By Lee Sykes
October 2006
The File Manager allows the administrator to upload, edit and delete files in your DotNetNuke portal.
Each version of DotNetNuke has seen improvements to the File Manager, in this video tutorial we look at the latest DotNetNuke version 4.3 / 3.3
Features of the File Manager include:
- Folder management: Create, rename, delete folders
- File management: Move and copy files to folders, delete, rename, upload files
- Decompress zip files: Automatically extract a zip file when uploading the zip file
- Folder security: Choose from standard file system, secure file system, secure database
- Security Role Permissions: Select which security roles are allowed to view / edit files within folders (This interacts with the core modules, such as the documents module)
- Synchronizing files: Ensures all folders and files are kept in sync and displayed within the File Manager if you upload files via FTP.
In this tutorial we cover all of these elements in detail, including a demonstration of the interaction of the File Manager with the Documents module.
Video 1 - Introduction, overview and differences
- Introduction to the File Manager
- The differences between the Admin / File Manager and Host / File Manager
- Explanation of the overall view of the File Manager
- How to upload a file
- Viewing the file
Time Length: 7min 54secs
Video 2 - Working with files
- How to rename a file
- How to delete a single file
- How to delete a group of files
- How to add a folder using the standard file system into the portal root folder
- How to upload files to a sub-folder
- How to create a zip file of several files
- How to upload the zip file and automatically extract all of the files from the zip file
- Deleting the zip file
- How to copy files between folders
- How to move files between folders
Time Length: 8min 42secs
Video 3 - Working with folders and synchronizing
- How to add a sub-sub folder
- How to delete a folder
- Explanation of Synchronise Folder
- Uploading files and folders without the File Manager
- How to use Synchronise Folder
- How to use the Recursive option
Time Length: 7min 20secs
Video 4 - Security Settings, Permissions and Folders
- How to use the Security Settings and Permissions
- Adding a new folder and setting permissions for just Registered Users to access the folder contents
- Example of how modules interact with the security settings in the File Manager
- Demonstration using the Documents module
- How to search / filter the view for files within folders
- How to create a folder using the secure file system
- Uploading files to the secure folder
- Explanation of the secure file system
- Demonstration of entering URL to download files directly from folders using the standard file system
- Demonstration that you can not enter a URL to download files directly from a secure file system folder
- How to create a folder using the secure database system
Time Length: 11min 49secs
Total Time Length: 35min 45secs