the word “caption” or “keyword” below the thumbnails. Remember to still hit “save” after closing the larger text box.
9. It is also possible to download a spreadsheet of your metadata to edit offline. Click on the link below “Download metadata spreadsheet” to access this option.
NOTE: Search engine indexes are updated at midnight every night. So the changes you make will only be searchable the following day.