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| 3 | <title>Media manager</title> |
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| 4 | </head> |
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| 5 | <body> |
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| 6 | <h4>Media list</h4> |
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| 7 | <p>The main page of the media manager displays a list of available files (media) for the currently selected blog.</p> |
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| 9 | <p>You can click the icons or names of the media in the folder or any subfolder to display them.</p> |
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| 11 | <p>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.</p> |
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| 13 | <p>The images are displayed with a thumbnail when possible.</p> |
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| 14 | |
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| 15 | <h4>Add files</h4> |
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| 16 | <dl> |
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| 17 | <dt>Choose a file</dt> |
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| 18 | <dd>Here you can select one of your local files to send it on your |
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| 19 | blog. Should the file be bigger than the maximum size, it will not be sent.</dd> |
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| 20 | |
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| 21 | <dt>Title</dt> |
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| 22 | <dd>Optional title for the file you want to send.</dd> |
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| 23 | |
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| 24 | <dt>Private</dt> |
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| 25 | <dd>Check this if you want the file to be private, i.e. accessible only by |
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| 26 | its owner and not accessible from the blog (until published).</dd> |
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| 27 | </dl> |
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| 28 | |
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| 29 | <dl> |
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| 30 | <dt>Enhanced uploader</dt> |
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| 31 | <dd>Allows to select one or several of your local files to send them on your |
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| 32 | blog. Should any file be bigger than the maximum size, it will not be sent.<br /> |
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| 33 | When you select several local files, they are added to the queue. You can add more files by clicking again on <strong>Choose files</strong>. You can also remove files from the queue by clicking on the corresponding red cross-shaped icon.<br /> |
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| 34 | When you are ready, click on <strong>Upload</strong>.</dd> |
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| 35 | </dl> |
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| 36 | |
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| 37 | <h4>Delete files</h4> |
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| 38 | <p>To delete a file, check its checkbox and click on <strong>Remove selected media</strong>. You can delete several files at once.</p> |
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| 40 | <h4>New folder</h4> |
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| 41 | <p>This form allows you to create a new subfolder in the currently displayed |
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| 42 | folder. Just choose a name for it as you would do on your own computer.</p> |
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| 43 | |
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| 44 | <h4>Media details</h4> |
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| 45 | <p>This page displays a set of information about the currently selected file and allows you to perform a several operations on it.</p> |
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| 46 | |
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| 47 | <dl> |
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| 48 | <dt>File name</dt> |
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| 49 | <dd>Change the file name of the current file.</dd> |
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| 50 | |
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| 51 | <dt>File title</dt> |
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| 52 | <dd>Give a title to the file or change the current one.</dd> |
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| 53 | |
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| 54 | <dt>File date</dt> |
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| 55 | <dd>Change the file date.</dd> |
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| 56 | |
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| 57 | <dt>Private</dt> |
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| 58 | <dd>Specify that the file will be hidden to anyone but its owner in the media manager.</dd> |
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| 59 | |
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| 60 | <dt>New directory</dt> |
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| 61 | <dd>Allows you to move the file in another folder.</dd> |
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| 62 | |
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| 63 | <dt>Change file</dt> |
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| 64 | <dd>With this form, you can replace the file while keeping all the attributes |
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| 65 | (name, title...). As always, you have to respect the maximum file size.</dd> |
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| 66 | </dl> |
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| 68 | <h4>Specific case: images</h4> |
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| 69 | <p>When you add an image, depending of its size, up to four versions will be made available (depending on the original image size):</p> |
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| 70 | <ul> |
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| 71 | <li><strong>Square:</strong> A 48x48 pixels square thumbnail.</li> |
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| 72 | <li><strong>Thumbnail:</strong> The image reduced to 100 pixels on its longest side.</li> |
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| 73 | <li><strong>Small:</strong> The longest side is reduced to 240 pixels.</li> |
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| 74 | <li><strong>Medium:</strong> The longest side is reduced to 500 pixels.</li> |
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| 75 | <li><strong>Original:</strong> The original, unchanged image.</li> |
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| 76 | </ul> |
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| 77 | <p>Default sizes for the thumbnail, small and medium versions can be modified in your blog settings.</p> |
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| 79 | <h4>Attach a file to an entry</h4> |
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| 80 | <p>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.</p> |
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| 81 | |
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| 82 | <p>Just click on the [+] icon (Attach this file to entry). The file will then |
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| 83 | be attached to the post.</p> |
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| 85 | <p>The attached files will be shown on the post page, as a list after the post content. The MP3 files will be made available through a Flash player, so that they can be easily played by your visitors.</p> |
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| 87 | <h4>Podcast and broadcasting of music files</h4> |
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| 88 | <p>All attached files will be included in your blog feeds, allowing an easy |
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| 89 | podcasting of any type of file.</p> |
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| 90 | |
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| 91 | </body> |
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| 92 | </html> |
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