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Hi, we are searching a plugin that allows to create a member area for every customer and allow them to see and download only his own documents like invoices, contracts, etc… so we need a login page for every customer and a page to see his private folder. This folder would be one of the ftp server. Is this possible with that plugin? Thanks a lot in advance
Hi,
Yes you can simple use one shortcode to display every user their own private folders, which can have access from the admin panel or ftp.
The default folders for each user are created inside wp-content _ uploads folder automatically by their usernames.
And it’s possible to create sub-folders like 2016, 2017, etc… and view the content inside?
Yes, if someone has an access to a folder, they have access to all the subfolders.
Presales Question:
I had found from comments that users can upload from front end, But is it possible that only admin can upload from frontend and logged users can only view files and guest users can’t see files also. Is it possible directly or any kind of customization?
Thanks
Hi
Yes you can generate shortcodes for users with any permission like read only, read/write or read/upload.
You can assign different permissions to different user roles too (admin, subscriber etc).
You can generate any kind of user permissions you like.
Hello Dev,
Thanks for clarification but I just found an issue in current demo as below, please correct me if I am wrong, When I had tried to open PDF it works fine but when I had tried to open that demo.docx file it opens download popup instead of document viewer. So does this plugin support document viewer for Doc and Docx files? We are mostly going to use them.
Thanks
Hi,
For docx files, you have to right click > preview to preview it. The browser can open pdf files directly but not docx so they have to be opened with preview function.
ohh I can see that but is there any workaround for this? We want to open it like PDF and text file not preview it. I hope there is some solution for it.
Preview shows you the full docx file, nothing is missing, clicking open will always download the file if browser doesnt recognize it, and browser doesnt recognize docx file.
If you want to open document files in full screen with open command then you can email me and request a custom work.
The shortcode to allow front-end access has stopped working since primary domain name change and forcing https
Hi,
Try to deactivate and activate the plugin, it should make it work. Otherwise email me the backend access.
I tried deactivating and reactivating and I tried reinstalling. What is your address?
You can email me through my profile link here.
Is the demo of this product the back-end or the front-end? I am looking for a file management plug in that will preview PDF’s and that I can also search so that it will search for keywords within the files/PDF’s. Is it possible that your plug in will do this?
Hi,
The demo you saw is the front-end. The backend is mostly settings and creating shortcodes for the front-end.
The filemanager can view pdf files and other documents and can search for the files, but it wont search text from inside the pdf globally. You can search keywords from individual pdf files after opening them.
Hi,
I have the following error;
“Invalid backend configuration. Readable volumes not available.”
Please could you advise on how to fix this?
I thought I’ve done all the settings
Stefania
Hi,
Can you email me the backend access, I’ll configure it and show you how.
Hi, which email can I use?
You can email me through my profile link here. I think you already sent me one.
Hey, I am trying once again to use your plugin but didnt succeed, I get the message that says “Cannot read volumes” (it displays a message in spanish in my site). At first when I reinstall the plugin, everything works great as expected, I first had 2 users, used the shortcode to display their folder accordingly and uploaded some files trough ftp, all fine.
I then created a new user and updated the user’s folder and all good. Just after several minutes the files would stop showing and error message would appear.
What can I check on my server to make sure it works good and doesnt break again? this is solved temporarily when I delete and reinstall plugin :/
Let me know if I should email you any credentials, this is just the plugin I need i just need it to work on my site! Thanks
Hi,
You can email me the site credentials, I’ll check it out.
Hi. In the backend the toolbar and its icons are across the top of the display box and on the frontend the toolbar is arranged to the left. How can arrange it so that the icons on the toolbar run across the top of the display box on the frontend.
And can I change the folder icons to an image of my choice?
Many thanks
Hi,
This is probably because of the conflict with the theme, try switching to another theme. You can also change filemanager themes in the settings page and see which works the best.
You can find the icons file inside the filemanager plugin folder > img > toolbar.png. You can make a new one the same way.
Hi, I have one more question. if you see on the image here: https://imgur.com/a/7doo2Ki When i want to delete a file it says Object object.
Is there a way to just remove this line? everywhere it is present.
Thanks
Hi,
This line is inside elfinder.min.js file, its hardcoded in there, you can try to edit and change it. It wont be easy looking for it though.
Hi,
I cannot seem to find this [object object] text. What line can i remove to remove this?
