Aldrich: Working with files
- Todd McGill
- Meredith Ehrenberg
Adding (uploading) new files
To upload a new file, such as images or pdf documents, into your Cascade site, select File from the Add Content menu.
→ Details: Navigating the interface
File name and placement
Standard Cascade stuff here. After selecting a file, the value of the File Name field will match the name of the selected file. You have the option to update the name manually.
→ Details: Asset naming and placement
Title
You can safely ignore this field for files.
File chooser
Click this area to select your desired file(s) from your computer, or drag and drop the file(s) into this area.
Yes, “files”… plural. You can upload multiple files in one go!
Tags
You can safely ignore this field.
Updating and replacing files
Let’s say you have an image used in many places on your website that you need to update. You may be tempted to upload the new image and then update each place the current image is used to point to the new image. After you do that, you’d need to publish your new image and republish all the affected pages.
WAIT!!
There’s an easier way! The method described above will work, but it involves unnecessary steps and potentially leaves an unused image just hanging out in Cascade.
Try this instead
In Cascade, navigate to the image you want to replace and select Edit. You can drag-and-drop the replacement image into the edit interface (or use file chooser) and submit your changes. Now just republish your image and you’re done! No need to hunt down, update, and republish, the pages where the image appears!
This method only works as described if the name of the file in question is left unchanged. If you do need to change the name of the file, you will need to do that after submitting your edit. You’ll then need to republish the file and the pages where the file is referenced. Even in this case, you’re still saving a good number of steps!
Not covered here….
The Cascade CMS Knowledge Base details some additional aspects of working with files.