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Hi! I have a regular license of this plugin and I wanted to modify the source code to add a certain functionality. Is it legal to modify the source code with this license?
Hi,
Yes go ahead, the only restriction with regular license is that you can only use it on one site, and your localhost. You can modify the plugin for your needs.
Here are the guides url:
http://www.bloopes.com/products/filemanager/guides/
You need to first assign yourself a folder from the “Users” page under the filemanager menu.
Thank you for this quick reply. However there are a few guides, but I didn’t find a “first setup” or “start here” guide explaining basic functions like: What does “Synch with Media Library” do? Or: “If I disable Default Folders For Registered Users, can I savely delete all the folders that were just created (we’ve over 3000 users)?” Again, I hope for your advice. Thank you!
If you disable default folders, you can just delete those folders, it wont affect anything.
There isnt exactly a “first step”, some people need default folders to share files with each user with each user having a unique folder, then they can follow this:
http://www.bloopes.com/products/filemanager/2018/06/06/default-folders/
If you need to share a folder to multiple users with same files/folders then you can use front-end access to generate a shortcode, guide here:
http://www.bloopes.com/products/filemanager/2018/10/09/share-a-folder-for-registered-user/
If you need to share different folders to different users and also some shared folders, then you can go to user page or user group page and assign any user or user group any number of folders and then just use the shortcode:
[filemanager foldername="*"]More about this here:
http://www.bloopes.com/products/filemanager/2018/06/23/show-users-all-the-folder-assigned-to-them/
And this:
http://www.bloopes.com/products/filemanager/2018/06/24/show-filemanager-to-certain-user-groups-only/
Hello,
I installed the plugin and I have problems viewing PDF preview in frontend.
This is the error message that occurs: {error \”elFinderVolume\” does not exist”]}
Also, the preview is not displayed for DOCX and XSLX files either. The error in this case is “file not found”.
File Manager page in frontend: https://staging.metodoadv.com/area-riservata/
Can you help me with these issues?
My purchase code: 29e2d265-ff93-4dce-b394-8190518697ae
Thank you. Regards, Flavia
The staging is not working, but I think the problem might be the fact that you must have enabled secure paths in the settings page.
You can disable it here, screenshot:
https://i.imgur.com/d80GYNo.png
Also it wont work if the site is not live, documents use google drive or one drive to preview, if the site is not accessible remotely, it wont work.
Hi, all issues were solved by disabling the secure paths.
Thank you very much! 
Bye
Hi how are you?
I would like to know if it is posible to delete a file for all the users that I have been shared in only one click.
thanks in advance
Hi,
You can share a folder with multiple users, any file you upload in that folder will be available for all users, and if you delete it, it will be deleted for all users.
thank you!!
Hi guys, pre-sale question here. I built a private website for my company, and I would like to add a private area into which each employee can have access to his personal documents (pay slip, contract) that the admin (me) would put on his personal folder. I don’t want that the other employees access to the employee personal file. Is it possible with your plugin ? Thanks,
Yes, that’s exactly what it does. Every user automatically gets a unique folder with their username inside:
wp-content > uploads
folder, and admin can upload files into it, and even send email notification to the user when the file is uploaded by the admin.
More details here:
http://www.bloopes.com/products/filemanager/2018/06/06/default-folders/
That sounds promising ! Are the files private (except for the users) or with a direct link any user can access it ? (We do not want that) And can the user create subfolder and upload files from the frontend directly ?
deny from allYou can choose to give read/write access to the user from the settings page, which allows them to create folder/files and upload files. By default its read only.
And I have to put the .htaccess file in all the folders ?
http://www.bloopes.com/products/filemanager/downloads/file-manager-default-folder-editor/
The addon is free.
Sounds great ! Thanks for the quick answers.
No worries, let me know if you need anything else.
Hi there, I moved a website using this plugin, bought by the former developer, to a new server. I get the error “Invalid backend configuration. Readable volumes not available”. I tried to look into the DB tables and saw that “folder” field was showing the absolute path of the previous server, so I tried to correct that with the new one, but it didn’t solve the problem. Can you please support me on this issue?
ok I fixed the problem with the correct absolute path, thanks anyway
Great
Hi, is it possible to reduce the mkfile command? I need only the Office Files (docx, pptx, xlxs)
Thank you. And btw a very nice plugin!! With kind regards Markus
You can set the folder permissions to read only, it will disable the file/folder editing, creation.
If you just need to disable the mkfile, you can edit connector.php inside the php folder of the plugin and add mkfile into the $disabled array, you can find it here, screenshot:
https://i.imgur.com/ULFeBNl.png
Hi, i buy your plugin. Is it possible to create a generic folder and set the property to read N files per user? obviously users who don’t have this property don’t have to see the file. In the front end Tnx
Hi,
This is a very specific feature you need, the filemanager allows you to share files/folder between users with different permissions and manage upload notifications.
