Presentation about the Drupal WebFM module given to the Triange Drupal Users Group on Apr 13, 2010

1. Triangle Drupal User Group April 12, 2010 WebFM Modulefor Drupal 6.x

2. A File Manager for Uploaded Files Application look and feel via JavaScript / Ajax Permissions by role, file, and Organic Group Drag and Drop of files and directories and more… What is it?

4. Drag and Drop Support

6. Ajax adds to the “Coolness” factor File Security without “Private Files” overhead Maintain images/documents references on multiple nodes in one place. File sharing in OG contexts. Custom Layout lets you easily expose a directory of documents to users. So Why Use It?

7. Get the module from: http://drupal.org/projects/webfm Shameless plug warning… Optionally, get the Custom Layout patch from: http://drupal.org/node/736548 Unpack the module (and optionally apply patch). Put the module directory in your sites/all/modules directory How To Set it up

8. Go to Administer / Site Building / Modules(admin/build/modules/ Select Modules Save Configuration How to Set it Up

9. Go to Administer -> Site Configuration -> WebFM(admin/settings/webfm) Set the Webfm Root Directory(no leading slash located under the normal Drupal files directory) Set other options as desired. How to Set it Up

10. Go to Admister -> User Management -> Permissions(admin/user/permissions) Decide which roles get which permissions. How to Set it Up

11. Go to Administer -> Site Configuration -> WebFM (again)(admin/settings/webfm) Set the root role directory for each role that can upload using WebFM Set other options as desired. For each existing group, set the group root directory. How to Set it Up

12. Secure the files by creating an .htaccess in the WebFM root directory <drupal file system path>/<webfm root>with the following lines: order deny, allow deny from all How to Set it Up

13. Reports of Drag and Drop misbehaving in some browsers/themes Only WebfmAdmins can create directories No support for individual “home” directories (but patch with minor issues available) Maintainer burn-out (Rob Milne -> others -> Rob) Slightly confusing to users (without Custom Layout patch) Gotchas and Popular Feature Requests

14. Questions