Creating your album
Written By Nick
Last updated 3 days ago
Albums are the heart of Social Valet — every Instagram caption, blog post, and content idea comes from the photos and details you add to one. Creating an album is a three-step flow you'll find on the Albums page or from Create New Album on your dashboard.
The three steps
Compile album details. Share what you know about the event — typing, a voice note, or files like timelines and client emails — and Social Valet auto-fills the album. Or skip straight to manual entry.
Review and edit album details. Confirm the title, date, type, location, venue, vendors, and subjects. Adjust anything Social Valet got wrong, fill in what's missing, and add details you didn't share upfront.
Upload photos. Drag and drop or browse to add the photos you want Social Valet to work from.
What happens after your album is created
After upload, a confirmation popup explains the next step: review your photos, make any adjustments to moments or album details, and then authorize publishing when you're ready. Photos are analyzed in the background while you work — each one gets a short description, tags, and a moment.
The album starts in Draft status. In this state, no posts are generated. Draft is your space to review the album and make sure everything looks right before content creation begins.
When you're ready, click Authorize Publishing (or Set to Publishing) on the album page. This is the signal for Social Valet to start generating posts. Post generation typically completes within a few minutes and the results appear under For Approval on your posts page.
If plans change after you've authorized — say, the event gets postponed and you're not ready to publish yet — you can move the album back to Draft from the three-dot menu on the album page. Posts already generated will remain, but no new posts will be created until you authorize again.
You can filter the Albums page by Draft or Publishing status to track what's authorized and what's still pending.