Help:Managing files

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Contents 1 Upload a file 2 Document management templates 2.1 PDF Documents 2.2 INI Documents 2.3 TXT Documents 2.4 Examples

Upload a file

1. In the sidebar, under toolbox, click "Upload file"
2. Next to the Source filename, click Browse to locate the file on your computer.
3. Change the Destination filename to something descriptive, if necessary.
4. Fill in the Summary, if necessary.
5. Click the Upload file button.

After you've uploaded some files, use them in your articles.

Document management templates

In order to properly manage non graphic documents as attachments use the following extension based templates to link to the uploaded file. In all these cases the file name will be the uploaded name minus the "Image:" part.

PDF Documents

{{pdf|<<file Name>>|<<Display Text>>}}

INI Documents

{{ini|<<file Name>>|<<Display Text>>}}

TXT Documents

{{txt|<<file Name>>|<<Display Text>>}}

Examples

For this example we will use the Image:Special Documentation.pdf document. The link we would use would be:

{{Pdf|Special Documentation.pdf|Special Documentation}}

This will result in:

Special Documentation

When a reader clicks the link they will be shown the document directly. The reader can save a local copy or print, etc. They will not be able to save any changes directly to the server.

To update the file on the server, save the changes to a local file, then click the icon and select "Upload new Version" and replace the server file. Old versions are archived automatically.