Interface

Files tab

After installing the component, a new Files tab appears on the resource edit page, with a table of attached files and controls at the top.

The component provides two ways to attach files:

• From the user's computer, via the standard MODX file upload dialog;
• By URL, without saving the file to the computer first.

Bulk actions are available for files:

For images you can enable thumbnails (add thumb to the fileman_grid_fields setting):

File edit window

After a file is uploaded, you can edit its metadata.

For each record you can set (database field name in parentheses):

• Title (title) – human-readable title for the file;
• Description (description) – detailed description;
• Group (group) – group files into sections (e.g. Documentation, Certificates, Catalogs);
• File name (name) – name used when downloading;
• Private (private) – file is not available by direct link and is served via the connector; enables download counting.

Some fields are stored but not editable: path, size, extension, internal_name, hash. You can use them in your snippets.

Managing all attached files

Besides managing files on the resource page, there is a separate section under Packages / FileMan that lists all attached files site-wide.

The same actions are available there except uploading and sorting (those are resource-specific).