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Hi Red Hawk!
Our wordpress site has been deployed for 7-8 months now and everything’s been running smoothly, but we developed a hiccup in late June.
One of the admin uploaded a ‘2018 Summer Institute’ folder to file manager under the ECMC folder, but the folder is not recognized by our users, but the admins can see it.
I currently have a direct path to the 2018 Summer Institute folder but it shows outside of the ECMC folder.
Is there something we need to change to make it visible under the ECMC folder like all the other folders?
I can send you logins for both admin and a user if you like, thanks, Kathy
Hi,
Can you email me the backend access, I’ll take a look.
www.cordcommunity.org
admin login:
kkral
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It's the folder 2018 Summer Institute that's outside of the ECMC folder that I send the subscribers to. In the spot where I can define the folders it doesn't offer me the ECMC/2018 Summer Institute link like it does the others. It only offers the wp/...She created it on June 28 and I saw in the documentation that you updated the software on the 25th so I’ve probably missed something.
thanks so much, Kathy
You can email me the credentials through my profile link here.
oops, sorry about that, will do
Great
hello, the file manager stopped showing up on the BACKEND for some reason suddenly. the chrome console says: Uncaught TypeError: jq(...).elfinder is not a function
please help! Thanks!
Hi,
Can you email me the backend access, its probably a small conflict with another plugin, I’ll fix it.
Hello!
I am working with a client who is looking to transfer over 1000 documents from an old non WP website to a new WP website. I’ve come cross your plugin and I’d like to share my client’s requirements. Can you please check these and let me know if this is available?
Site Admin can: o easily upload and link to documents o update a document without changing the URL o track the number of downloads of each file
• Users can: o preview documents (PDF and Word) without downloading the file o easy download files
• Extended Document Search feature • Able to add shortcode to homepage and other pages that show X popular content, X recent additions
Thanks for your time 
Hi,
Yes, admin can easily upload files, including multiple files at once and also the option to upload zip of files and then extract them online.
Users can preview pdf, doc, excel and other office format files without the need to download them.
Searching for files feature is available.
Shortcut to home page feature is not available though, this feature is very specific to your needs.
Hello, is it possible to give a user group permission to the whole plugin home directory, including the default folders of other users?
Hi,
Yes, you can just assign that user the parent folder and this users will have access to all the subfolders.
any image i upload appears in the frond end in many different resolutions, how do i show just my main image?
Hi,
You can disable the sync with wordpress option in settings page of the filemanager. Wordpress is creating multiple image sizes when sync is enabled.
didn’t solve the problem 
'tmbPath' => '',
'tmbURL' => '',
More info here:https://github.com/Studio-42/elFinder/wiki/Connector-configuration-options#tmbPath
I am having trouble saving any front-end shortcodes. I click Add Shortcode and the page does not a new shortcode to the list.
I checked documentation and I don’t see where I need to enable or do anything specific.
Hi,
Make sure you have the latest version of the filemanager (7.2). It was updated 3 days ago. If you still have the issue, you can email me the backend access and i’ll fix it.
Indeed the version I have installed is 7.0 but when checking for update, I get the message the plugin is up-to-date. I re-downloaded and installed, but the version is still 7.0
I there a different location to download the latest version?
I got the ver 7.2 downloaded and updated and still have the problem. Email has been sent. Thank you for your assistance.
Hi,
I replied to your email but its giving me delivery failure, can you email me using your personal email or a different email.
Hi there is a conflcigh between this product and Woo Related Products.
When trying to activate both the following error pops up.
Fatal error: Cannot redeclare shortcode_display() (previously declared in /public_html/wp-content/plugins/advanced_file_manager_5/filemanager.php:286) in /public_html/wp-content/plugins/woo-related-products-refresh-on-reload/woo-related-products.php on line 452
Is there a way to fix this?
You can just go to filemanager.php file inside the filemanager plugin folder and rename the function shortcode_display to shortcode_display2 at these two locations, screenshots:
https://i.imgur.com/o18XAgO.png
Hi there,
I just moved my wordpress site to a new server and the Advance File Manager Plugin no longer shows the files that are in each user folder. All the file structure is the same and all the files are still there, just can’t access it any longer. Please help.
Thanks you.
Hi,
If you change the server, the absolute folders paths will change. You’ll have to assign the folders again.
Thank you for your quick reply. Where is the absolute folder path setting? Currently, the only folder setting I see for each user is the path: /wp-content/uploads/xxxxx which is exactly same as the folder before the server change. (xxxxx being the each user folder we created).
DELETE FROM `wp_red_file_manager` WHERE meta = 'red_fm_default'
Assuming the table prefix is wp_
And then deactivate and activate the plugin again and it will assign everyone the folders again.
