MediaHub 1.19 - available now

[Peter Knight]

Hey everyone,

MediaHub 1.19.0 is ready. 

That is good news for two reasons: you might find it useful, and you might be too distracted to wonder where 1.18 went. 🙂

Anywho, MH 1.19 has two main areas of improvement:

1. the main MediaHub library screen (for editors)
2. a new read API for galleries at scale (for developers).

MediaHub Library changes

A) Redesigned sidebar
The sidebar has been redesigned and refined, with new shortcut filters at the top

B) Favourites
Mark any asset as a favourite (site-wide) and filter the library to favourites only. You can favourite from the asset detail page, the tile menu, or by dragging tiles onto Favourites in the sidebar. I am still debating Favourite/unfavourite vs star/unstar for the wording. Open to opinions there.

C) Recent
See your newest uploads and choose what “recent” means: last 24 hours, last 7 days, and other presets. More flexibility planned here soon.

D) Filter breadcrumb type thing
When you filter the library, a breadcrumb-style trail shows where you are (for example All Assets › Labels: Dublin). Clear a filter with one click instead of guessing how you narrowed the view.

E) Labels
If you use Labels for organisation, they are now a first-class shortcut in the sidebar, with counts per label. The section collapses when you do not need it. Drag assets onto a label row to assign in bulk; rename or delete from the row menu.

F) Hover info on asset cards
Hover over an asset to quickly see the title and filename without turning on Details view or opening the full asset page. This way, you get a really clean Library grid and still benefit from an in-betweeny view.

G) Favourites (pt2)
You can mark an asset as a favourite from the assets card/panel. Admittedly, 'unfavourite' is a little awkward-sounding. How does it read in German, Austrian, Bulgarian, Irish? I'll find out shortly. I might change this to star/unstar.

MediaHub - drag and drop

Another gap closed. You can drag and drop assets directly onto a MediaHub field. If you want to disable that function, you can do it on a field-by-field basis.
You can also re-order assets as per the native input field. And if you're not a drag-and-drop fan, you can use the buttons instead.
The MediaHub button will open your Library. Upload button opens your Finder. Uploads and drag-and-drop currently land new files in the root of the library in the background. I am planning more flexibility there soon.

getRaw () API (beta)

I'll be straight: I have not fully tested this myself on production sites yet, but I did run it through rigorous automated test scripts, and the performance benefits look promising. There is a more comprehensive write-up in the MediaHub docs. And I want to thank @David Karich for pushing this feature forward and flagging the original limitation in the first instance.

Not strictly 1.19 related

Search the docs
The MediaHub documentation has a new search box in the sidebar

Limitations and planned improvements
Created a page with the known gaps in MediaHub. This is going to be a living (but rapidly shrinking) list as I move towards MediaHub 1.20.X.

Get 1.19:

• About MediaHub: https://www.peterknight.digital/products/mediahub/
• Upgrade to 1.19: https://www.peterknight.digital/downloads/mediahub/ 
• Read the blog: https://www.peterknight.digital/blog/posts/mediahub-1-19-release/
• Full changelog: https://www.peterknight.digital/docs/mediahub/v1/changelog/

 

Cheers 🍻
Peter

Edited 3 hours ago by Peter Knight
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