Media list

The media manager's main page displays a list of available files (medias) for the currently selected blog.

You can click the icons or names of the medias in the folder or any subfolder to display them.

Selecting a MP3 sound file displays a player to immediately play the file. The Flash plugin must be installed on your browser for this player to operate.

The images are displayed with a thumbnail when possible.

Add files

Choose a file

Here you can select one of your local files to send it on your blog. Should the file be bigger than the maximum size, it will not be sent.

Title

Optional title for the file you want to send.

Private

Check this if you want the file to be private, i.e. accessible only by its owner and not accessible from the blog.

New folder

This form allows you to create an new subfolder in the currently displayed folder. Just choose a name for it as you would do on your own computer.

Media details

This page displays a set of informations about the currently selected file and allows you to perform a few operations.

File name

Change the file name of the current file.

File title

Give a title to the file, or change the current one.

File date

Change the file date.

Private

Specify that the file will be hidden to anyone but its owner in the media manager.

New directory

Allows you to move the file in another folder.

Change file

With this form, you can replace the file while keeping all the attributes (name, title...). As always, you have to respect the maximum file size.

A specific treatment for images

When you add an image, depending of its size, up to four versions will be made available:

• square: a 48x48 pixels square thumbnail,
• thumbnail: the image reduced to 100 pixels on its longest side.
• small: the longuest side is reduced to 240 pixels.
• medium: the longuest side is reduced to 500 pixels.
• originale: the original, unchanged image.

Add a file to an entry

You can easily attach a file to one of your posts. First, create a new post and save it. Then click on "Add files to this entry" to open the media manager.

Just click on the [+] icon (Attach this file to entry). The file will then be attached to the post.

The attached files will be shown on the post page, as a list beside the post content. The MP3 files will be made available through the Flash player, so that they can easily by read by visitors.

Podcast and broadcasting of music files

All attached files will be included in your RSS feeds, allowing for easy podcasting of any type of file.