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Creating Asset Folders

Prerequisites:

Users must have permissions to manipulate assets and access the Assets Tree. See Creating Groups for details.

To upload assets, the assets require containing folders. You can use asset folders to run batch CMS operations on and organize descendant assets.

Important

Do not include the following characters in folder, page, component, or asset names: commas (,), forward slashes (/), backslashes (\), question marks (?), exclamation marks (!), at symbols (@), pound signs (#), dollar signs ($), percent signs (%), carets (^), ampersands (&), asterisks (*), semicolons (;), single quotation marks ('), and double quotation marks (").

While CMS 10.3 and below allow users to save these characters in content item names, they are not to be included. In subsequent releases, users will be unable to save these characters in content item names.

To create a asset folder:

  1. Navigate to Assets > Assets Tree.
  2. Navigate to either the Assets root or the asset folder in the Assets Tree that will contain the new folder.
  3. Choose one of the following steps.

    • Create the folder via the Assets Tree context menu.

      • Right-click root or folder, and select New > Folder

    • Create the folder via the main pane toolbar.

      Follow the step that corresponds with your site version. See CMS Statistics to check your site version.

      • Version Notes: CMS 10.6

        Select the root or folder, and select New New Button > New Folder in main pane Folder tab toolbar.

        CMS 10.6 New Button > New Folder

      • Version Notes: CMS 10.0–10.5
        Select the root or folder, and select the Create New Folder button in main pane Folder tab toolbar.

        Create New Folder Button

    The Create New Asset Folder dialog displays.

    New Folder Dialog

  4. Enter the name of the new folder in the Folder Name field.
  5. Optional: Add the allowed file extensions in the Allowed Extensions field.
    Additional Information

    Use the pipe symbol (|) to separate extension types. Do not include periods (.) or asterisks (*) in the Allowed Extensions field.

    Users can only upload assets of the allowed file type to the asset folder. You can modify allowed file extensions in the Properties > Extensions tab. See Setting Asset Properties for details.

  6. Select Create Asset Folder.

    The new folder displays in the Assets Tree.

Next Steps (optional):

Upload assets to the new asset folder.