Thanks
Then go to js > elfinder.full.js and add this line:
https://i.imgur.com/wXTtm9L.png
Thanks alot that did it.
One last thing.
Can i show when the file manger first loads to show all main folders in grid view? so on initial load they see all their root directorys in a grid in the main window? See image: https://imgur.com/a/cGOvGtJ
Note that there are multiple groups connected to these main folders and not all groups can see all folders.
Thanks already for the help.
https://i.imgur.com/5RNLVcr.png
Hi That is not exactly what i meant. I meant so the main root folders for example in the image the main root folder Document Repository is now in the tree view. On initial load that they are visible in the grid view on the right in the main sreen.
It remembers which folder you opened the last time and it opens it back. Thats why you see the folder tree opened.
Hi,
Is it possible to not have line breaks when sentence is long? Now it breaks on the end of the 2nd line. See image: https://imgur.com/a/7VWMjrn
Can i change it to show the full name? Thanks
You can add this css to allow longer filename to fully display:
.elfinder-cwd-view-icons .elfinder-cwd-filename{
max-height: 100px;
}
.elfinder .elfinder-cwd-view-icons .elfinder-cwd-file {
margin: 0 3px 100px 15px !important;
}
You can change the 100px to anything you like.
Thanks for the info. I got it working with :
.elfinder-cwd-view-icons .elfinder-cwd-filename { max-height: fit-content; line-clamp: 999; -webkit-line-clamp: 999; -webkit-box-orient: vertical; }
Great 
Hey,
I run WordPress on a pure Nginx server. Obviously Nginx doesn’t use htaccess so I don’t think this plugin works on my server without some configuration.
Could you please give me some tips on how to get this to work with Nginx? Thank you
Hi,
Having htaccess is not necessary for the filemanager plugin. You can use it without it.
Thanks for the quick reply
OK I got it working, it was my own fault for thinking Nginx wouldn’t work.
However, now I would really like to use your plugin for FTP (just like WP File Manager where you can edit files directly from dashboard).
Your plugin has better features though so I prefer it over WP File Manager. Can this be done?
Sorry for the messages, I found out how to make it work like FTP. Thanks!
Great
Hi,
I see you can set settings when right clicking on the toolbar and going to Toolbar settings. There in preferences you can set icon size and show or disable options.
Can you make them default for all users? So if we register a new users they all have the same preferences? As you cannot set this in the backend in settings.
Thanks
Hi,
Settings apply for all users, not individually.
Hi,
Thanks, but i don’t mean the settings in the backend. I mean the preferences when you right click on the toolbar in the frontend. when i login with one account it is diffrent then for another account. How can i make these default?
Thanks
Oh those are set for individual user. There are some settings available to be made default from the settings page like list view / icon view.
Is there a way to change the defaults of those settings via the php files? I really need to change some settings that I cannot change in the backend. for exampel always show text mode in toolbar and bigger icon size. but as default so when we make a new user they automaticly have those settings.
https://github.com/Studio-42/elFinder/issues/278
There is however no settings for Text Label in the toolbar as of yet. These are all possible configurations:
https://github.com/Studio-42/elFinder/wiki/Client-configuration-options#contents
Hi mate, i have installed and got it working which is fine,
but….....
for whatever reason i cant move the files from one folder to another, with copy or cut,
do you have any ideas? i have checked all the settings etc and still nothing works :/
if you can help me out that would be great
Hi,
If you have read only access to that folder, you are not allowed to move files, make sure you assign yourself read/write access to that folder.
I have to customize the rules of sending the emails when a file is uploaded. For example Could you please explain me the steps that are made in the code and which files are involved in the project to do that? For example when a file is uploaded i have to know:
- current user that uploaded the file - the users group that belong to the specific folder - the name of the folder and of the file that has been uploaded
These informations are written somewhere in a table on a database (if yes where i can find the db) or in a session variable? Thank you.
Hi,
Can you send me the site url, I’ll fix the css conflicts which are doing this misalignment.
You can go to the filemanager plugin folder > php > elFinderVolumeDriver.class.php
You’ll find email functions in the upload procedures.
It basically emails the admin when a file has been uploaded to a user’s default folder. And the same way when admin uploads file to a user’s default folder, that user also gets an email.
I’m trying to display multiple File Manger windows on the same WordPress page and have the requisite shortcodes in place.
