--- title: "How do I add collections to a portal?" date: "2025-01-09T17:04:51+00:00" summary: "Easily add and manage collections in your portal. Learn to display featured collections, customize card layouts, edit names, set previews, and control user actions. Streamline your digital asset management." image: type: "page" url: "/acquia-dam/how-do-i-add-collections-portal" id: "a697d6b4-0f29-4c0f-bc52-cd8108562be3" --- Table of contents will be added Besides adding individual assets to a portal, you can also add single or multiple collections to a portal. Adding collections allows you to create a portal but manage collections directly from Acquia DAM. When released assets are added to collections in the DAM, they’ll automatically be added to the portal. When they’re deleted in the DAM, they’ll be deleted from the portal. After collections are added, the space for them in the portal dynamically adjusts as assets are added or deleted in the DAM. Any global and personal collections from the DAM can be in a portal. If the same collection is used in multiple sections of the same portal, any filters applied in the first section will be applied in the other sections. Add collections by adding an [assets section](/acquia-dam/what-are-sections "What are sections?"), then choose to display a single collection as a featured collection or single or multiple collections in a card format. You can also [add a gallery of assets](/acquia-dam/how-do-i-add-assets-portal "How do I add assets to a portal?"). ![Select the type of collection you want to add to the collection section of your portal.](https://acquia.widen.net/content/432e1d8c-cddd-41fe-a514-ee4d7dc9e35d/web/ka0Pb0000006vLN00N6g00000WDN1a0EM6g000005Lvnx.png) Once you've selected a format, search for the collections you want to add, or filter by global and personal collections. Note that you can only search for collections by name and not by asset metadata, like keywords. Check to add individual collections, or add multiple collections by selecting them individually, holding shift and click to select a range or dragging your mouse over multiple collections to select a range. ![Select to add global or personal collections to your portal.](https://acquia.widen.net/content/36828bdb-c71c-411a-b1f5-01c6331dc942/web/ka0Pb0000006vLN00N6g00000WDN1a0EM6g000005Lvo0.png) Featured collections -------------------- To display a single collection in the section, choose featured collection. The first four assets from the collection will display in a filmstrip format. With this option, only one collection can be selected.   ![When you choose a featured collection, the first four assets in the collection display as previews.](https://acquia.widen.net/content/6817dfe3-ef38-4da3-bf62-0f672bcb3bb7/web/ka0Pb0000006vLN00N6g00000WDN1a0EM6g000005Lvo3.png)   Collection cards ---------------- To display multiple collections, choose collection cards. Search for collections, then select the ones to include. Cards for each collection will display. With this option, one or multiple collections can be selected. If you select one collection, it will also display in card format.   ![Multiple collections can display in a portal when you select collection cards.](https://acquia.widen.net/content/372cf9d4-638b-407e-bf34-dcb818401830/web/ka0Pb0000006vLN00N6g00000WDN1a0EM6g000005Lvny.png) Edit collection names --------------------- By default, the title of the collection in the DAM displays in collection cards. If the name is updated in the DAM, it will change in the portal. With this update, you now have the option to modify the display name on the card from the original title of the collection. When modifying the card name, it won’t change in the DAM. Clear the name to revert back to the name of the collection in the DAM.   ![Click the pencil icon to edit a collection's name in a portal.](https://acquia.widen.net/content/bc43cffd-9b1b-4645-b07f-d396cc9ade3c/web/ka0Pb0000006vLN00N6g00000WDN1a0EM6g000005Lvnv.png)   Set previews and pin top collections ------------------------------------ For the collection card layout, you can update the preview for the collection by hovering over the collection and selecting Change image preview. Search for an asset you'd like to use as the preview and [crop](/acquia-dam/how-do-i-crop-images-portal "How do I crop images in a portal?") it to size.  ![Click the menu to change an image preview for the collection in the portal.](https://acquia.widen.net/content/f57218c8-771c-4192-b3ac-ac24b0a8a258/web/ka0Pb0000006vLN00N6g00000WDN1a0EM6g000005Lvo5.png) Note that the preview asset doesn't have to be an asset within the collection. You can select icons or other assets not included in the collection to use for the preview. Delete the card if it’s no longer needed. When adding collections to the portal, you can reorder them by selecting Edit for the asset section and using the [Pin Top Collections](/acquia-dam/how-do-i-change-sort-order-assets-portal "How do I change the sort order of assets in a portal?") feature.  ![Pin top collections you want others to see in a portal.](https://acquia.widen.net/content/ab6579aa-1205-4735-bcfe-b049a6c62046/web/ka0Pb0000006vLN00N6g00000WDN1a0EM6g000005Lvo4.png) Choose collection settings -------------------------- For each section, click the gear icon to choose how collections will display and the actions users can take with the collections. Display asset [filenames or metadata](/acquia-dam/what-can-be-used-display-names-portals "What can be used for display names in portals?"), allow users to search the section, [select the number of assets](/acquia-dam/how-do-i-change-how-many-assets-display-portal "How do I change how many assets display in a portal?") that display on each page, and choose a [sort order](/acquia-dam/how-do-i-change-sort-order-assets-portal "How do I change the sort order of assets in a portal?") of those assets. You can also [allow download and sharing](/acquia-dam/how-do-i-allow-downloads-or-shares-portal "How do I allow downloads or shares from a portal?") of assets from collections. ![Select the gear icon to choose collection section settings.](https://acquia.widen.net/content/e68e3702-d833-4eaf-9571-e6a2c5f9fbb4/web/ka0Pb0000006vLN00N6g00000WDN1a0EM6g000005Lvo1.png) Add more collections -------------------- Click the Add icon to add more collections to the section and to update the pinned sort order of collections. ![Click the Add icon to add more collections to a portal.](https://acquia.widen.net/content/d864a59c-eda6-45e2-b0c2-30190bd9287f/web/ka0Pb0000006vLN00N6g00000WDN1a0EM6g000005Lvnw.png) Remove collections ------------------ For collection cards, quickly remove single collections by hovering over the collection and deleting the card. You can also click the Manage icon, then uncheck the ones you want to remove. ![Remove a single collection from a portal by clicking the menu and deleting the card.](https://acquia.widen.net/content/c9d4d865-911c-4ad9-aca9-014aa0097962/web/ka0Pb0000006vLN00N6g00000WDN1a0EM6g000005Lvo2.png) For sections with a featured collection included, delete the section by clicking the trash can icon. ![Click the trash can icon to delete a featured collection in a portal.](https://acquia.widen.net/content/218bb2eb-375b-4de8-9daa-6b7f88aba35c/web/ka0Pb0000006vLN00N6g00000WDN1a0EM6g000005Lvnz.png)