Our Content Management System (CMS) allows you to drag files from your desktop straight into your website's File Manager. If you prefer, you can also select the Upload File button to browse and upload them from your computer. Once added to the File Manager documents and images can then be used within your website content.
Depending on your permissions, you will either see a Website Files Folder, which is shared by all administrators on the site, or a Home Files folder which is individual to you, if you do not have administrator permissions.
- Uploading Files
- Manipulating Files
- Renaming Files
- Deleting Files
- Downloading Files
- Viewing File Information
- Rotating Images
- Cropping Images
- Moving Files
- Document Review Reminders
Uploading Files
- Select File Manager from the Home tab.
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Browse to the folder you wish to upload to, or right-click to create a new one.
- You can either drag an image from a window on your computer or, in the File Manager window, click Upload File.
TIP: You can highlight more than one file to upload several at a time.
- Press Open to upload the selected file(s) to your website's File Manager.
NB There is usually a 5MB limit when uploading to the file manger. Whilst we do perform image compression on the pictures you upload, it's important that you consider the size of the image that you are uploading as it will have an effect on the speed of your page loading, and the amount of data used to access the page. There are many tools available which will allow you to resize image files before you upload them.
Manipulating Files
Renaming Files
- In the File Manager window, click on the file name text.
- The text will become editable for renaming. Type a new file name and press Enter on your keyboard.
Deleting Files
- Hover your mouse cursor over a file. The files hover menu will appear.
- Click the Delete icon. The file will instantly be removed from your website.
Downloading Files
- Hover your mouse cursor over a file. The files hover menu will appear.
- Click the Disk icon to download a copy of the file to your machine.
Viewing File Information
To view file information such as last modified date, file size, file name, owner ID, owner name and alias name:
- Hover your mouse cursor over a file. The files hover menu will appear.
- Click the Information icon to view the details of the file.
Rotating Images
- Hover over the image and a set of tools will appear.
- Select either rotate counter-clockwise or clockwise icons.
- The image orientation will instantly be saved.
Cropping Images
Where it has been enabled, for example in the Slideshow folders, you will be able to crop images.
- Hover over the image and a set of tools will appear.
- Select the crop icon (four green arrows)
- In the cropping dialog, you will be able to select an area to crop using the dotted line.
- Once selected, click the crop tab to finalise the crop.
Moving Files
Files can be moved between folders simply by dragging and dropping with your mouse.
This option should be used with caution, as it will break the link between any files already added to your content and the file itself. You will be warned before completing the task, so please only confirm the move if you are confident the item is not used or, you know where it is on your site, so that you can update the link.
Document Review Reminders
If you have purchased the Document Review Feature for your website, you will be able to set a reminder date and select an Administrator or Publisher as the reviewer.
- Browse to the document you would like to set for review
- Hover over the file, and you will see a set of icons appear at the top of the file
- Click the document review icon
- In the document review dialog, set a date and select a name from the list of Admins & Publishers on the site.
- Click Apply
- Once reminders have been set up, reviewers will receive an email notification 90 days before the review date. If the reviewer has not updated the review date, the reviewer will receive another email notification 30 days before the review date. The reviewer will also have an item to review within their “My Tasks” area of the Content Management System.