In this area ( Portal Manager > Tools & Administration > Files) all important files that are required by your portal are stored. You can also create your own folders and add files like logos, pictures or documents.

Please use *.zip-files for that. You can unzip them directly in the area Files after you have uploaded them.

Portal Manager > Tools > Files

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SITEFORUM has a powerful file management system built in to their CMS software, it manages and mantains the file structure of your Portal and through the use of various tools such as placeholders simplifies the deployment of them around your site.

Uploading files

• Go to the files page
• click through to the folder you wish to add the files to
• browse you hard drive using the  filew browser at the top
• click upload

Uploading and unpacking zip files.

• To upload a file as a zip follow the above instructions
• Once the zip is uploaded, click the arrow next to the file name
• Click Extract
• Wait for the process to finish
• Go back to the folder and the files will be present.

Creating a zip to download

• Click the create zip file button
• this will automatically create a zip of all the files in the folder you are in
• click on the arrow next to the new zip
• click download.

Various options in the file manager

• Rename - allows you to rename a file, note you will need to change any links to this file.
• Cut - deletes from first location and moves to another Note, if moved you will need to create links
• Paste -  comes after cut/ copy (to move)
• Copy - moves, but keeps original placement
• Delete - Deletes files
• Touch - edit
• Extract - take files out of a zip
• Show content - shows the content of a file
• Open File - opens the file
• Download - allows you to download a file.

Probably the image does not have the correct format. You can only edit images with the extensions *.png, *.jpg and *.gif. Save the image on your local system with one of these formats and upload it again.

A tag cloud contains the most popular tags, independent of the element (e.g. blogs, wiki article, documents, etc.) they belong to. The single tags of the tag cloud can be clicked and the matching results get displayed.

The File System (Tools & Administration > Files) is for an internal administration of files of all kinds, e.g. the portal stores neccessary SEO files (Search Engine Optimization) automatically. Images needed for the layout of the portal or placed in stories are saved in the files system as well.

The Document Management System is for public provision of documents or files. That means that your employees, partners or customers can - depending on their access rights - access the DMS on the portal surface with its folders and files and download and save the files.

You can only edit the images with the extensions*.png, *.jpg and *.gif.

You can convert videos with the format *.avi, *.mpg and ...

If at least one file of the .zip package contains a special character in the file name, then the .zip file cannot be unpacked. In this case please replace the special characters with "regular" characters and try it again.