The Caption feature allows you to display any text to accompany your images, such as copyright information, a description of what’s in the image, or product details.

You can choose whether to have separate Captions for different SmartFrame images, or to have a single Caption for multiple SmartFrames.

How to add Captions to individual SmartFrames

  1. Log in to your SmartFrame account and select an image you would like to create into a SmartFrame with a Caption.
  2. Select the most appropriate metadata file for your caption. For example, if you plan on using your Caption to describe what’s in the image, consider the Description field. You are also free to add additional metadata fields if you wish by clicking on the + Metadata button
  3. Write your chosen Caption in this field and click on the Save button
  4. Select Themes from the options at the top menu and select the Theme you would like to use to embed this SmartFrame by clicking on Edit
  5. Select the Caption option from the left-hand-side menu. If the slider next to Add a Caption is grey, click on it to enable this feature
  6. Delete any text in the text box and select the same Metadata field you chose in step 2 by clicking on the drop-down menu. When doing so, you will also be able to add an optional default value in case the selected metadata is not available for a certain image. In the editor, it will look like this:

    7. {{ description | Optional default value }}

You can style the optional value using the bold, italic and underline buttons in the text editor, and you can also add a link to it. Keep in mind that applying any styles inside the pairs of curly brackets {{ }} may break the Caption. For example, applying bold to only one of the curly brackets, like this: {{ description | Optional default value }}). In this case, removing the styling will solve the problem.

The exact design of the caption depends on the styling defined in the Design section, as well as whether the SmartFrame is embedded on your home site or elsewhere. All SmartFrames embedded on your home site (known as onsite embeds) can follow the design you specify, while SmartFrames embedded elsewhere (known as offsite embeds) will feature SmartFrame’s standard styling. Learn more about onsite and offsite embeds.

How to add Captions to multiple SmartFrames

It’s also possible to define a Caption and use it for all SmartFrames embedded with a particular Theme.

  1. Log in to your SmartFrame account and select Themes
  2. Find the Theme you would like to use and select Edit
  3. Click on the Caption option from the left-hand-side menu and make sure the slider next to ‘Add a Caption’ is blue
  4. Write your Caption in the text field and click on Save