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Edit a file

Files are shown in the asset tree with their file extension

To edit an file via the asset tree:

  1. If you're in Navigation View click Asset View to display the asset tree.
  2. Right click the file that you want to change and select Edit.
    The File Editor window opens with the preview tab selected, displaying the clickable path to the file.
  3. To upload a new version of the file click the Upload tab and then click Select.
    Find on your computer the file that you want to use and click Open
    (the new file must have the same name as the existing file).
    Click Upload.
  4. The properties of the image can be edited via the Properties tab:
    • MIME - if a file is uploaded without a mime-type, we will look in the IIS MIME Type Mapping Table for the mime type to use for files with that file-extension. If no mapping is found, we will default to "application/octet-stream", rather than leaving the mime-type blank. This field makes it possible to edit the mime type for a file . However if it's changed to a value that differs from the one configured in IIS for files with that extension, it may cause unpredictable results for users trying to open such files (10.4)
    • Link - An optional easier to read text to use when linking to the file
    • File summary
    • Icon - an optional icon to display when the file is presented in a download block
    • Findable in searches - Show or hide the file's content from searches.
    • Search text - The text that the file is searchable by. For PDFs just paste the textual content of the file in here an it mans that the site search will be able to find content within the file
  5. You can see the file with metadata using the Metadata tab. These keywords can then be used in a file A to Z page.
  6. To find out where the file is used on your website click the Usage tab.
  7. If the file has been overwritten several times its possible to roll back previous versions of it. Clicking on the Version tab allows you to see the previous version, its size, when they were updated and the number of times they were requested.

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