diff --git a/Admin/Installer.php b/Admin/Installer.php
index 8de2f8b..f69d6dc 100644
--- a/Admin/Installer.php
+++ b/Admin/Installer.php
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ namespace Modules\Media\Admin;
 
 use phpOMS\Module\InstallerAbstract;
 
+use phpOMS\DataStorage\Database\DatabasePool;
+use phpOMS\System\File\PathException;
+use Modules\Media\Models\Collection;
+use Modules\Media\Models\CollectionMapper;
+
 /**
  * Installer class.
  *
@@ -26,4 +31,61 @@ use phpOMS\Module\InstallerAbstract;
  */
 class Installer extends InstallerAbstract
 {
+    /**
+     * Install data from providing modules.
+     *
+     * @param DatabasePool $dbPool Database pool
+     * @param array        $data   Module info
+     *
+     * @return void
+     *
+     * @throws PathException This exception is thrown if the Navigation install file couldn't be found
+     * @throws \Exception    This exception is thrown if the Navigation install file is invalid json
+     *
+     * @since  1.0.0
+     */
+    public static function installExternal(DatabasePool $dbPool, array $data) : void
+    {
+         try {
+            $dbPool->get()->con->query('select 1 from `' . $dbPool->get()->prefix . 'media`');
+        } catch (\Exception $e) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        $mediaFile = \file_get_contents($data['path'] ?? '');
+
+        if ($mediaFile === false) {
+            throw new PathException($data['path'] ?? '');
+        }
+
+        $mediaData = \json_decode($mediaFile, true);
+
+        if ($mediaData === false) {
+            throw new \Exception();
+        }
+
+        foreach ($mediaData as $media) {
+            self::installMedia($dbPool, $media);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Install media element.
+     *
+     * @param DatabasePool $dbPool Database instance
+     * @param array        $data   Media info
+     *
+     * @return void
+     *
+     * @since  1.0.0
+     */
+    private static function installMedia($dbPool, $data) : void
+    {
+        $collection = new Collection();
+        $collection->setName((string) $data['name'] ?? '');
+        $collection->setVirtualPath((string) $data['virtualPath'] ?? '/');
+        $collection->setCreatedBy((int) $data['user'] ?? 1);
+
+        CollectionMapper::create($collection);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/Admin/Routes/Web/Api.php b/Admin/Routes/Web/Api.php
index fd07fdc..034ddcb 100644
--- a/Admin/Routes/Web/Api.php
+++ b/Admin/Routes/Web/Api.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use phpOMS\Account\PermissionType;
 use phpOMS\Router\RouteVerb;
 
 return [
-    '^.*/media$' => [
+    '^.*/media(\?+.*|$)' => [
         [
             'dest' => '\Modules\Media\Controller\ApiController:apiMediaUpload',
             'verb' => RouteVerb::SET,
diff --git a/Controller.js b/Controller.js
index 3c57d82..1cc7e0e 100644
--- a/Controller.js
+++ b/Controller.js
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 import { Autoloader } from '../../jsOMS/Autoloader.js';
-import { Application } from '../../Web/Backend/js/backend.js';
-import { Upload } from './Models/Upload.js';
 import { NotificationMessage } from '../../jsOMS/Message/Notification/NotificationMessage.js';
-import { NotificationLevel } from '../../jsOMS/Message/Notification/NotificationLevel.js';
 import { NotificationType } from '../../jsOMS/Message/Notification/NotificationType.js';
+import { Upload } from './Models/Upload.js';
 
 Autoloader.defineNamespace('jsOMS.Modules');
 
@@ -50,7 +48,7 @@ jsOMS.Modules.Media = class {
                     /** global: jsOMS */
                     const fileFields = document.querySelectorAll(
                             '#' + e.id + ' input[type=file], '
-                            + 'input[form=' + e.id + '][type=file]'
+                            + 'input[form="' + e.id + '"][type=file]'
                         );
                     const uploader   = new Upload(self.app.responseManager);
 
