Standards Manager Users Manual
Navigating folders
In the list of files directories (folders) will be listed at the top and their name will be bolded. Click the directory name to enter that directory and get a listing of the files in that directory.
The header at the top of the page will always show your current directory. Each part of the header will also link to the respective directory. You can use this to move up in the directory structure. The "Files in: " link takes you to the home directory.
Searching for files and folders
The sidebar contains a section for searching files and folders. Enter your search term in the input field and click the search button to perform the search. Results will automatically be inserted below the input field. The checkbox labeled "Search only this folder and below" controls whether the search should be limited to the current folder and any subdirectories (this is the default) or if all files in the system should be searched.
Only file names and folder names are searched. The contents of files are not searched.
Search results have two links. The first link (the file name) points directly at the file. The second link (the folder name) links to the folder where the file resides. Clicking this link will take you to that folder and the file will be highlighted.
** Uploading files
File Manager supports uploading of multiple files at once. You accomplish this by selecting the files you want to upload one by one.
Select a file as in a normal file upload. After you have chosen a file it is automatically added to a list of files ready for upload. When your file is listed you can then use the same file upload widget to select another file.
When you have selected all the files you wish to upload click the 'upload' button to start the upload. This may take a while if you have many files to upload.
Files will be uploaded to the current directory.
** Creating folders and files
To create a directory as a subdirectory in the current directory type the name you want in the input field and click the 'Ok' button. Change the radio button from 'folder' to 'file' if you wish to create an empty file instead of a new folder. This is useful when you need to create new text or HTML documents for editing.
** Rename, move, delete and duplicate
Files that can be modified has a diamond (◊) next to the file name. Clicking the diamond will show a menu. It will default to renaming the file. To rename the file enter the new file name in the field and click the 'ok' button. To move a file enter the folder you want to move the file to in the field and click 'ok'. To move files up in the folder structure type "../". For example if you want to move a file two levels up and then into the directory "test" you would type "../../test" (without the quotes). To delete a file click the confirmation button. Nb. the file will be permanently deleted! To duplicate a file enter a new file name (one will be suggested for you) and click 'ok'.
** Editing text and HTML files
When a file can be edited a new menu item called 'edit' will appear when clicking a file's diamond. Clicking this and the confirmation button will take you to a page where you can edit the contents of that file. Before saving you are given the option of converting spaces to tabs. When this checkbox is checked every four (4) spaces are converted to tabs.
The standard 'Save' button will save a copy of the file (overwriting the old copy) without leaving the edit window, allowing you to keep editing. The 'Save Exit' button will save the file and return you to the file listing.