Hi there, on a page I have two shortcodes at the same time. One is for subscribers, the other one is for editors. When a subscriber gets logged in, he is presented with his file manager screen but also with “This shortcode is for logged-in users only” that refers to the editors shortcode (that is not displayed). How can I get rid of this message for either users ?
Thanks !
Hi,
You can disable the debug Mode in the settings page of the filemanager to hide these messages.
Done. Brilliant, Thanks !
downloaded files says damaged
Hi,
Email me the backend access, lets see whats going on.
Hi. I like your plugin, I need to know info about a customization.
1 – in mobile front-end version I don’t like the “two” columns layout (folder tree on the left, and files list on the right). This can be solved setting the css float option from “left” to “none” (I can do this thing). But for me it is a more difficut to study your code to determine where and how you calculate the autoresize of “folder tree” section. So I need you make the section full width. So finally I can have the “folder tree” section “up” and the “files list” down (and not on 2 columns :-))
2- the second customization is that I want to insert a “shortcode” like this [real3dflipbook id=’x’ pdf=”link” ] where “link” is the simple path of file listed (e.g. https://domain.it/uploads/file.pdf) at the end (or at begining) of every file listed, so that the final result is similar to:
www.youthinkwedo.it/temp/img.jpg
I konw the I must use the “do_shortcode” wordpress command to obtain the last thing… but again I don’t want lost time to study your code…
....So what is the cost of this 2 small customizations ?
Hi,
I got your email, I’ll reply to that for customization.
Hi, just move my website on another host and my files permission changed from Read/Write to Read. Setup up permission from front-end access are OK. Don’t know how to solve it. Any suggestion?
Kind Regards, Oscar
Hi,
When you move the filemanager to a different server it will change the paths stored in the settings, you can deactivate and activate the plugins again, and assign the folders again to the users.
I tried but no luck. The root directory is read, how can I change it in read/write? Thanks. Oscar
You can just assign the root folder to yourself again in the users page under the filemanager page in the dashboard, and set the permissions to read/write.
You can email me the backend access if you want me to do it.
Unfortunately is not working for me, still only read. How can I send you backend user/pw in a most secure way? direct email? Just renew my support. Thanks.
You can just email me from my profile link here. You’ll find the email section in the right sidebar.
Hi, I can’t manage to upload files. It gives no error. I am able to create a folder, but no files.
Hi,
Email me the backend access, I’ll take a look. Its probably some permissions issue.
What email?
You can click on my profile link here and you’ll find an email section in the sidebar.
Hello,
I just purchased your plugin and I am not seeing that it does exactly what I need but maybe I am missing something. I want to be able to easily add and remove files in the folders of my users but I dont see where I can access the default of folders of each of the users.. I want to be able to add specific files only to certain users folders and don’t want to have to create a separate new folder for each document and user that I want to share with.. how do I access directly the default folders of my users to modify their contents?
You can go to the users page and assign yourself uploads folder with read/write access. All the default folders for each user is inside the uploads folder with their username.
You can use the shortcode [filemanager] to show each user their own unique folder in the front-end.
More guides here:
http://www.bloopes.com/products/filemanager/guides/
Other issue: any idea why for example [filemanager foldername=”members/MSSC” groups=”mssc_member” access=”r”] will not display files? If I use [filemanager foldername=”*“], it will display the directory members, with the sub directory MSSC just fine and it can be accessed. Just pointing at the subdirectory returns nothing and all buttons (download, view, etc) are inactive.
User Groups MSSC Members access to mambers and members/MSSC is set to Read.
Hi,
Make sure the shortcode you are using is actually generated in the front-end access page, if you make up a shortcode, it wont work.
Also if you generate a shortcode for a certain user role, only users with that user role can access it, if you are any other user role, or if you are even trying as administrator, it wont work for you.
I understand and I did – I tried with a specific role and for the administrator role. Neither will show files…
mssc_member members/MSSC [filemanager foldername=”members/MSSC” groups=”mssc_member” access=”r”]
(If I try to access that with another role, it will tell me it is only accessible for MSSC, so it works, just no files)
Can you email me the backend access. I’ll take a look.
Done – thanks..
All sorted now – your support rocks and I shall buy you another beer
Hi,
I have an issue with the user name being ‘converted’ into a ‘at sign and dots free’ name, if that user name is an email address.
I.e. mail@some-domain.com will be converted to mail-some-domain-com.
I get that it is impossible to create user directories with those symbols in them, or at least as far as the at sign is concerned, but it creates a problem for me.
