If you have administrator privileges, you can upload files using the File Management system. Note that you can only upload one file at a time. To upload multiple files, see Uploading files via FTP.
Anyone with with a web browser and a connection to the internet can download (get files) from the file system if they know the URL of the file.
Note: The file system is a bad place for storing files that you don't want everyone on the Web to see. If you need to make a file available to a select group of users, you should make it an attachment to an entry posted to a restricted category.
To upload a file using the File Manager
1. Navigate to the File Manager page. For details, see Navigating the File Management page:
| 2. | Select the directory or sub-directory to which you want to upload your file. Do this by clicking one of the directories on the Directory Tree on the left panel of the page, or if available, click a directory in the File and Directory Listings area. |
| 3. | If you know the exact location of your file, type the name in the Filename box in the Upload New File area. Otherwise, click the Browse button to open the File Upload window. |
Example of a Macintosh File Upload window:
Example of a Windows File Upload window
| 4. | Locate and select the file you want to upload. Click the Open button. The File Upload window closes. |
| 5. | Click the Upload button in the Upload New File area. The uploading process may take some time, depending on the size of your document. |
Once the system finishes uploading the file, a File uploaded message is displayed in the top left corner of the File Manager page, and the file you just uploaded is displayed in the File and Directory Listing area.
Location of uploaded file URLS
The base directory of your file system (called Home in the File Manager) is the same as the hostname for your blog. If your blog's hostname is exampleblog.com, the base directory of your file system is also exampleblog.com.
If you create a directory called resume, its URL would be http://exampleblog.com/resume. If the directory contained a file called My Resume.doc, the file's URL would be http://exampleblog.com/resume/My_Resume.doc.
Deleting files in the file system
Files in the file system are independent of anything linked to them. If you delete a blog entry, the files it linked to are not affected.
If you try to access a file linked to a deleted blog entry by typing its URL into the address bar of your browser, it opens unless the file itself has been deleted.
