Overview

This article explains how to create a photo album in a photo gallery on your website. Photo albums can be used to group and showcase photographs, for example, from an event or trip, or to share pupil artwork. 

Prerequisites

• You must have created a photo gallery before creating a photo album (see Juniper Websites: How do I create a photo gallery?)

Instructions

1. Navigate to the Gallery where you would like to create a photo album.
2. Select Album from the Create tab:
   
3. A blank photo album is created. Enter a name and description for the album by overtyping the existing content:
   
4. Before saving, you must upload at least one image to the photo album. Select Upload Images. 
5. Locate and select between 1 and 99 images to upload into the photo album.
6. Select Open to add the images to your photo album:
   
7. Optionally, select an image and drag-and-drop it to reorder the images.
8. Optionally:
   
   1. Select an image as the thumbnail for the album. By default, the first image uploaded will be displayed as the thumbnail.
   2. Rotate the image counter clockwise.
   3. Rotate the image clockwise.
   4. Add a title and description for each image.
      (this is vital to ensure your images are accessible to visitors accessing your site with a screen reader)
   5. Delete any images you have accidentally added to the Photo Album. 
9. Select Save to save your Photo Album (see Juniper Websites: What do the different save options mean?).

Outcome

Your photo album has been created using the photo images you uploaded.

If your site administrator has enabled social media sharing, you can share your album to your social feeds when publishing.

Best practices

1. Use the table below as a quick guide when selecting images.

   Lower risk	Higher risk
   Group activity shots	Individual portraits
   Distance or wide-angle photos	Close-up facial images
   Images without uniform or name badges	Identifiable uniform or name badges visible
   Action shots showing hands or movement	Static, posed photos

2. Use low-resolution images where you can. Low-resolution images are harder to manipulate. 
3. When adding ALT text to images, describe the activity rather than naming individual children, for example, Year 4 science experiment. Ensure that you do not disclose any information, for example, a pupil or staff member's name that makes them easily identifiable.
4. Review the guidance provided at Protecting your setting’s images from AI manipulation and abuse (UK Safer Internet Centre).

1. Try not to use images of pupils on their own, or where pupils are clearly identifiable. It is better to use group, activity, or alternative angle photographs where possible.
2. Ensure there is no meta data attached to your image file (for example, EXIF data) that may reveal location, device details or timestamps.
3. When using ALT text or labels, ensure that you do not disclose any information, for example, a pupil or staff member's name that makes them easily identifiable. 

Related information

• Juniper Websites: How do I create a photo gallery?
• Juniper Websites: How do I change the order in which photo albums are displayed?
• Juniper Websites: How do I rotate a photo image stored in a photo album?
• Juniper Websites: How do I rotate an image?
• Juniper Websites: How do I add/edit the title and description of a photo image?
• Juniper Websites: How do I delete a photo image from a photo album?
• Juniper Websites: Creating a photo album.
• Juniper Websites: How do I protect pupils in images on my school website?

Updated 14 May 2026 15:31