The Media Manager

Images and other media files can be uploaded and inserted through a simple mediamanager. To open the media manager click the button in the page editing toolbar.

Browse the available namespace by clicking their name in the left pane. Namespaces can be expanded by a click on the + button right next to the namespace name.

To insert an image at the current cursor position in the edit window, just click the filename or image thumbnail in the right pane.

The Screenshot above shows the media manager.

The left part has the name space tree (1) where you can navigate through the existing media namespaces. Media namespaces are separated from the page namespaces but usually follow their structure. You can use the + and - icons to collapse and expand deeper hierarchies. Clicking the namespace name will open it in the right side.

Above the tree are some option checkboxes (2) which influence the behavior of the manager. By default the manager will close when an image was selected. Sometimes this is not wanted, eg. if you like to insert multiple images, you can disable the automatic closing here. If you need a better overview in the right pane, you can hide the details for the media listing. Both options are stored in a cookie and will be remembered by your browser.

The top headline of the right pane always shows the currently selected namespace (3). All uploads you do will be put into this namespace.

Below the headline is the upload form (4). Note that this form will only be displayed if you have the needed permissions to upload in the current namespace. You can rename the file you are about to upload with the second textfield. To create subnamespaces just prepend them to the name here. Which file extensions may be uploaded is configured through the mime settings.

Below the uploadform comes a listing with available mediafiles. For each file there is a line with a filetype icon, the filename and some toolbar buttons (5). The following buttons may be available depending on the filetype and your permissions:

	View or download the file
	Delete the file
	Edit the metadata of the file (JPEG only)

The file may be followed by a thumbnail (6) and a preview of the metadata (7). EXIF metadata editing is currently only supported for JPEG files.