The first thing I did after installing the plugin, is to switch off the auto create folders function, because it’s not going to be used.
But that doesn’t solve my problem and I really need to keep the user name equal to the email address.
Any suggestion?
Thanks!
Hi,
Folders cannot have @ sign in them, also some other symbols that are allowed in the email address. So the default user folder names have to be changed.
Also that doesnt mean that the user’s actual username is changed, only the folder name associated with that user is changed.
The default folders are the folders which are automatically assigned to each user by their username, you dont have to use this function, you can manually assign folders to users, or user roles.
I completely understand this, but for some reason the username is still converted to a string as described. This only happens when I use a registration form, not when I create a user manually in the back end.
I am at a loss, as what you say makes perfect sense, but I still have this phenomena…
I thought about the possibility of the registration form from the user manager plugin is causing it, but that doesn’t make sense either.
If only email is chosen as possible log in feature, the user name would default to the email address, but even if I force the user to enter the email address again, filling the user name field with this value, it still gets converted.
The user manager plugin is Profile Builder Pro (Cozmolabs) by the way.
(To be clear: the user name remains as entered when I use the back end, but the folder name for File Manager Pro is correctly converted as it should. Only when I do not use the back end, then the user name gets the same value as the File Manager (user = dir) name)
https://www.cozmoslabs.com/docs/profile-builder-2/developers-knowledge-base/login-logout-register/change-username-format-loggin-email/
Weird – I read on their pages somewhere that they addressed this behavior. I will look into it, but I’ve also filed a ticket with them.
Thanks!
No problem.
While I’m waiting for their response, adding that piece of code actually worked. Thank you again and I feel a bit ashamed you were able to find what I could not.
Still, the issue needs to be addressed properly, because anytime this plugin gets an update, chances are the changes are lost again. I know how to handle and avoid that, but I just think they should solve it.
You dont actually have to add that code inside their plugin, you can just add that in your child theme functions.php, It will still work.
Yes, that’s what I meant – still, they should address it.
Hi, when I try to download a directory the website show “File not found”. The single file download is ok.
https://www.mydomain.com/?red_fm_connect=true&front=user&fid=45&defaults=0&access_all=0&cmd=zipdl&download=1&targets%5B%5D=l1_VGVzdC9GaWdsaW8&targets%5B%5D=5deb7d24d928b&targets%5B%5D=Test.zip&targets%5B%5D=&Test.zipHi,
Can you show this to me on your site. You can email me the access from my profile link here.
Hi, sorry I can’t. I would like to receive your instructions about the code to be modified. Thank you
There is no code to be modified, I just wanted to see why the error is happening. Most likely explanation is that the filemanager doesnt have the write access to the file system for some reason and it cant zip the folder to be downloaded.
Another reason could be the “ZipArchive” library missing from the php modules, which is very unlikely.
My website is not public, so preview is not working.
What can I do for the file preview to work?
Make sure you dont have secure file paths enabled in the settings page of the filemanager. Secure file paths wont let you preview files.
Otherwise preview for images and pdf should still work in localhost.
Hi:
Secure filepaths are not enabled. Preview works for images and videos, but pdfs and docx, xlsx, pptx not working.
What can I do ?
Yes, google docs is needed for those files, they wont work unless the url is public. Google docs cant read the files from your localhost.
I can publish the URL to Google Docs. Do you know which URLs to allow?
I think https://docs.google.com should do it.
I added some rules in my firewall to allow google docs with no luck.
Please, see this short video so you can see my problem: https://www.loom.com/share/a73a461ff0134b079aebaaad306246baWhat else can I do?
I even published the site in order to be public, and I got the same errors.
Can you email me the backend access, I’ll take a look.
Please, send me your public IP Address to hbravo@iterumconnections.com so I can enable your access.
Email sent. You can reply to the email.
Hi! I want to ask you: since I’m using the plug-in I have several problem with the preview system. It doesn’t work in the 80% of the times. What are the requirements in order to obtain a preview? How does it work? So I can explain it to the client.
Hi
Preview wont work if you enable secure file links in the settings page of the filemanager. This feature encrypts the links to the images and browser cannot preview it.
Hi! Thanks for your kind answer, actually I have set up Secure Paths on “Insecure”.
Can you email me the backend access, I’ll figure it out.
No instructions on how to upload it? am i to assume I just upload all this into my cpanel in
/public_html/advanced_file_manager_5
Hi,
This is a wordpress plugin, you can install it through wordpress dashboard by going to plugins page.
i hit upload file witch file i cant up load a folder unless im not seeing some thing. upload all of them one of them at a time,I search for advanced_file_manager_5 and nothing comes up
ok i figured it out don’t unzip the file
