Add more color to your dashboards by uploading images, and more 🎞️
Images
Tape makes it easy to add, resize, and arrange images in any configuration or format (JPG, PNG, GIF, etc.). You can drag and drop an image into a dashboard, or you can upload an image as a block in your dahsboard. To do this:
Click the
+that appears in your left margin when you hover over a new line. ChooseImageand pressenter. Or, type/imageand pressenter.Click to upload an image from your computer or embed an image from elsewhere using its URL.
Images can also be hyperlinked, so that people can click on them to navigate to the URL of your choice. To add a hyperlink to an image:
Hover over the image and select
•••or⋮⋮→Add link.Paste a link as the destination.
Videos
Anywhere on your dashboard, you can add a video from any streaming service that offers embed links. There are a couple ways to do this:
Click the
+that appears to the left when you hover over a new line. ChooseEmbedand pressenter. You can also type/embedand pressenter.Then paste the video's share URL from the streaming service and click
Embed link.
Audio
Anywhere on your dashboard, you can add audio from some streaming platforms like spotify or soundcloud:
Click the
+that appears to the left when you hover over a new line. ChooseEmbed. You can also type/embedand pressenter.Then paste the URL for the track or playlist from your streaming service.
Media block options
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Arrange & resize
To arrange: Use drag and drop to move a media block around your dashboard. You can drag them into columns as well.
To resize: Hover over your media block and you'll see two black guides appear on the left and right edges. Click either one and drag to make your video bigger or smaller.
Align
Hover over any image or embed block and click the alignment icon. This appears as a square with lines above and below.
Choose to align left, center, or right.
Caption
Hover over any image or embed block and click the caption icon. This appears as a square with lines underneath, representing captions below media.
You'll see gray text appear below your image or embed block.
Download
Hover over any image and click the download icon on its top right. This appears as a downward-facing arrow inside a circle.
This will save the file on Tape to your computer.
View original or full-screen
You can view images in dashboards in a couple other ways — in its original format inside your browser, and in full screen mode. Here's how:
For original view, hover on the image and click
•••. ChooseView originalfrom the dropdown.For full screen, hover on the image and click
•••. ChooseFull screenfrom the dropdown. (You can also select the image and pressspace).
Replace
You can replace images in dashboards with a different one in the same exact size/spot.
Hover over the block and click
•••. ChooseReplace. This will open a window where you can upload another file from your computer or embed an image from elsewhere.
Delete
Hover over any image or embed block and click
•••at the top right or⋮⋮on the left.Choose
Delete.