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Aurora: Manage image and video settings and permissions

Manage image settings

  1. Go to Settings > Content Features.
  2. Click Media.
  3. Turn on Image uploads to enable members to add images to their content.
  4. In the Additional image settings section, click Edit to set the maximum file size (in MB) for uploaded images.
  5. Click Save.

To override the setting to upload images lower-level categories or boards:

  1. Navigate to the desired place in the place picker.
  2.  Scroll to the Media section under Content Features.
  3. Turn on or off Image uploads as needed.

Permissions

In addition to the Image Upload feature being enabled, members must have a role that grants them permission to upload images. Image-related permissions include:

  • Add images to post: Enables members to add images to posts. This permission is granted by default and recommended for everyone.
  • Bypass image upload limit: Enables members to upload as many images as they want, regardless of the community limit set under Settings > Content Features > Media. This permission is denied by default and should be granted to specific, trusted members.

Supported media formats

For Ranks, Aurora supports these image formats: .png and .svg

For all other images, Aurora supports these image formats: .png, .jpg, .jpeg, .gif

Manage video settings

Note: Videos uploaded to a Khoros community are hosted by Brightcove. Learn more about the Brightcove video hosting service.

To enable and configure video-related settings for your community:

  1. Go to Settings > Content Features.
  2. Click Media.
  3. Turn on Video uploads to enable members to add images to their content.
  4. Click Edit to set the maximum file size (in MB) for uploaded videos.
  5. Turn on or off the ability to embed externally-hosted video content.
  6. Click Save.

To override the setting to upload videos at lower-level categories or boards:

  1. Navigate to the desired place in the place picker.
  2. Scroll to the Media section under Content Features.
  3. Turn Video uploads and Embed external videos on or off as needed.

Permissions

In addition to the Image Upload feature being enabled, members must have a role that grants them permission to upload videos. Video-related permissions include:

  • Add videos to post: Enables members to add videos to posts. This permission is denied by default and recommended for admins or advanced members.
Updated 5 months ago
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