This series of lessons will help you configure features of your LVSYS desktop application.
Control the FTP access of users from All Tasks > My Account > User Logins. FTP Access allows you to manage photos, documents and template settings.
Control Mail Bridge Access to the Admin Panel for your User Logins in the My Account module pane. Mail Bridge Access allows a user to post content and photos to the website just by sending an email.
All Tasks > My Account > User Logins
FTP Access is disabled by default. From the User Logins list screen, edit a user and make sure FTP Access is checked. Learn more about configuring user logins.
You can use any FTP client to connect to your website. For example, you can use DreamWeaver FTP extension, FileZilla FTP Client, or Notepad++ NppFTP extensions.
The minimum FTP settings required to connect to the website are:
It behaves like a normal FTP server by providing access to photos and document files. It is different because it also provides access to the CMS database, something FTP servers typically don't do.
No. This is not meant to be used by your clients. First, file transfers are limited in size and, second, you cannot apply access restrictions to specific folders. So your clients could be making unwanted modifications to your website, or upload documents to the wrong sections!
Anything really. Dreamweaver, Coda, Notepad++, Visual Studio, Internet Explorer, and all other FTP clients. You can use your favorite HTML editing tool and access the website with all the power of your favorite HTML editor.
The FTP server provides access to the following folders:
Folder | Maps to Content | Notes |
/content/articles | All Tasks > Article Module > Articles (Body) |
Filenames are hyphenated headlines + article ID + ".html". Ex: Added-an-Ad-Serving-Module.87.html |
/content/events | All Tasks > Calendar > Events (Body) |
Filenames are hyphenated headlines + event ID + ".html". Ex: Vineyard-Visit.155.html |
/content/products | All Tasks > eCommerce > Products (Body) | Filenames are hyphenated headlines + product ID + ".html". Ex: 2013-Reserve-Pinot-Noir.75.html |
/copy | All Tasks > Html > Copy | |
/css | All Tasks > Web Site > Styles | |
/doc | All Tasks > Files > Documents | |
/photo | All Tasks > Files > Images | |
/scripts | All Tasks > Html > Scripts | |
/templates | Template Manager v 2.0 Templates. | Experts only. |
/templates.v1 | Template Manager v 1.0 Templates. | Experts only. |
After you upload images via FTP, go to Files > Images and click Resync to make the images available in all CMS photo browsers.
The FTP server allows the following actions: Add, Edit, List, Delete. It does not allow Rename actions since filenames are mapped to article headlines, content headlines or other database related fields that cannot accept characters allowed in filenames.
File transfers are capped at 20 MB to prevent server overloading.
All Tasks > My Account > User Logins
Jump to the Mail Bridge Email Address Builder Tool >
Mail Bridge access is disabled by default. From the User Logins list screen, edit a user and make sure Mail Bridge Access is checked. Learn more about configuring user logins.
The Mail Bridge is an email functionality that enables users to post content to the CMS via an email.
It allows website admins to hand out email addresses to outside editors, such as guest bloggers for example, so they can submit content to the CMS without having access to the CMS itself.
The system treats all email fields this way:
Email Field | Maps to Content Field |
Date Sent | Content > Date Published |
Subject |
Content > Headline Content > Active : when headline starts with a star character (*) the content will be made inactive, regardless of the global mail bridge configuration setting. |
Body | Content > Body |
Photo Attachment | Media > Photos |
Email Address Category Part (see below) | Content > Category |
The Mail Bridge requires very specific email addresses, that contain the username, the user pin number, the website address, the module and optionally a category to post the content to.
Example email address:
mail/1234/sampleweb.com/article/news@lvsys.com
Use the form below to generate valid Mail Bridge email addresses. Keep typing until the email address below the form turns green.
CMS User Login | ex: mail. Make sure user is configured for "Mail Bridge Access". | |
CMS User PIN | ex: 1234. User Login configuration. | |
CMS Website Domain | ex: sampleweb.com - No http://, no www prefix | |
CMS Module | ||
CMS Module Category | ex: news. Article category Name field. | |
Field Separator | Customize the email address in case your mail server rejects it. |
Email Address: None yet. Start typing in the above fields. (This field must turn green)
Only use the email address once the above field has turned green.
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