# Organizing photos into chapters

> Split a CoreHue gallery into chapters like Ceremony and Reception so clients can find their favorite moments. Add, rename, reorder and delete chapters.

Source: https://help.corehue.co/docs/galleries/organizing-with-chapters/

Chapters are the sections of a gallery: *Getting ready*, *Ceremony*, *Portraits*, *Reception*. They turn a long scroll into something your client can find their way around, and they're what your client uses to jump to the moments they care about most.

## How chapters look to your client

Once your client scrolls past the cover, the chapter names sit in a strip that stays pinned to the top of the screen. Each chapter is its own page. If you've written a chapter description, it appears above that chapter's photos, and at the bottom of each chapter there's a link to the next one.

Videos in a chapter show above its photos. See [How your clients watch videos](/docs/gallery-video/how-clients-watch-videos).

## Add a chapter

1. On the **Chapters** tab, click the **+** next to **Chapters** in the sidebar. On a phone, open the sidebar first with the menu icon beside the chapter name.
2. In **New chapter**, type a **Chapter name**. Add a description if you'd like a line of context above the photos.
3. Choose **Add chapter**.

The new chapter opens, ready for photos. You can also create a chapter while moving or copying photos, from **New chapter** in that dialog.

## Rename a chapter or change its description

Open the chapter's **⋯** menu in the sidebar and choose **Edit**. Change the name or description and save.

## Reorder chapters

Drag a chapter by its grip handle, up or down the sidebar. The order you set is the order your client sees in the chapter strip.

## Delete a chapter

1. Open the chapter's **⋯** menu and choose **Delete**.
2. Read the confirmation, which says how many items are in the chapter, then choose **Delete chapter**.

> **Deleting a chapter deletes what's in it**
Every photo and video in the chapter is permanently removed, along with its activity. To keep the photos, move them to another chapter first, or hide the chapter instead of deleting it.

A gallery always needs at least one chapter, so **Delete** doesn't appear when only one is left.

## The Featured chapter

Every new gallery starts with one chapter called **Featured**. It's an ordinary chapter, so rename it to whatever suits the gallery. Some photographers keep it as a highlights chapter at the top, with copies of their 30 or 40 best images, before the full story in the chapters that follow. Copies count toward storage again, so keep a highlights chapter tight.

## Photo and video counts

The number on each chapter row is the total of its photos and videos. The chapter toolbar spells it out, for example "65 photos, 2 videos".

## Hide or restrict a chapter

Three settings control who sees a chapter and what they can do with it:

- [Hiding chapters from visitors](/docs/gallery-sharing/hiding-chapters) keeps a chapter in your editor but out of the public gallery.
- [Keeping chapters private to your client](/docs/gallery-sharing/client-only-chapters) shows a chapter only to people who come in with the client password.
- [Allowing downloads for some chapters only](/docs/gallery-downloads/downloads-by-chapter) decides which chapters can be downloaded.

## Naming chapters well

Short and literal works best. *Getting ready*, *Ceremony*, *Family*, *Portraits* and *Reception* tell your client exactly where to go. For a portrait or brand session, splitting by look or location (*Studio*, *Outdoors*, *Details*) does the same job.

## Frequently asked questions

### Do I have to use chapters?

No. Chapters are optional, and a short session can live happily in one chapter. Chapters earn their place once a gallery runs to a couple of hundred photos or covers different parts of a day.

### Can the same photo be in two chapters?

Yes. Use **Copy to…** from the photo's menu to put the same photo in a second chapter. Each copy counts toward your storage, so copy thoughtfully. See [Moving, copying and deleting photos](/docs/galleries/moving-copying-and-deleting-photos).

### Can I get a deleted chapter back?

No. Deleting a chapter permanently removes its photos and videos. If you might want a chapter later, hide it instead.

### Can I move a video into a different chapter?

Yes. Gallery videos can be moved between chapters and galleries, though not copied. See [Renaming, moving and deleting videos](/docs/gallery-video/managing-videos).