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Extracting Archives

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To extract an archive follow these steps: Right-click the file and select “More options” → “Extract archive”. Type the name of the folder that will be used to extract the files to. The folders list will automatically reload to show the changes...

Admin users

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Admin users can: Manage user accounts, except their own and other admins' accounts. Manage roles. Manage user groups. Manage e-mail notification settings. Browse users' activity logs. Manage metadata settings. When configuring th...

File indexing and full-text searching

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Web File Share configuration You can enable the full-text file searching from “Control Panel” » “System configuration” » “Files” » “Indexing”. It is not enabled by default because it requires third-party software (Apache Tika). If you are running Tika in com...

Overview

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Most of the configuration is done from Web File Share's control panel. However, there are additional configuration options that can be set by editing the file “customizables/config.php”. If the files does not exist, you can simply create it. User Interface ...

Time zone

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When using Web File Share with a webhosting service, sometimes the server is located in a different time zone than you and your users. You can adjust the time difference by configuring Web File Share to use your time zone instead: Open the file "/path-to-WebF...

File preview

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Previewing documents The following file types can be previewed or opened with Web File Share by default: Image files: PHP GD extension: jpg, jpeg, gif, png, jpe ImageMagick: most known image file types Office documents: ...

E-mail notification system

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Configuration To be able to send e-mails from Web File Share, you need to either have PHP configured with “sendmail” or have Web File Share configured with an SMTP server. Do note that most SMTP servers require authentication, and to prevent spam and other at...

Deleting a user

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To delete a user account follow these steps: Open the control panel. Select “Users”. Select the user you want to remove. Click “Delete user”. Click “Delete” to confirm the user's deletion. Deleting a FileRun user account does not remo...

Editing a user

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To edit a user account follow these steps: Open the control panel. Select “Users”. Select the user you want to edit. Click “Edit user” Make the appropriate changes in the form. Click “Submit” to save the changes.  

Superuser

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The superuser is the first account that is automatically created at FileRun installation. Its default username is “admin”. Along the administrative tasks the other admin users can do, he is the only user that can: Change the system's configuration. In...

Creating zip files

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To Zip one or multiple files follow these steps: Select one file, or multiple files by holding the CTRL key pressed. Right-click the file and select “More options” → “Add to zip”. Type the new name for the new Zip file and click “Ok”. The f...

Deactivating a user

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To deactivate a user account follow these steps: Open the control panel. Select “Users”. Select the user you want to deactivate. Click “Deactivate user account”. Following these steps again it will reactivate the user account. This can be ...

Independent admin users

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Independent admin users can: See and manage only user accounts, roles and groups created by themselves. See and manage only his e-mail notification settings. Browse his own users' activity logs. Manage his own metadata settings. When confi...

Adding a user

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To create a new user account follow these steps: Open the control panel. Select “Users”. Click “Create new”. Fill in the form: Required fields: Username Name Home folder Click “Submit” to create the user with the spec...

Deleting a group

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To delete a group follow these steps: Open the control panel. Select “Groups”. Select the group you want to remove. Click “Delete group”. Click “Delete” to confirm the group's deletion. Deleting a group does not delete the users contained.          

Renaming a group

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To change a group's name follow these steps:  Open the control panel. Select “Groups”. Select the group that you want to rename Click “Edit group” Make the appropriate changes in the form. Click “Save” to save the changes.    

Adding a group

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To create a new group follow these steps: Open the control Panle Select "Groups". Click 'Create New". Fill in the form Required Field -'Group Name' Click “Submit” to create the group with the specified details.

Overview

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Groups can be used for: Sharing a folder with multiple users at the same time. (You can also configure a user permissions so that it can only share folders with certain groups of users.) Configuring e-mail notifications: adding notification rules involving m...

Adding or removing users from groups

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To add or remove a user from a group follow these steps: Open the control panel. Select “Users”. Select the user you want to add to a group or remove from one. Click “Edit user” Using the “User group(s)” field, select only the groups that you want the use...

ImageMagick thumbnail generation and image preview

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Introduction Web File Share can make use of ImageMagick utility for generating image thumbnails and previews for PDF, PSD and other advanced file formats. ImageMagick also enables support for large (high-res) pictures in Web File Share. GraphicsMagick (http:...