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Multimedia Uploader Dragging

Similar to the Image Uploader we added a few months ago, we have now extended the functionality to work with documents and multimedia. Which means you can upload a lot of videos or audio into your library in one fell swoop, or upload a lot of documents at once, and watch the progress of your upload. This is a huge improvement in usability. But what's even better, is that you can upload the files to your Multimedia or Document library, while you are writing your Blog, adding your newest Property or Product, or adding any new page. You don't have to up add these to the libraries before hand, which interrupts your workflow. You can upload and add the new file to your page, all from the same interface. We hope it save you time, and is more enjoyable to use.

Extra Features Include:

  • Easier "drag & drop" reordering
  • File Preview with: file size and last modified date
  • File type
  • Thumbnail
  • Category Filtering

We plan on adding these multiple upload features to the main Library upload tools as well, ASAP. But for now those are still one file at a time. But hopefully you won't need to upload that old way, since you can upload this new way now.

Also coming soon is a Slideshow Uploader, that will allow you to upload multiple images and create a slideshow instantly, which should also speed up workflow for related tasks.


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Uploader Dragging

It's alive! After many years of wishing, and several weeks of actual work, our new image uploader is now available for use. This simple tool totally revolutionizes content management workflow. Previously you had to either upload the images to the library first, before adding some content (e.g. write a blog, sell a home, add a product, etc), or you had to add the images later (because you forgot) then go back and edit the record. Very cumbersome and annoying.

Well now that has all changed. We have created a great new image uploader that is available directly on any page you are editing. You can select an existing image from your library, or switch to the "Upload" tab and browse your computer. You can then select multiple images, set which category (if any) they should be related to, choose if you want to resize multiple sizes, set one custom size, or use an existing image profile, and then it uploads all the images with a very nice progress bar for those of us that like reassurance that something is indeed happening. When the images are uploaded they are saved to your library, and they also appear above in the "Selected Images" area. Forgot an image? No problem, browse again and upload until you have all the images you want. The "Selected Images" can be reordered with simple dragging. And you can delete images by clicking the trash can that appears on mouse over.

 

Uploader Uploading

 

It's simple, and makes things so much more convenient. We will be extending this functionality for files and multimedia, and eventually integrating a similar style uploader in the Image, File, and Multimedia Library itself (which currently has an old single file uploader with no progress bar).

We hope you enjoy it as much as us! Many more great features like this are planned and being created. We want the entire Admin Control Panel to be this easy and fun to use.


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