File Upload
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File Upload is an option available when creating or editing files, templates, stylesheets and XML blocks. File Upload allows a user to select a file to upload from his/her hard drive, which will then be used to fill in the content of that asset. When creating an asset, if no name has been specified, the name of the file from the hard drive will be inherited.
Concept
More on Uploading Files
Documents and other binary files may be uploaded into the system. Cascade Server is configurable to limit or expand the types of files supported, at the discretion of the administrator.
Under the base folder, numerous folders can be created, each holding a separate site. Each site folder will contain folders with content elements organized by type (such as images and blocks), and folders with pages organized in a logical structure as it would appear in a site map. Documents, therefore, can be organized in whatever way allows users the easiest and most logical access.
Like other assets, metadata, searching, browsing, versioning, and workflows are all applicable to documents and files uploaded into the system.
Users can be given customized access to upload, edit, view, publish, or delete individual assets, asset types, or directories.
Multiple images can be uploaded at a single time via the Zip archive importer as well as using SOAP-based web services.
Using File Upload is especially useful when working with large pieces of text or markup - sometimes the content may simply be too large or cumbersome to edit in the web interface. File Upload allows users to take that content, edit it on a local machine using any text or markup editor, save changes and then upload those changes back into the system.
PLEASE NOTE - When using File Upload on an existing asset in the system, that asset's content will be overwritten using the content from the uploaded file.
FAQs
- How are Files Uploaded into Cascade Server?
Documents and other binary files may be uploaded into the system. Cascade Server is configurable to limit or expand the types of files supported, at the discretion of the administrator.
Under the base folder, numerous folders can be created, each holding a separate site. Each site folder will contain folders with content elements organized by type (such as images and blocks), and folders with pages organized in a logical structure as it would appear in a site map.
Documents, therefore, can be organized in whatever way allows users the easiest and most logical access.
Like other assets, metadata, searching, browsing, versioning, and workflows are all applicable to documents and files uploaded into the system.
Users can be given customized access to upload, edit, view, publish, or delete individual assets, asset types, or directories.
Multiple images can be uploaded at a single time via the Zip archive importer as well as using SOAP-based web services.
Technical
Uploading a New File
A File is considered any sequence of bits stored on the server's database as a single unit. For the purposes of Cascade Server, files are typically created by external programs and imported for use in the system.
Images, PDF documents, and text files are some common examples of files used in Cascade Server. Only text files are editable inside the system.
To upload a new file:
- In the Home area, select New-> Default-> File.
- On the Content pane:
Under Upload, click Browse and select your file in the popup window. Alternatively, text can be entered into the Text field to create a standard text file. - On the Metadata pane:
Enter any Metadata you desire. - On the System pane:
Name - Type in the name of your new file.
Parent Folder - This is where the file will be stored. It's often useful to store files in acentral or common location.
Rewrite links - If there are links in the file, checking this will rewrite them to be workinglinks within the CMS.
Maintain absolute links when rewriting - Check this if you need to keep absolute links in your file when rewriting.
Publish - Check this if it's a file that will need to be published to the web server.
Index - Check this if it's a file that will need to be included in dynamic navigation menus. - Click Submit to upload and save your file.
To upload multiple files at once, please see our Zip Archive page.
FAQs
- How does Cascade Server import Static Files?
- The integrate folder utility is a useful tool designed to import legacy content. More specifically, its function is to import the main content region of a page and specific metadata values into the Cascade Server database. If you look look at the example files located in our demo.zip file, you will see that a main content region has been notated with the following dreamweaver comment tags: <!-- #BeginEditable "main" --> and <!-- #EndEditable -->. As the Integrate Folder utility parses through the files, it will extract the content contained within this region and place it in the Cascade Server database. If no main content region has been specified, the Integrate Folder utility will import everything within the opening and closing <body> tags. In addition, the integrate folder utility will also extract the following metadata values: Display Name, Title, Summary, Teaser, Keywords, and Description. Once this process has finished the new template can be applied