[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":287},["ShallowReactive",2],{"article-\u002Fclients-and-projects\u002Fcreate-and-manage-clients":3,"surround-\u002Fclients-and-projects\u002Fcreate-and-manage-clients":284},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"category":273,"description":274,"extension":275,"meta":276,"navigation":277,"order":278,"path":279,"seo":280,"stem":281,"updated":282,"__hash__":283},"docs\u002Fclients-and-projects\u002Fcreate-and-manage-clients.md","Create and manage clients",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":263},"minimark",[9,13,25,30,86,98,102,109,144,150,154,161,185,195,199,211,215,218,238,243,247],[10,11,12],"p",{},"Clients are the top level of your Studio: every project, gallery and photo lives under one. This article covers creating a client, working in the client workspace, and editing or deleting clients.",[14,15,16],"blockquote",{},[10,17,18,19,24],{},"Not sure how clients, projects and collections fit together? Read ",[20,21,23],"a",{"href":22},"\u002Fgetting-started\u002Fhow-afterify-is-organized","How Afterify is organized"," first.",[26,27,29],"h2",{"id":28},"create-a-client","Create a client",[31,32,33,42,49,66,77],"ol",{},[34,35,36,37,41],"li",{},"Open ",[38,39,40],"strong",{},"Studio",": the Workspace page lists all your clients.",[34,43,44,45,48],{},"Click ",[38,46,47],{},"Create Client",".",[34,50,51,52,55,56,58,59,62,63,48],{},"In the ",[38,53,54],{},"Client"," step, leave the ",[38,57,54],{}," dropdown on ",[38,60,61],{},"Create New Client"," and enter a ",[38,64,65],{},"New Client Name",[34,67,68,69,72,73,76],{},"Optionally add up to five ",[38,70,71],{},"Client Type"," tags (like \"wedding\" or \"portrait\"), pressing Enter to add each one, and pick a ",[38,74,75],{},"Client Webpage Template"," if you've made one.",[34,78,44,79,81,82,85],{},[38,80,47],{}," to finish here, or ",[38,83,84],{},"Select Photos"," to continue straight into creating a project and uploading.",[10,87,88,93,94,48],{},[89,90],"img",{"alt":91,"src":92},"The Create Client modal on the Client step","\u002Fimages\u002Fhelp\u002Fclients-and-projects\u002Fcreate-client-modal.webp","\nClient type tags help you group similar work, and templates give the new client's gallery page a ready-made design. See ",[20,95,97],{"href":96},"\u002Fgalleries-and-sharing\u002Fexplore-gallery-templates","Explore gallery templates",[26,99,101],{"id":100},"the-workspace","The Workspace",[10,103,104,105,108],{},"The Workspace shows your storage usage, a ",[38,106,107],{},"Highlights"," panel with Views, Shares, Favorites and Downloads (switchable between This Week, Last 30 Days and Last 6 Months), and your client list.",[110,111,112,122,128,138],"ul",{},[34,113,114,117,118,121],{},[38,115,116],{},"Open a client"," to see its projects: double-click it, or use the ",[38,119,120],{},"Open"," button.",[34,123,124,127],{},[38,125,126],{},"Pin clients"," you're actively working with; pinned clients appear in their own row at the top. Click the pin icon to unpin.",[34,129,130,133,134,48],{},[38,131,132],{},"Search and sort"," the list from the toolbar above it. This filters by client name only; to search across clients, projects and photos at once, see ",[20,135,137],{"href":136},"\u002Fclients-and-projects\u002Fsearch-your-studio","Search your studio",[34,139,140,143],{},[38,141,142],{},"Right-click a client"," for quick actions: open its pages, rename it, publish or unpublish it, make it private, or delete it.",[10,145,146],{},[89,147],{"alt":148,"src":149},"The Studio Workspace with the storage bar, Highlights stats and client list","\u002Fimages\u002Fhelp\u002Fclients-and-projects\u002Fstudio-clients.webp",[26,151,153],{"id":152},"edit-client-details","Edit client details",[10,155,156,157,160],{},"Open the client and go to its ",[38,158,159],{},"Settings"," page.",[110,162,163,169,179],{},[34,164,165,168],{},[38,166,167],{},"Client Information",": name, email address, phone number and client type tags. The email here is for your records; sending gallery invites happens on the Sharing page.",[34,170,171,174,175,48],{},[38,172,173],{},"Thumbnail",": pick the client's cover image and drag the focal point ring to choose which part stays in view. See ",[20,176,178],{"href":177},"\u002Fclients-and-projects\u002Flabels-and-focal-points","Labels and focal points",[34,180,181,184],{},[38,182,183],{},"Social Media",": save the client's social links so you can find and tag them when sharing their photos.",[10,186,44,187,190,191,194],{},[38,188,189],{},"Save"," in the header when you're done, or ",[38,192,193],{},"Cancel"," to discard your edits.",[26,196,198],{"id":197},"unpublish-instead-of-archiving","Unpublish instead of archiving",[10,200,201,202,205,206,210],{},"There's no separate archive in Afterify. When a job wraps up, set the client to ",[38,203,204],{},"Draft"," (from the visibility toggle on the client page or its Sharing page). The gallery goes offline but everything stays in your Studio, and you can publish it again any time. See ",[20,207,209],{"href":208},"\u002Fgalleries-and-sharing\u002Fshare-a-gallery","Share a gallery"," for what Draft, Private and Public mean.",[26,212,214],{"id":213},"delete-a-client","Delete a client",[10,216,217],{},"Deleting is permanent and removes every project, collection and photo inside the client.",[31,219,220,225,235],{},[34,221,222,223,160],{},"Open the client's ",[38,224,159],{},[34,226,227,228,231,232,48],{},"Under ",[38,229,230],{},"Account",", click ",[38,233,234],{},"Delete Client & Photos",[34,236,237],{},"Confirm in the Delete Client dialog.",[14,239,240],{},[10,241,242],{},"If a photo inside the client is part of an active print order, deletion is blocked until the order is processed. You can still delete individual photos that aren't on hold.",[26,244,246],{"id":245},"related","Related",[110,248,249,255,259],{},[34,250,251],{},[20,252,254],{"href":253},"\u002Fclients-and-projects\u002Fcreate-a-project","Create a project",[34,256,257],{},[20,258,209],{"href":208},[34,260,261],{},[20,262,23],{"href":22},{"title":264,"searchDepth":265,"depth":265,"links":266},"",2,[267,268,269,270,271,272],{"id":28,"depth":265,"text":29},{"id":100,"depth":265,"text":101},{"id":152,"depth":265,"text":153},{"id":197,"depth":265,"text":198},{"id":213,"depth":265,"text":214},{"id":245,"depth":265,"text":246},"clients-and-projects","Create clients in your Studio workspace, edit their details, and remove them when a job is done.","md",{},true,1,"\u002Fclients-and-projects\u002Fcreate-and-manage-clients",{"title":5,"description":274},"clients-and-projects\u002Fcreate-and-manage-clients","2026-09-19","x6UNCZiJ8DGDONEvkv2N1P-KW41Pot-mF9vO-1mUAIA",[285,286],null,{"path":253,"title":254,"order":265},1789936982150]