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Using the Media Manager in Joomla

This tutorial will show you how to use the media manager in Joomla

 1) Click Site
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2) Then Media Manager

The Media Manager is just like a file manager except it shows only media files in your image directory

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Let’s create a new folder and upload an image

3) Type a new name for your folder

4) Click Create Folder

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5) Now, click to open the folder we just created

Scroll down

6) Click Browse

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7) Select your media file and click Open
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8) Now click Start Upload
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Now let’s see how to delete a file

We can see our uploaded file here. Note that larger files may take several minutes to finish uploading

9) Click the red X under the file

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The file we uploaded has been deleted. Now let’s see how to change the way items are viewed

10) Go back to the main directory

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11) Select Detail View
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Scroll down and right

Instead of just thumbnails, the files are now shown with their dimensions and size

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That’s it! You now know how to use the Media Manager in Joomla
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