bobcat
portfolio · showcase
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add your first portfolio item
upload a piece of work once and every showcase across the suite — yellowjacket cards, yaupon galleries — pulls from it.
4 steps·~2 min - 02
feature your best work so it shows first
starred items sort first in every linked gallery. use it to put your strongest pieces in front of the customer.
3 steps·~2 min - 03
add a before/after pair
before/after is its own item kind because galleries render them with a slider so customers see the transformation in one card.
3 steps·~2 min - 04
find a piece in a big catalog fast
once you're past 50 items, the kind filter and the search box save you scrolling.
3 steps·~2 min - 05
pull bobcat items into your yellowjacket card
yellowjacket portfolio sections auto-pull featured + recent bobcat items. upload once, every card across the suite shows the work.
3 steps·~2 min - 06
show a specific customer their finished pieces
yaupon (the customer portal) can host a per-customer bobcat gallery — proofs, before/after, the finished work.
3 steps·~2 min - 07
add a video from youtube, vimeo, or tiktok
video is the strongest portfolio format for any business that has a demonstrable transformation. bobcat accepts youtube, vimeo, tiktok, or a direct mp4 url.
3 steps·~2 min - 08
add an audio track
for musicians, voice-over artists, podcasters, or anyone whose work is heard. bobcat plays mp3/wav inline or accepts a streaming url (soundcloud, etc.).
3 steps·~2 min - 09
upload a downloadable file (pdf, zip, doc)
for case studies, white papers, sample contracts — anything you want a visitor to be able to take with them. file kind handles non-media downloads.
3 steps·~2 min - 10
pick a file you already uploaded to bullfrog
if a file is already in your bullfrog cloud storage (a job photo, a delivered piece), the bobcat dialog has a "pick from bullfrog" link. saves you re-uploading.
3 steps·~2 min - 11
use category and credit to organize
bobcat doesn't have folders. it has a category field and a credit field on each item, and those + featured + kind are how you slice the catalog.
3 steps·~2 min - 12
thumbnail url vs media url — when to set both
for video and audio, the media url plays the content. the thumbnail url is the still image visitors see before they tap play. setting a custom thumbnail makes a video card stop looking like a black rectangle.
3 steps·~2 min
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