For folders you have assigned manually, you have to delete the assignment and assign them again.
I am not sure what you mean by:
“For default user folders you can use this sql query in your database to clear the old settings:
DELETE FROM `wp_red_file_manager` WHERE meta = ‘red_fm_default’
Where am I adding this line of code?
You can email me your backend access, I’ll fix the paths for you.
ok, great! what’s your email address?
You can find email section in my profile link here.
ok, sent. Thanks for you help!!!
Got it, I’ll reply to it.
I am having difficulty mapping to a network drive.
if(!defined(‘ABSPATH’)){ $directory = red_get_wp_path(); $directory = str_replace(’\\’, ’/’, $directory); }else{ $directory = ABSPATH; $directory = str_replace(’\\’, ’/’, $directory); $directory = ”\\vtxho6\Data\Forms”; }
Hi,
Make sure the path you are writing is complete, and not just relative. Usually paths on linux server are something like this: /etc/public_html/my_site/
Also only local folders will work, remote drives or folders wont.
Hello, Id like to buy your plugin, but first I must be sour that is the right solution for my case. I have, more than 50 users and I need each of them to access his individual folder. Not like a group but as an individual user. Is this is possible?
Yes this is an in-built feature of the filemanager plugin, every user gets their own unique folder by default. You can just use
[filemanager] to show them their own folders. More info here:http://jamalkhan.info/filemanager/2018/06/06/default-folders/
So I have a couple of questions. Do you have any way that we can remove columns from the file manager. Also the left hand file tree is cumbersome as well. Would love to be able to customize it a bit.
Also, the metro theme is nice and I’d love to use it but the search box is completely invisible. I’m not sure if this is an issue on my site or something with the theme, but if I hadn’t clicked there, I wouldn’t have known it was there.
You can remove columns in the list view either using css or you can tweak the code a little bit if you know how to. Here is more info on it:
https://github.com/Studio-42/elFinder/pull/612
The metro theme is improved in the new update released yessterday (25th July 18). The search box is a lot better, you can view it in the demo:
http://jamalkhan.info/filemanager/
You can improve it more by adding this css:
.elfinder-button-search input[type="text"] {
background-color: #f1f1f1 !important;
}
I use the CSS you gave and that did improve Metro for me (I already had the updated version). The search box is now visible but there is nothing really to indicate it is a search box (no magnifying glass or anything). Any chance of getting something like that (or if you know a CSS way of adding the word “search” inside the box. Just anything to make people understand a bit better. Thanks.
Yes, I’ll make the search box look better in the next update, thanks for the suggestion.
Hello,
We are having an issue with emails not being sent to the users from the plugin when a admin uploads a file. We have it the option enabled.
We have the latest install of the file manager plugin, running WP 4.9.6.
Thank you for your support.
Hi,
The email is only sent to the user if admin uploads a file to the user’s default folder. Default folder is the unique folder assigned to every user with their own username.
Hello, today the plugin isn’t functioning properly. None of the icons, files or directories show, just the empty browser window. Thanks
Hi,
Disable chrome addons and see if it helps. You can send me the link where I can see it.
Thank you for responding so quickly. It is an issue with a Google Chrome Extension and a FireFox extension; it works fine in Edge. Will get back to you with further updates.
Thank you for responding so quickly. It is an issue with a Google Chrome Extension and a FireFox extension; it works fine in Edge. Will get back to you with further updates.
In Chrome, it was the Edcast GuideMe add-on. In FireFox, it was the “Honey” price checking add-on.
Yeah some of the jqueryui based addons add their own jqueryUI version and conflict with the filemanager.
Thanks. This is the best File Manager plugin by far, but I think I’ll have to try to find a file manager that doesn’t use jquery because I can’t ask all 200 of our clients to start enabling and disabling add-ons.
Hi,
Sure, I am working on an update and I’ll try to resolve this issue.
Awesome, thanks!
Hi There – great plugin – working like a dream for my client. I am wondering however if it is possible to print a list of file names within an open folder or copy a list simply into a text editor to then print. The client is not so computer savvy and feels a need to have paper copies of everything they upload… cheers, barry
Hi,
Thats not something in-built in the filemanager, I can however custom make this feature for you. You can email me the details if you’re interested.
Hi, it is possible to have the installation demo files ? The plugin is installed on my website but I don’t understand how we can add files ? Thanks
Hi,
If you assign yourself a folder with read/write access, you can just drag and drop files into that folder easily. You can email if your backend access if you need my help.
