ColdBox FileBrowser is here!

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Luis Majano January 30, 2012

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Luis Majano

January 30, 2012

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A big thanks to Curt Gratz on his awesome efforts and collaboration on this project. The ColdBox FileBrowser module is now available for mass consumption and is a front-runner in ContentBox for media management and integration with CKEditor.

So what is FileBrowser? FileBrowser is a ColdBox Module that will enable file management capabilities in your applications. It can also act as a file or directory chooser and has full integration with CKEditor.

Requirements

ColdBox 3.1 and above
ColdFusion 9 and above
JQuery 1.4 and above

Installation

Download and drop in your modules directory

http://myapp.com/index.cfm/filebrowser

http://coldbox.org/forgebox/view/filebrowser - Download
https://github.com/ColdBox/depot-cbox-filebrowser - Source, Issues and more
http://wiki.coldbox.org/wiki/Projects:FileBrowser.cfm - Wiki Documentation

Capabilities

So what can you do with FileBrowser?

Upload files
Download files
Delete files/folders
Rename files/folders
Create folders
Quick view files
CKEditor Integration
Widget Mode to place on Filebrowser any other page

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