You can now mass-upload session header images directly through your Excel import file, eliminating the tedious process of configuring sessions one by one. By simply adding a dedicated image URL column to your spreadsheet, you can instantly brand dozens or hundreds of sessions simultaneously, ensuring visual consistency across your event schedule in a fraction of the time. ⏱️

Why This Matters for Event Organizers

Managing a large-scale agenda with dozens of tracks or hundreds of sessions used to mean a lot of repetitive clicking. If you wanted a polished, visually engaging schedule, you had to manually open each session to upload its graphic.

This update hands that time back to you. Whether you are assigning unique speaker banners or applying a uniform track theme across multiple sessions, you can now manage your event's visual identity at scale. Less manual labor, zero missed sessions, and a massive boost to your pre-event workflow efficiency. 🚀

How It Works

We’ve kept this process incredibly simple and aligned with your existing data management workflow:

1. Export or Prepare Your File: Download your existing session template or export your current session list from the Swapcard Studio.

2. Add the Image URL: Look for the new Banner URL column in your Excel sheet. Drop the direct link to your hosted header graphic (e.g., https://yourdomain.com/images/session-banner.png) into the corresponding session row.

   • Pro-tip: Want the same header for an entire track? Just copy-paste the URL down the column! 📋
3. Import to Swapcard: Upload your updated Excel file back into the platform. Swapcard will automatically fetch the images from the URLs and apply them as beautiful, high-resolution header banners instantly.

Minor Tweaks & Fixes

• Export Consistency: The session export file now includes the same image URL column, allowing you to easily audit, update, or backup your session graphics in bulk.
• API Alignment: This update brings parity between our Excel import capabilities and our API (bannerUrl), ensuring that non-technical planners have the exact same scaling power as developers.