Hi, I bought your plugin today. However, I think there is a security problem. How do you only allow users to access the folder, without anyone simply copying the direct url and accessing the file this way? Could you please provide a solution or htaccess to only allow users access to the front end and redirect users without access to login, as anyone can simply copy the url for direct access. Thanks.
If you are sharing a public folder like wp-content or uploads then the files are accessible through direct url. You cant use htaccess in these folders because your theme wont be able to show images.
If are talking about some other folder then you can add .htaccess file in that folder with this in it:
Deny from allThis way the files in that folder will be available through the filemanager but wont be accessible directly.
However, when I try this the pdf will not display and only download.
For example, with htaccess on as mentioned above you can access the file by simply going to http://example.com/?red_fm_connect=true&front=user&fid=58&defaults=0&access_all=0&cmd=file&target=dnjdjdsffdskjjkew8qwe48djndj
Yes, the previews wont work if you remove the direct access to that folder, because previews are displayed by browser. You’ll have to download the files to view them.
Is there any plugin to redirect users who are not signed in when it matches the beginning of the url string? Thanks.
https://wordpress.org/plugins/redirection/
https://wordpress.org/plugins/quick-pagepost-redirect-plugin/
Is the safe URL option secure and make it harder for other people to access the file?
Yes, safe url cannot be used directly. But some previews and google docs view wont be available with safe url.
Great! Seems to be working correctly when I specify only certain user roles to the folder. Thanks!
Great
Will you be updating the version of elFinder soon? Thanks!
Yes, currently working on an update. It will available soon.
So I have a couple of pre-sale questions
1) I only want to use this to create one central file repository that all of my users can see and download from (I don’t want them to have their own private folders). Is this possible. I see a lot of info about everyone having their own folders, but I just need one central file manager and to be able to give certain users the rights to upload files while the rest only download.
2) If I upload a file with the same name as a file already in a folder, will it overwrite the existing file?
3) It looks like this is possible but want to ask anyway, can I upload folders full of files?
4) I’m on WPEngine which has a 60 second script kill time. Is that going to have an impact on anything (other than probably uploading large quantities of files simultaneously)
Hi,
1. Yes, it is possible to have only one shared folder for users, you can disable the private folders from the settings page.
2. Yes, if you upload a file with the same name in the same folder, it will be overwritten (but it will ask you first).
3. Yes, most new browser support folder uploads, you could also upload zip and extract it through the filemanager.
4. It wont affect anything.
Dear Team, it doesn’t work the email notification. It should work because I have enabled it and set up also my email address. Any tips?
Thanks
Hi,
Email notification works for user’s default folders only, not other folders. The default folders are the private folders each user has by their own username.
If you enabled the email notification, if user uploads a file to their default folder, admin will get notification and in the same way if admin uploads a file to user’s default folder, the user will get email notification.
Hi, thank you but I can’t see where I do wrong. I use the shortcode [filemanager], I set up the email notification, I upload a file in the default folder but nothing happens. I need to know what I have to check.
It should be working, can you email me your backend access, I’ll give it a try. Also check if the emails are going into spam.
I checked and no emails into spam. Can you provide me with your email address? I will sent you the credential to access. Thanks
You can email me through my profile link here, you will find an email section in my profile.
Is there a way to have a new folder/sub directory be automatically created for users upon registration? I would like each user to have a new folder created (same titled folder for every user) in their directory once they sign up. Additionally, it would be nice if users were not able to delete/rename this folder in their account.
Is this possible? Thank you so much!Hi,
Yes, this is in-built feature, every user gets their own folders which they can use but cant rename or delete. By default this folder is read only, you can change it to read/write if you want from the settings page of the filemanager.
Pardon me for not being more clear – I am asking if a ‘sub folder/sub directory’ can be created on top of each user’s private directory. Such that each user, in addition to seeing their root directory, will have an actual additional folder on the front end (static title for each user) in their file manager that has automatically been created for them.
If this is possible – could you please direct me in how I can implement this? Thank you so much for your patience in answering my questions.
For files or folders inside the private folder of the users, you’re going to have to make those folders/files by yourself. It wont be automated.
Sorry it’s resolved (problem with old folder)
Other problem
I don’t sea te icons bar : http://www.mtinternational.fr/telechargements-2018/
#elfinder{
margin-top: 40px;
}
In wich css ?
https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-custom-css/
Can we delete size and type in the list ?
https://i.imgur.com/ttbFfZb.png
I talk about this : https://imgur.com/a/9ppQwNC :))))
#elfinder tr>td+td+td+td{display:none !important;}
An other problem :)))) I don’t know what I do but the plugin doesn’t appear… Help
What do you mean? Did you deactivate the plugin?