@@ -62,12 +60,17 @@ jsOMS.Modules.Media = class {
 
                         document.querySelector(
                             '#' + e.id + ' input[type=file]+input[type=hidden], '
-                            + 'input[form=' + e.id + '][type=file]+input[type=hidden]'
+                            + 'input[form="' + e.id + '"][type=file]+input[type=hidden]'
                         ).value = response[0].response;
                         self.app.eventManager.trigger(form.id, requestId);
                     });
 
-                    uploader.setUri('api/media');
+                    const virtualPath = document.querySelector('input[form="' + e.id + '"][name="virtualPath"]');
+                    if (virtualPath !== null) {
+                        uploader.setUri('api/media?virtualPath=' + virtualPath.value);
+                    } else {
+                        uploader.setUri('api/media');
+                    }
 
                     const length   = fileFields.length;
                     let fileLength = 0;
diff --git a/Controller/ApiController.php b/Controller/ApiController.php
index b8bd4ae..8fe1a7d 100644
--- a/Controller/ApiController.php
+++ b/Controller/ApiController.php
@@ -79,7 +79,8 @@ final class ApiController extends Controller
             $request->getData('name') ?? '',
             $request->getFiles(),
             $request->getHeader()->getAccount(),
-            (string) ($request->getData('path') ?? __DIR__ . '/../../../Modules/Media/Files')
+            (string) ($request->getData('path') ?? __DIR__ . '/../../../Modules/Media/Files'),
+            (string) ($request->getData('virtualPath') ?? '/')
         );
 
         $ids = [];
@@ -100,7 +101,13 @@ final class ApiController extends Controller
      *
      * @since  1.0.0
      */
-    public function uploadFiles(string $name, array $files, int $account, string $basePath = 'Modules/Media/Files') : array
+    public function uploadFiles(
+        string $name,
+        array $files,
+        int $account,
+        string $basePath = 'Modules/Media/Files',
+        string $virtualPath = '/'
+    ) : array
     {
         $mediaCreated = [];
 
@@ -109,7 +116,7 @@ final class ApiController extends Controller
             $upload->setOutputDir(self::createMediaPath($basePath));
 
             $status       = $upload->upload($files, $name);
-            $mediaCreated = self::createDbEntries($status, $account);
+            $mediaCreated = self::createDbEntries($status, $account, $virtualPath);
         }
 
         return $mediaCreated;
@@ -138,12 +145,12 @@ final class ApiController extends Controller
      *
      * @since  1.0.0
      */
-    public static function createDbEntries(array $status, int $account) : array
+    public static function createDbEntries(array $status, int $account, string $virtualPath = '/') : array
     {
         $mediaCreated = [];
 
         foreach ($status as $uFile) {
-            if (($created = self::createDbEntry($uFile, $account)) !== null) {
+            if (($created = self::createDbEntry($uFile, $account, $virtualPath)) !== null) {
                 $mediaCreated[] = $created;
             }
         }
@@ -151,7 +158,7 @@ final class ApiController extends Controller
         return $mediaCreated;
     }
 
-    public static function createDbEntry(array $status, int $account) : ?Media
+    public static function createDbEntry(array $status, int $account, string $virtualPath = '/') : ?Media
     {
         $media = null;
 
@@ -163,6 +170,7 @@ final class ApiController extends Controller
             $media->setSize($status['size']);
             $media->setCreatedBy($account);
             $media->setExtension($status['extension']);
+            $media->setVirtualPath($virtualPath);
 
             MediaMapper::create($media);
         }
diff --git a/Controller/BackendController.php b/Controller/BackendController.php
index a20f716..3c4197e 100644
--- a/Controller/BackendController.php
+++ b/Controller/BackendController.php
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ final class BackendController extends Controller
         $view->setTemplate('/Modules/Media/Theme/Backend/media-list');
         $view->addData('nav', $this->app->moduleManager->get('Navigation')->createNavigationMid(1000401001, $request, $response));
 
