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title: Media Gallery for Space
description: "FluentCommunity automatically gathers every photo and video shared inside a Space and displays them together in one beautiful, browsable **Media Gallery**. Instead of scrolling through the feed to find that image someone posted last week, your members can open the…"
url: "https://fluentcommunity.co/docs/media-gallery-for-space/"
updated: "2026-07-07"
category: Space Management
---

# Media Gallery for Space

FluentCommunity automatically gathers every photo and video shared inside a Space and displays them together in one beautiful, browsable **Media Gallery**. Instead of scrolling through the feed to find that image someone posted last week, your members can open the gallery and see all of a Space's visual content in a single, organized grid.

This guide will explain how to enable, configure, and use the **Media Gallery** for a Space.

> The Media Gallery is a **Pro feature** — it is available when FluentCommunity Pro is active.

## **How the Media Gallery Works**

The Media Gallery is **automatic**. There is no separate "upload to gallery" step — any photo or video that gets shared in a Space's posts is collected into that Space's gallery for you. The gallery simply gives your members a cleaner way to browse media that already lives in the Space.

## **Enable the Media Gallery**

Go to the **Spaces** section from the FluentCommunity navbar. Open the Space where you want the gallery, click the **three-dot menu** in the top-right corner, and select **Space Settings**. Scroll down to the **Permissions** section.

**Enable Media Gallery:** Find the **Enable Media Gallery for this space** option (marked with a **(Pro Feature)** badge) and check the box to turn the gallery on.

The Media Gallery is **off by default** — you turn it on per Space, exactly like the Documents/Files library.

**Media Gallery Access (View):** Once enabled, choose who is allowed to view the gallery under **Media Gallery Access (View)**:

- **Members of this space** — only members of the Space can open the gallery.
- **Any Logged in users** — any logged-in user of your site can view it.
- **Public** — anyone can view it, even without logging in.

After configuring, scroll down and click the **Update Info** button to save your changes.

> ***Privacy note:****Private and secret Spaces always keep their gallery restricted to members, regardless of the access option you pick — the gallery never exposes media from a hidden Space.*

![](https://fluentcommunity.co/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/fc-media-1-scaled.webp)

## **Viewing the Media Gallery**

Once enabled, open the Space and go to the **Media Gallery** page. At the top you'll find two tabs:

- **Photos** — every image shared in the Space, shown as a responsive thumbnail grid.
- **Videos** — every video shared in the Space, each shown with a preview thumbnail and a **play badge** so videos are easy to spot.

![](https://fluentcommunity.co/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/fc-media-2-scaled.webp)

## **Opening Photos and Videos**

**Photos:** Click any photo to open it full-screen in a lightbox viewer. When a Space has several photos, the viewer shows a position counter (for example, _1 / 8_) so you always know where you are as you page through them.

**Videos:** Click any video to open the modern video lightbox. From there you can:

- **Play** the video right inside the lightbox.
- Jump to the **Previous video** or **Next video** using the arrow buttons.
- See the video's **title**, its **date**, and a **position counter** in the meta bar.
- **Close** the lightbox to return to the grid.

The gallery is fully keyboard-accessible — you can move between items with the keyboard and open any photo or video with **Enter** or **Space**.

## **If You Don't Have Access**

If a member opens a gallery they aren't allowed to view, FluentCommunity shows a clear message — **"Permission Denied"** with the note _"You do not have permission to view this page"_ — and a **Go to Space Home** button to send them back to the Space.

The Media Gallery gives every Space a polished, automatic home for its shared photos and videos — no manual uploading, no extra work, and full control over who can see it.