Special File Manager (SFM)
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Special File Manager
The Special File Manager (SFM) allows you to manage your SBI! Includes (if you use the Upload Your Own HTML module), along with image files, support files (style.css, PDFs, etc.) and media files (audio and video files).
It also provides a list of all support and media files you've uploaded with Quick Upload It! (QUI!), plus all images you've uploaded to the image-files folder.
It displays each Include tag and the full URL of each uploaded file, plus its file size. Images also include the dimensions (width x height) in pixels.
Information about uploading files (including HTML page files) with QUI! can be found here.
One of SFM's features is a preview option. You can see what your images look like, or play a media file. You can even view the contents of SBI! Includes.
However, you may not be able to preview one or more of the file types that you can upload in QUI! and manage here. This is due to either your browser or your computer's operating system.
For instance, Firefox does not provide a way for you to view a PDF. It only offers the option to download the file to your computer, even when you click on the preview link. And Macs using Lion can't preview PDFs or FLV videos.
For any file type that you can't preview, you'll have to download it to your computer if you want to view the contents.
SBI! Includes
- Click on an Include link to preview the contents of, delete or download the Include.
- Click on preview to view the contents of the Include.
- Click on download to download the Include.
- Click on delete to delete the Include. Click OK to confirm the deletion.
- Highlight the entire Include tag (including the *s) and paste into any HTML page where you want the contents of the Include file to appear.
If you're working on a different computer, you may not have your SBI! Include files available to make edits. Or if you have computer problems, you may lose all of your Includes if you don't have them backed up (which is always a good idea!).
SFM gives you access to all of your Include files, including those uploaded with Upload Your Own HTML and those uploaded with QUI!.
- You can preview the contents of each file.
- You can download each Include. This is especially useful when you're working on a different computer and need to edit an Include. Make your changes, save the file, and upload again via QUI!.
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You can delete Includes if you don't need them any longer. If you click OK to delete one, SFM will then tell you if any pages are still using that Include.
It will give you options to delete the Include, go to Site Central, or return to Special File Manager.
If you want to add an SBI! Include to a new page, simply copy the Include's tag (including the six *s) and paste it into the page file, where you want the Include's contents to appear.
Image Files
- Click on an image file name.
- Click on preview to view the image.
- Click on download to download the image file to your computer.
- Click on delete to delete this particular image. Or...
- Add a check to the left of every image file you want to delete. At the top or bottom of the page, click on Delete Selected Files to delete them.
- Highlight the image's URL, copy it and then paste it into an HTML tag to display the image on a page. Or paste it into a tag in an SBI! Include.
The Image Files section provides the full URL of every image you've uploaded to your site, using either the Upload Your Own HTML module or Quick Upload It!.
It lets you select an image to preview it, download it, or delete it, if desired.
You can also delete image files in bulk. Click on the checkbox beside each image you want to delete. Click on Delete Selected Files at the top or bottom of the page to permanently delete them from the database.
If you delete images individually, SFM will tell you which page files (if any) are using each image. If you decide to delete the image file, remember to return to each page and view how the page looks without the image. If you refer to the image in the text, remember to remove that reference.
If you delete images in bulk, SFM will not tell you which pages use that image.
Note the URL of your images. They all reside in the image-files folder, not the images folder. The images folder is only for Graphic Library images.
See General Tips (below) for details on creating the tags necessary to add image files to your pages, or to SBI! Includes.
Important Note
If you upload images through Upload Your Own HTML, or the Graphic Library, you have unlimited storage for images. If you upload them through QUI!, they're included in the 100 MB limit for SFM files.
If you reach that 100 MB limit, you can switch back to Upload Your Own HTML or the Graphic Library/Graphic Blocks and continue to have unlimited storage for additional photos.
Support Files
- Click on a support file's file name.
- Click on preview to view the contents of the support file.
- Click on download to download the support file to your computer.
- Click on delete to delete this particular support file. Or...
- Add a check to the left of every support file you want to delete. At the top or bottom of the page, click on Delete Selected Files to delete them.
- Highlight the support file's URL, copy it and then paste it into an HTML tag to add the file to a page. Or paste it into a tag in an SBI! Include.
This section provides the full URL of each support file you've uploaded using either Upload Your Own HTML or QUI!.
It lets you preview the contents of the file, download it, or select it for deletion, if desired.
You can also delete support files in bulk. Click on the checkbox beside each file you want to delete. Click on Delete Selected Files at the top or bottom of the page to permanently delete them from the database.
Note the URL of your support files. They all reside in the support-files folder.
See General Tips (below) for details on creating the tags necessary to add support files to your pages, or to SBI! Includes.
Media Files
- Click on a media file's file name.
- Click on preview to play the media file.
- Click on download to download the media file to your computer.
- Click on delete to delete this particular media file. Or...
- Add a check to the left of every media file you want to delete. At the top or bottom of the page, click on Delete Selected Files to delete them.
- Highlight the media file's URL, copy it and then paste it into an HTML tag to add the file to a page. Or paste it into a tag in an SBI! Include.
This section provides the full URL of each media file you've uploaded using Upload Your Own HTML or QUI!.
It lets you play the media file in preview, download it, or select it for deletion, if desired.
You can also delete media files in bulk. Click on the checkbox beside each file you want to delete. Click on Delete Selected Files at the top or bottom of the page to permanently delete them from the database.
Note the URL of your media files. They all reside in the media-files folder.
See General Tips (below) for details on creating the tags necessary to add media files to your pages, or to SBI! Includes.
General Tips
- Use Fav It! (in the WebFTP section of Site Central) to upload your favicon.
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If you want to add an image to a page, you'll need to add an HTML tag for it to that page. Copy the following tag, paste it into a text document, then replace the dummy URL with the URL you copy from SFM. Also enter the width and height of the image, and add your own alt text...
<img src="http://www.your-domain-name.com/image-files/file-name.jpg" width="###" height="###" alt="alt text">
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If you want to add a simple link to a support file (ex., for a PDF download), you'll need to add a link for it to your page. If you use SiteBuilder, you have 2 options...
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Highlight and copy the URL in SFM, then go to the Link Library and paste it into the Enter Link URL text field (overwrite the existing "http://"). Add a Link Name. Test the link and then click on Add this Link.
Edit the page where you want to add the link. Add a Text Link block and select the new file's name to add the link to your page. Preview (test the link in the preview) and then build the page to save the change.
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Add a link directly to your page with a Text Block, using the following HTML code (replace the dummy URL with the URL you copy from SFM, and replace the anchor text with your own words)...
<a href="http://www.your-domain-name.com/support-files/file-name.pdf">Right-click to download the PDF.</a>
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If you want to add a simple media file (perhaps an audio file) to a page, you'll need to add a link for it to your page. If you use SiteBuilder, you have 2 options...
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Highlight and copy the URL in SFM, then go to the Link Library and paste it into the Enter Link URL text field (overwrite the existing "http://"). Add a Link Name. Test the link and then click on Add this Link.
Edit the page where you want to add the link. Add a Text Link block and select the new file's name to add the link to your page. Preview (test the link in the preview) and then build the page to save the change.
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Add a link directly to your page with a Text Block, using the following HTML code (replace the dummy URL with the URL you copy from SFM, and replace the anchor text with your own words)...
<a href="http://www.your-domain-name.com/media-files/file-name.mp3">Click here to listen to the audio.</a>
Visit the Audio, Video, Flash, XML/RSS, Other forum for help with embedding audio and video players to your pages.
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