-        $media = MediaMapper::getNewest(25);
+        $media = MediaMapper::getByVirtualPath('/');
         $view->addData('media', $media);
 
         return $view;
@@ -139,9 +139,18 @@ final class BackendController extends Controller
         $view->setTemplate('/Modules/Media/Theme/Backend/media-single');
         $view->addData('nav', $this->app->moduleManager->get('Navigation')->createNavigationMid(1000401001, $request, $response));
 
-        $media = MediaMapper::get($request->getData('id'));
+        $media = MediaMapper::get((int) $request->getData('id'));
         if ($media->getExtension() === 'collection') {
-            $media = CollectionMapper::get($media->getId());
+            //$media = CollectionMapper::get($media->getId());
+            $media = MediaMapper::getByVirtualPath(
+                $media->getVirtualPath() . ($media->getVirtualPath() !== '/' ? '/' : '') . $media->getName()
+            );
+
+            $view->setTemplate('/Modules/Media/Theme/Backend/media-list');
+
+            // todo: currently the $media list only contains elements from the path but it should also include all
+            // the collection elements which might be the same but maybe some are not in the same virtualPath!!!
+            // the *unique* merge should be done through the ids!
         }
 
         $view->addData('media', $media);
diff --git a/Models/MediaMapper.php b/Models/MediaMapper.php
index 56866b5..b9375fd 100644
--- a/Models/MediaMapper.php
+++ b/Models/MediaMapper.php
@@ -86,4 +86,33 @@ class MediaMapper extends DataMapperAbstract
      * @since 1.0.0
      */
     protected static $primaryField = 'media_id';
+
+    /**
+     * Get media based on virtual path.
+     *
+     * The virtual path is equivalent to the directory path on a file system.
+     *
+     * A media model also has a file path, this however doesn't have to be the same as the virtual path
+     * and in fact most of the time it is different. This is because the location on a hard drive or web
+     * drive should not have any impact on the media file/media structure in the application.
+     *
+     * As a result media files are structured by virutal path in the app, by file path on the file system
+     * and by Collections which can have sub-collections as well. Collections allow to reference files
+     * in a different virtual path and are therfore similar to "symlinks", except that they don't reference
+     * a file but create a new virtual media model which groups other media models together in a new virtual
+     * path if so desired without deleting or moving the orginal media files.
+     *
+     * @param string $virtualPath Virtual path
+     *
+     * @return array
+     *
+     * @since  1.0.0
+     */
+    public static function getByVirtualPath(string $virtualPath = '/') : array
+    {
+        $query = self::getQuery();
+        $query->where(self::$table . '.media_virtual', '=', $virtualPath);
+
+        return self::getAllByQuery($query);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/Theme/Backend/Components/Upload/BaseView.php b/Theme/Backend/Components/Upload/BaseView.php
index 0dd3ed6..8ed8cad 100644
--- a/Theme/Backend/Components/Upload/BaseView.php
+++ b/Theme/Backend/Components/Upload/BaseView.php
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ class BaseView extends View
 {
     protected $form = '';
 
+    protected $virtualPath = '';
+
     /**
      * {@inheritdoc}
      */
@@ -46,7 +48,8 @@ class BaseView extends View
      */
     public function render(...$data) : string
     {
-        $this->form = $data[0];
+        $this->form        = $data[0];
+        $this->virtualPath = $data[1] ?? '/';
         return parent::render();
     }
 }
diff --git a/Theme/Backend/Components/Upload/upload.tpl.php b/Theme/Backend/Components/Upload/upload.tpl.php
index 94f0351..0b65502 100644
--- a/Theme/Backend/Components/Upload/upload.tpl.php
+++ b/Theme/Backend/Components/Upload/upload.tpl.php
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
                     </div>
                 <tr><td><label for="iUpload"><?= $this->getHtml('Upload', 'Media') ?></label>
                 <tr><td>
+                    <input type="hidden" name="virtualPath" form="<?= $this->form; ?>" value="<?= $this->virtualPath; ?>">
                     <input type="file" id="iUpload" name="upload" form="<?= $this->form; ?>" multiple>
                     <input form="<?= $this->form; ?>" type="hidden" name="media-list"><td>
             </table>