Files and Folders

Overview

When setting up PICR you point it at a home (root) folder where all of your images are stored. EG: a folder named Client Photos. PICR will only work on files and folders under this subfolder.
Permissions for users can be assigned to any folder or subfolder and allows access to that folder and all subfolders under that.
No files/folders are created or uploaded in PICR, you just put the files in that folder however you normally do (IE: share that folder over the network)
Once files are put in the folder you access PICR to created shared links.

Monique does family photography every weekend and does corporate work for a few clients.
Monique creates a folder called Client Photos on her NAS, then sets up PICR and mounts that folder as the root.
Inside Client Photos she creates Corporate Clients and Family Photos folders

Every family portrait shoot she uses Lightroom to export final images to a new folder under Family Photos (EG: Client Photos\Family Photos\2025 12 Atkins Family)
Once exported, she opens PICR, clicks ‘Manage’ beside the appropriate folder in the Recently Modified Folders list on the dashboard.
Inside the management she clicks enters a name ‘Mr and Mrs Atkins’, chooses the pretty link button, clicks ‘Copy Link’ and ‘Create’
She then emails them with the link she copied.
If they do another shoot the following year, it’s 2026 12 Atkins Family and a new link

Every time a new client comes onboard Monique makes a folder for the whole company EG Porsche
Each shoot gets it’s own folder under that EG: 2025 Taycan Shoot, 2025 Christmas Party
The marketing team get a link created for the top Porsche folder, and they appreciate being able to see all media in the one link, with new folders appearing as new shoots are done
If multiple users need access (EG: the CEO, the external marketing team) then Monique makes multiple public links on the same folder, so she can track who is accessing the folder and revoke access if necessary