File management in PlusCMS is simple to use and allows you to manage all of your site's assets—images, videos, documents, and audio—in one centralised location.
PlusCMS provides a centralised interface where you can view, organise, and select files to use in your content, you can easily add images, videos, and other files to your pages and posts without needing to upload them each time you want to use them.
Accessing your files.
To access your files, follow these steps:
Navigate to your file content: In your admin toolbar, go to
Contentand then click on 'Files'. This will take you to the file listing display.Viewing Media: Once in the file listing, you can view all the assets that have been uploaded to your site. You can filter these assets by type (e.g., image, video) by status (published or unpublished) and by Author.
The view can be switched between list and thumbnails.
The usage of the media can be viewed in the list display
Adding Files to the your site
Adding files is straightforward:
Click on the 'Add file' button within the Media Library.
Choose the file from your computer Click upload to save the file to PlusCMS and then next choose the destination of the file (normally leave this as the default setting) fill in any required fields, such as title and description.
Public or Private files?
Files can be saved in two main locations: public and private.
Public files are accessible to anyone who visits the website, meaning they can be easily linked or downloaded by users.
Private files are protected and can only be accessed by specific users based on the permissions set by the site administrator.
The choice between public and private file destinations depends on how sensitive the file content is and whether access needs to be restricted. Always use private storage for any files that shouldn't be publicly available.
Using Media in Content
Once media files are in the system, they can easily be added to your content:
Adding Media:
When completing image or file fields in the content types and paragraphs you will be able to choose from the library as well as upload files directly to the library if required.
To add files from the library after clicking the 'Browse' button select the 'Library' tab
search for the file you require, select the file by clicking on it and then click submit
Media can be uploaded directly from the page creation screen using the media browser:
To upload files after clicking the 'Browse' button, click 'choose file' button which is below the 'Upload new file' title.
Navigate to the file location and open the file. Upon returning to the image upload screen select 'Upload'.
Once the upload has completed you can then choose next where you can add any Alt text or other data you might associate with the file.
Once done click save and you will return to the content page where a thumbnail of you added image will be visible
If required you can remove the image from the page and complete the process once more and add a new image.
