The Explorer provides access to files on your computer and local network, as well as StudioLine-internal objects. For certain objects, a click with the right mouse button will preview the object or reveal a list of other actions that may be performed. Dragging an object to the trash can will delete it. Multiple Explorer windows may be opened simultaneously, allowing for drag and drop operations between windows.
StudioLine Explorer employs two panes. Use the folder pane to navigate, search, access, rename and delete folders.
To view the content of a folder, single-click the left mouse button on the folder’s icon.
To view a list of subfolders, double-click the left mouse button on the folder’s icon.
To view a list of available functions, access the context menu by clicking the right mouse button over the folder’s name.
To delete a folder, drop it into the trashcan.
The content pane shows the objects of the current folder in one of three distinct views:
Text View: a list of object names only
Thumbnail View: thumbnail images or icons
Combination View: a listing of a thumbnail image or icon, name and (if available) certain properties per each object.
“My Computer” displays files on local and network disks. To view desktop and network folders, press the “Up One Level” button as necessary.
“My Desktop” displays folders, files and system objects that appear on the Windows desktop.
Click the right mouse button on an image to open the context menu. Select Image Viewer to view a large scale picture or to configure a slide show for the current folder.
Double-click a graphics file or drag it onto the workspace to pre-process the image in accordance with the preference settings. Depending on the active StudioLine mode, the image is then added either to the current page, the Layout or the Image Archive.
Image Archive Preferences Panel
Note: The standard Windows Explorer may be used instead.
Drag a media file on the workspace to add a skeleton HTML object to the page. Customize the HTML code to your specific needs.
Note: The standard Windows Explorer may be used instead.
Drag an image or text element from the StudioLine workspace to the content pane of the desired local or network folder to open the Export As panel.
Displays images in the Image Archive.
Double-click an image to open the Image Viewer.
In Page Editor, Layout or Layout Template modes, add an image by dragging the graphics file onto the workspace.
In Image Archive mode, move an image to the current folder by dragging it onto the workspace.
Drop a graphics file into the Explorer's content pane to add it to the image archive.
Move an image archive folder by dragging it to a new location in the image archive content pane.
Drop an image into the trashcan to delete it.
Click the right mouse button on a user folder to rename or delete it.
Click the right mouse button on an image to access its context menu with additional functions.
Note: The folder $AutoArchive$ contains images used by the current site which the user has not yet organized in permanent Image Archive folders. Images will be discarded, if they are no longer used.
Displays web site projects, their settings and pages.
Double-click on a site to list its related objects. Additional functions are available for each type of object.
Drop a site onto an open page on the workspace to create a link to the site.
Drop a site into the trashcan to delete the site. This will also offer to remove the site from the web server.
In the content pane, click the right mouse button on a site to view its settings, or to rename or delete it.
Move a folder by dragging it to a new location in the same or a secondary Explorer window.
Click the right mouse button on a folder to rename or delete it.
Displays pages in the currently selected site.
Double-click a page to open it in the StudioLine editor.
Drop a page onto the page on the workspace to create a link.
Drop a page into the trashcan to delete it.
Click the right mouse button on a file to preview, rename, edit or open it, or to create a new page.
Move a folder by dragging it to a new location in the same or a secondary Explorer window.
Click the right mouse button on a user folder to rename or delete it.
Displays available Layout Templates.
Double-click a layout template to open it in the StudioLine editor.
Drop a template onto the workspace to use it as the layout for the current page.
Drop a template into the trashcan to delete it from the system.
Click the right mouse button on a file to preview or rename it.
Note: When a new Layout Template is assigned to a page, the new image settings will propagate to all images on the page. To prevent an image from being altered, choose Independent of Prototype from its Object Context menu.
Displays Publishing Profiles for the currently selected site.
Double-click a profile to edit it.
Click the right mouse button on a profile to edit or delete it.