Unfortunately, only the first of five File Manager windows display. I’m assuming your plug-in disables additional shortcodes on the same page?
Is there a parameter or other workaround to address this need?
Thanks.
To add different shortcodes for different user groups, you can do this:
https://jamalkhan.info/filemanager/2018/06/24/show-filemanager-to-certain-user-groups-only/
We’ve noticed since upgrading to the latest version of the File Manager Plugin (7.3), that when a user uploads a file, we’re getting this error in our apache log:
WordPress database error Table 'customer_portal.wp_red_file_manager_logs' doesn't exist for query SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `wp_red_file_manager_logs` made by require('wp-blog-header.php'), require_once('wp-load.php'), require_once('wp-config.php'), require_once('wp-settings.php'), do_action('init'), WP_Hook->do_action, WP_Hook->apply_filters, call_user_func_array, filemanager_connector5, include('/plugins/advanced_file_manager_5/php/connector.php'), elFinderConnector->run, elFinder->exec, elFinder->upload, elFinderVolumeDriver->upload, addLog, referer:Not sure what to make of this…
Hi,
You can ignore that for now, I was in process of adding a new feature and decided to release it for a few new bugs fixes. I’ll finish this in the next update.
ah, ok. thank you!
I need to have files uploaded automatically to a folder, what URL do I use to have that sent there? Thanks
Hi,
You have to run the filemanager and upload the files you need, it wont allow you to upload files through a url.
Hi, i have this situation: - one folder (called cnita) with two subfolders (componenti and segreteria) - cnita and segreteria have the same permissions ( read ) while componenti has read/upload permission.
Why the componenti folder is replicated outside the main folder cnita? (example here: https://imgur.com/AXKVAKr )
Why i can’t upload files from the path /cnita/componenti but i can do it from the replicated folder? (example here: https://imgur.com/mehM5IV and here: https://imgur.com/wErJ33H )
This is the configuration i got: https://imgur.com/dANvuFy
I also gave the file system permissions to 777 to give full access to the application.
Can you give me support? Thank you.
About the replicating thing:
You have assigned the same folder twice ie. Once directly (componenti) and then once through a parent folder (cnita).
You can see this in your configurations:
https://imgur.com/dANvuFy
componenti is inside cnita folder too, so if you open cnita folder you’ll see that folder again.
You cant upload through cinta > componenti because cnita is read only and so all the subfolders are read only too.
But when you assigned componenti directly, it was read/upload so you can upload from there. Again the screenshot:
https://imgur.com/dANvuFy
You’ll see a lock icon on read only folders.
I hope I didnt confuse you.
There is a way to disable folder and drag and drop function?
dragUploadAllow: false
More Info here:
https://github.com/Studio-42/elFinder/wiki/Client-configuration-options-2.1#dragUploadAllow
I dont understand what you mean by “disable folder” though.
Thank you. Can you please show me where is the initialization json part in that file? Inside the commandOptions javascript object? ( example here: https://imgur.com/hE0HY0z )
I meant if there is a way to disable folder upload option too (for example do not show upload folder button).
https://i.imgur.com/a5ApNZm.png
In the empty disabled list on line 146, you can add “mkdir” to disable folder creation.
Can you point me in the right direction to correct this error?
Notice: Constant PLUGIN_URL already defined in /home/randomaccount/public_html/wp-content/plugins/advanced_file_manager_5/settings.php on line 9
Hi,
It may be a global constant conflict with another plugin, can you email me the backend access, I’ll fix it.
sure.. can you give me an e-mail to e-mail you? I’m not seeing one?
You can email me through my profile link here.
i have 950 pictures mixed on one folder bioldin wordpress i whant to make many folders and eatch folder put the picturesfor them i can do it in your plugin ? how?
Hi,
Yes you can make as many folders as you want and move the files into those folders.
Hi! I purchased the file manager plugin and have it set it all up. I am wondering if it’s possible to remove or hide the ‘About this Software’ section in the menu bar. Or at least the ‘Help’ tab. I am setting up a separate page for Help topics so it would be a little confusing to have the help section inside the file manager too. Would appreciate your help. Thanks!
Yes you can remove it from the toolbar by going to the “Settings” page, find “Filemanager toolbar” section and remove “help”. Screenshot:
https://i.imgur.com/eCQv1S7.png
