How to Create a Photo Gallery Destination with TacTile
A TacTile Gallery destination turns a tap or scan into a scrollable grid of photos you upload directly inside the app — no external hosting needed. Choose the Photos & Videos category, select Gallery, upload your images, arrange the grid, and publish; there's a single Build path, so setup is fast and self-contained.
Create your gallery free →What is a gallery destination?
A Gallery destination is a self-contained, tap-triggered photo grid hosted directly by TacTile — you upload the images once, and every tap or scan opens the same curated grid without pulling from an external album or social account. Put simply: it's a private, always-current photo wall that lives behind your tap, not behind someone else's platform.
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How to create a gallery destination
Create a curated, TacTile-hosted photo grid — the only path for this destination.Recommended
- Open the TacTile app and tap Create.
- On the category picker, select Photos & Videos — "Galleries, clips, and links."
- On the type picker, choose Gallery from the Build section.
- Tap Add photos and select images from your camera roll, or take new photos directly in-app.
- Reorder the grid by dragging thumbnails into your preferred sequence (cover photo first is typical).
- Optionally group photos into albums or sub-sections if you're showing more than one shoot or event.
- Add a title and short caption for the gallery (e.g., "Smith Wedding — June 2026").
- Set a cover image — this is the thumbnail shown before someone taps into the full grid.
- Tap Save & Publish, then assign the gallery to your NFC card, table tent, or QR code.
- Open the published gallery on your own phone to confirm image order, load speed, and captions look right.
Which path should I use?
There's only one path for Gallery, which keeps this decision simple — but it's worth knowing when a Gallery is the wrong destination type. If you want to show a single video or an audio clip rather than a grid of stills, use the Video/Audio destination instead. If your photos already live on Instagram, Google Photos, or another platform and you just want to point people there instead of re-uploading, use Media Link. Gallery is specifically for when you want full control over a curated, TacTile-hosted set of still images with no dependency on an outside platform's algorithm or privacy settings.
Common use cases
Wedding and event photographers
Hand a client an NFC card that opens the full shoot gallery instantly, no email attachments or download links.
Real estate agents
A yard-sign QR code or door-hanger NFC tag opens a property photo gallery so buyers can browse room-by-room before scheduling a showing.
Artists and craftspeople
A market table card opens a gallery of past work, functioning as a portable portfolio without a laptop or printed lookbook.
Contractors and home-service pros
Before/after project galleries build trust on a business card or truck decal, letting prospects see finished work immediately.
Event venues
A QR code at the entrance or on printed materials opens a gallery of the space so prospective clients can visualize their event.
Gallery + analytics
TacTile tracks Total Views for every Gallery destination — each tap or scan that opened the grid counts as one view, giving you a straightforward measure of portfolio interest. Because a Gallery has no external redirect step, view counts here are a cleaner, more direct signal of genuine interest than link-based destination types, where a view might bounce immediately to another site.
Frequently asked questions
How many photos can I add to a Gallery destination?
Can I update a Gallery after publishing it?
Can I password-protect or restrict who sees a gallery?
Does TacTile compress my photos?
Can I include both photos and a cover video in the same destination?
Is there a way to let visitors download the photos?
Can I create more than one Gallery destination?
Do galleries work well on slow mobile connections?
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