[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":205},["ShallowReactive",2],{"article-\u002Fgetting-started\u002Fhow-afterify-is-organized":3,"surround-\u002Fgetting-started\u002Fhow-afterify-is-organized":197},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"category":186,"description":187,"extension":188,"meta":189,"navigation":190,"order":191,"path":192,"seo":193,"stem":194,"updated":195,"__hash__":196},"docs\u002Fgetting-started\u002Fhow-afterify-is-organized.md","How Afterify is organized",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":176},"minimark",[9,13,19,22,27,42,63,70,73,80,86,90,93,99,103,111,115,118,149,152,156],[10,11,12],"p",{},"Everything you upload to Afterify lives inside a simple four-level hierarchy:",[10,14,15],{},[16,17,18],"strong",{},"Client → Project → Collection → Photo",[10,20,21],{},"Once this structure clicks, the whole Studio section makes sense, and so does how galleries get shared.",[23,24,26],"h2",{"id":25},"clients","Clients",[10,28,29,30,33,34,37,38,41],{},"A client is a person or business you shoot for. 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