Use the '«EasyUploads» File Manager...' section of the form to manage the image/video/audio/etc. files that your site uses.
Start by choosing either an existing upload to change, or 'NEW Upload...' from the 'Uploaded Files' selector.
Once you have uploaded a few files, you might find it useful to change the order of the list in the selector - by Type, Date or Title.
Selecting an existing upload may show a small preview image below the selector.
You can delete the upload (and all references to it in your «SimpleMarkup») by clicking the Delete button below the preview pane (you will be prompted to confirm all changes).
Clicking on 'Capitalize Title' turns e.g., 'this is an upload title' into 'This is an Upload Title' (recommended).
Once you have entered a Title, selected a file via 'Local Files...' (or URL), and options, click the 'Save Upload Changes' button (you will be prompted to confirm all changes).
Changes to an «EasyUpload» are automatically reflected in any pages that contain its ID.
- 'Other'
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Any file not recognized as image/video/audio is treated as an 'other' file.
Option
Icon Next to Link - depending on file type, «EasyEdit» will try to put an appropriate icon next to the link.
Display
Other files are always displayed 'inline' - within the flow of text - when a reference to one is inserted in your «SimpleMarkup»:
This is an example of an inline «EasyUpload» ##OMYPDF## (with icon), and here's another ##OJWMED## (with icon).
becomes:
This is an example of an inline «EasyUpload»
Example PDF
(with icon), and here's another
Example ZIP
(without icon).
- Audio
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«EasyEdit» only recognizes MP3 files (other formats like WMA or WAV are treated as 'other' files).
Options
Title Caption - displayed below the audio player.
URL - to save your disk and bandwidth quotas, you might specify the URL - web address - of an off-site MP3 track.
If you click the Check URL above the URL field, a new window opens. If you get a 'not found' error - check your typing. (It's always better to copy and paste URLs to avoid such typos).
Display
Audio is always displayed on a line of its own (with optional caption below):
This is an off-site track (from http://download.mp3.com/user_audio/d1/2/8/9/3/21744663.mp3):
##A21741##
and this is a small uploaded MP3 file:
##AASONG##
becomes:
This is an off-site track (from http://download.mp3.com/user_audio/d1/2/8/9/3/21744663.mp3):
Radiohead - Jigsaw Falling into Place
and this is a small uploaded MP3 file (no caption):
- Video
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«EasyEdit» only recognizes Flash Video (FLV) files (other formats like WMV or MOV are treated as 'other' files).
Free FLV encoders can be downloaded from http://www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html (Windows) and http://ffmpegx.com/ (Mac).
Options
Title Caption - displayed below the video player.
Thumbnail File - any image - preferably a still frame (JPG) from the video.
URL - to save your disk and bandwidth quotas, you might specify the URL - web address - of an off-site FLV file.
If you click the Check URL above the URL field, a new window opens. If you get a 'not found' error - check your typing. (It's always better to copy and paste URLs to avoid such typos).
Display
Videos (and images) can only appear at the beginning or end of paragraphs - not within textual paragraphs, in bulleted lists, subsection headings or in text with fixed-width fonts:
A video (taken with a mobile phone!) on a paragraph on its own:
##VWESTB##
becomes:
The next examples are less simple, although not difficult...
Paragraphs with Text and Video/Images
##VWESTB## ##VWESTB## Starting a paragraph with a group of one or more video IDs pushes the text of what follows to the right of them.
\
becomes:
Starting a paragraph with a group of one or more video IDs pushes the text of what follows to the right of them.
By default, this continues until the next video (see next example), image or (sub)section.
To force a break, so that subsequent text is pushed back to the left margin, put a single '\' on a line of its own. This is not needed when there is no text in the paragraph.
Ending a paragraph with video ID(s) pushes the videos to the right, with the paragraph and the following text to the left. ##VWESTB## ##VWESTB##
becomes:
Ending a paragraph with video ID(s) pushes the videos to the right, with the paragraph and the following text to the left.
Again, you can force a break with the '\' on a line of its own.
You can also mix groups of videos with images - see next subsection...
- Image
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«EasyEdit» (and most web browsers) only recognizes JPEG, GIF and PNG image files (other formats like TIFF or BMP are treated as 'other' files).
Options
Title Caption - displayed below the image.
Clickable Thumbnail - larger images only - display an auto-generated thumbnail of the larger image. Clicking the thumbnail shows the larger image.
URL - small images only - unlike audio/video - clicking on the image displays the specified URL, typically an external webpage.
Display
Images display options are the same as for video - in fact, they can be grouped together on the same paragraph:
##IAIRPO## ##VVWES2## ##IAIRP1##
becomes:
Airport
Airport
Paragraphs with Text and Video/Images
##IAIRP2## Paragraph started with image ID.
\
and
Paragraph ended with image ID. ##IAIRP3##
becomes:
Airport
Paragraph started with image ID.
and...
Airport
Paragraph ended with image ID.
Note the '\' on a line of its own to force the following text back to the left margin. This is not needed with groups of images/video with no text in the paragraph.
Finally, a small image with a link to http://gimp.org/ - a free multi-platform image editing program:
The above might seem like a lot to know (especially the stuff about starting/ending paragraphs with video/images). Don't worry, the default behaviours are usually what you'll want.
