Kurator Workspaces
Kurator offers three workspaces for saving and publishing your bookmarks.
The main workspace is called Collection Folders.
Here you can create a nested folder system for organizing and saving your bookmarks
Collection Folders
Collection Folders are the main section for organizing and managing your bookmarks.
You can create new Collection folders in three ways:
- The Collection Folder Menu
-Â The Collection dropdown menu in the popup
- When importing new folders
Collection Folder Types
There are two types of collection folders:
- New Collection (Green Folder)
- New Collection Group (Black Folder)
- Shared Collection Folder (Blue and Orange)
Green Collection folders store your links directly.
Black Collection Group folders help organize your other folders. While you cannot save links directly in these folders, they serve as organizational containers that display the number of folders within them.
Additionally, when you share a Collection folder with your team, it turns blue, and when someone else shares a Collection folder with you, it turns orange.
Folder Views
You can manage two view types in the List View window using the View Tab at the top left of your Kurator screen.
List View
List view consists of two windows, list and preview.
The List view is organized by columns. You can sort your posts by headline, date, publisher, author, content tags, and last modified.
Card View
Card view shows your posts in a card layout with all their details. You can filter posts by author, publisher, and content tags directly in the list view, and clear these filters using the menus at the top.
Card Images
When you save your posts, you can scan for images and select the image you want to store with the card.
You can only scan for images while on the webpage. The scan image function will not work inside of Kurator.
In addition to scanned images, you can upload images from your desktop or search Unsplash's free image directory. Since some scanned images may be copyright protected, you should verify image rights before publishing your collections.
Additionally, some links, such as links to PDF files or web documents, may not have default images. In this case, the image upload feature can help you create a visual cue for your content.
When uploading to a WordPress website, ensure that your image files have no spaces in their names. For example, "Use This Image.jpg" is not allowed, but "UseThisImage.jpg" will work.
Alternatively, we have an unsplash media directory integration, where you can search for and add free images to your posts.
Cut/Paste
Kurator makes it really easy to move links and folders per drag and drop.
You can also select posts you want to cut or copy and paste into another folder.
If you want to use the copy function, we recommend using the list view, it is easier to move a collection of links.
When copying and moving links in card view simply select the cards you want to move by checking the box on the top left of each post and then copy and paste them.
Filter Function
Each collection or folder in Kurator has its own unique filters and you can easily search these filters to locate your posts in context.
The List-View is organized by column, and you can sort and filter information per column.
The Card-View lets you click and filter information by clicking on the filters in the card. You can reset these filters from the Filter-Menu, and sort them from the sort menu.
By default, the program views are set to card view, but Kurator remembers your settings per folder and will display the posts based on your previous settings.
Global Search Function
The Global Search function, located at the top of your screen, allows you to search your entire collection by your preferred fields.
You can choose to search by Headline, Content Summary, Publisher, Author, and Content tags.
Your search results will appear in a list, and each link will show you the path to the link.
By selecting the link, you can view your comments, or click on the folder link to view the search result in the context of your folder.
Collection Group Folders
These folders are meant to help you organize your projects into groups.
The view for these folders is a list of folders under them.
If you nest folders under a Collection Folder, you have no visibility as to how many folders are stacked under that folder.
When you use Collection Group Folders to organize your Collection Folders, you have visibility on the number of stacked folders.
You can share your Collection Folders with other users, by adding their email to the folder.
When you share a folder with others, the color of the folder will change to blue and your collaborator will receive an email notifying them of the invitation.
If the collaborator is a registered user of Kurator, the folder will automatically appear in their app as an orange folder.
If the collaborator does not have Kurator installed, they are asked to install Kurator using the same email they received the invitation from, and upon installing, the shared folder will appear in their app.
Each user will not have two types of links.
- Black links are contributed by you
- Blue links are contributed by others
Participants can only edit and modify their own links.
The owner of the folder can edit and modify all links.
Import-Export function
You can import and export your Collection Folders from the context menu.
The idea is to let you easily archive and share your folders with other Kurators.
YouTube Channel Import
You can import an entire YouTube channel by using its URL. When importing, you can specify how many videos to include and choose a name for the channel. Note that this is a one-time import—it won't automatically update when new videos are added to the YouTube channel.
