Open Folder

The Open Folder command (Folder Viewer) offers many options for displaying content in useful ways that go far beyond what can be done with a traditional HTML editor. If you master the Folder Viewer, you will have mastered many of the advanced techniques possible with Caravel.

Common uses for Folder Viewer blocks:

* Displaying randomized photos
* Displaying the contents of an archive
* As a strategy for delivering a large number of documents without making a page for each document.
* Displaying the most recently uploaded file or files.
* For blog-style content
* For scheduling content where one file is replaced by another on a particular date.

The old and new folder viewers look as if they are very different.  If you look closer though, you will find many similarities.  You will also find that the new folder viewer is much easier to use than the old one.  There are many more options to choose from but these options will help you make a better folder viewer.  If you would like to access your files skip ahead to Step four: Refine file list.  All of the files in the folder are listed in the refine file listing.

Folder Viewer Basics To create a Folder Viewer, choose Open Folder from the Add Block menu on the Edit Column bar. The Folder Viewer window will open. 1.  Selecting a folder. The first step in creating a folder viewer is selecting the folder from which the data will come from.  Navigate down to your folder, highlight it and then select next. Note:  You will need to create a folder before going into the folder viewer option.  To do this, go to Tools on the Edit Page Bar and choose File Manager.  In the upper right hand corner you will find the words add folder.  Name your folder something easy for you to find again.  Now, either create HTML files and save them into that folder or move them from another folder. 2. Choose list type There are numerous different ways in which you could choose to display the information in your folder.
Basic list  The simplest list. File names/titles only, one per line. Navigation buttons  Similar to the basic list, but recreates a "navigation menu" feel. Table of contents  This list includes file names/titles, authors, and creation dates. Photo album  Intended for viewing folders containing many images. Download list  Intended for a list of files that will be downloaded. Includes file size and an icon indicating file type. Dropdown list  A simple list of file names/titles in a dropdown menu. Blog  Intended for presenting multiple shortened files along with their author and title. If you wish to have only a preview appear then include as a marker of the cutoff point in the documents. Full file contents  Displays the full file contents. Custom list  Creates a list using specified options from each of the other types of list.
3.  Extra list style options Number of columns - choose how many columns you would like your files to display. Group by - choose how many files to display on each page.