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Uploading an asset using the Selection widget
This topic explains how to upload a picture from your desktop to FotoWeb using the Selection widget. This way you can place that picture directly in an article in your CMS afterwards.
02. June 2026
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How to upload files using the Selection widget
- After opening the FotoWeb Selection widget from your CMS, click on the Upload tab.
- Now drag one or more files from your desktop into the upload area (the dotted blue box), or click the Browse link to locate them on your computer. Previews are generated for files up to 200 MB in size (.png, .jpg, .jpeg, and .gif). Otherwise, a placeholder is displayed.
- Choose the archive to upload the assets from the dropdown list just above the upload area. This will list all the areas you have upload access to and, depending on how the system has been configured, you may also be able to select a subfolder.
- You can now fill in certain metadata fields. This metadata will be written to all the files in the upload queue.
Any metadata already in the files will be appended rather than overwritten.
The yellow metadata fields are required, so you cannot start uploading until they are filled in. - When you've added all files to the upload queue and added metadata, select Upload to start uploading the files to the server.
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When the upload completes, go to the Archives tab and locate the archive you uploaded, where you will find the uploaded files. Then click Select to add that asset to your CMS.
Note to administrators
The metadata fields displayed when a user chooses the archive to upload are based on the metadata set assigned to the archive. By modifying that metadata set, you can choose which fields are required and which are optional.