---
title: "Publishing a media item on Talkspirit"
description: "Talkspirit home pages support single image media items with a title, description, and optional URL, published to all users, members only, or guests only."
category: communication
section: news-feed-and-posts
tags: [admin]
type: Tutorial
lastUpdated: 2026-08-06
locale: en
canonical: https://support.talkspirit.com/en/communication/publishing-a-media
---

# Publishing a media item on Talkspirit


## Publishing a media item on Talkspirit
On the home page, you can publish a single image accompanied by a title, description, and optional link. This brings visuals to your portal and gives you a way to display static information in a defined position on the page.

> **Role prerequisite:** You need to be a Homepage manager. See [Managing and publishing the Homepage](/en/administration-security/managing-and-publishing-the-homepage).

## How do I publish a media item?

1. Go to the home page where the media will be published.
2. Choose the row and column position for the media.

![A home page in edit mode showing one row split into three empty columns, each offering the Insert a module choices Carousel, Article, Event, Media and Referent, so a media item can be placed in whichever column is wanted](/images/communication/publishing-a-media/01-home-page-module-grid.png)

3. An editing window opens. Add:
   - The **image** (required to publish)
   - An optional **title** and **description**, displayed on top of the image
   - An optional **Link URL**. The image becomes clickable and redirects to that link

See [Recommended image sizes for the Talkspirit home page](/en/administration-security/recommended-image-sizes-on-the-home-page) for the correct dimensions by module size.

![The Media editing window, filled in: a Title, a chosen image in the Choose an image picker, a Description, a Link URL and a Link title, with the Author, Who can see this content? and Publication status controls in the right-hand column](/images/communication/publishing-a-media/02-media-editing-window.png)

If you add a title or description, a filter is applied to the image to ensure text remains readable.

![A published media item on the home page: the image carries the title "Our new Lyon office" and its description in white text across the lower half, over a dark gradient filter applied to the image so the text stays readable](/images/communication/publishing-a-media/03-published-media-item.png)

## How do I choose the author?

Select which platform user is the author of the publication. You are the author by default. To post as a company profile instead, search for the company profile name.

![The Author field of the Media editing window with a search term typed into it, and the matching result below: a company profile called Alpine Tech Newsroom, shown with its initials tile](/images/communication/publishing-a-media/04-author-search-company-profile.png)

## How do I set the audience?

If the page itself is visible to everyone, choose who can see this media under **Who can see this content?**:

- **All users**
- **Members only**
- **Guests only**

If the page is restricted to selected users or groups, this selector does not appear.

## How do I save as draft or publish?

Under **Publication status**, choose:

- **Draft** to save without publishing, then click **Add**.
- **Published** to make it visible, then click **Publish**.

## What's Next?

- [Managing and publishing the Homepage](/en/administration-security/managing-and-publishing-the-homepage)
- [Recommended image sizes for the Talkspirit home page](/en/administration-security/recommended-image-sizes-on-the-home-page)