Tutorial

Version 19.1 by chaney08 on 2021/06/22 19:01

Purpose

The purpose of this tutorial is to teach you how to use the Bucket. By the time they have finished this tutorial, you should be able to upload, download, delete and share files via the Bucket.

How to access the bucket

To access a collab Bucket, open any collab in which you can participate and click on the "Bucket" option in the navigation menu on the left, as shown in the following screenshot.

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Uploading a file/folder

After you have accessed the Bucket, you will have an option to upload either a file or a folder The process is the same for either option. 1623145419729-301.png

Once you click on "Upload folder" or "Upload files", a pop-up will appear to browse your computer; navigate to the folder/file you want to upload and click on "Upload." Depending on your browser, you will get a pop-up asking you to confirm that you want to upload files to this server; accept this pop-up.

You will now get the following screen

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You can see various features here. The first are the checkboxes on the top left. The first checkbox "only if local file is more recent" means that, if you have a file with the same name as a file already existing in the Bucket, it will only overwrite it if your local file is a more recent version than the file already existing in the Bucket. The second checkbox "only if local file is a different size" will only allow the file to be uploaded if the file is of a different size to the one stored in the Bucket.

"Your upload summary" tells you how many files you are uploading and the total size of all of the files combined. "The following files will be uploaded:" tells you exactly what files you are uploading. To proceed click "Start upload". You will see a pop-up loading bar, and once this has completed, your folder/files will be uploaded and viewable.

Downloading a folder/file

To download a folder or file, right-click on what you want to download and choose "Download files".

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Sharing a file

To share a file, right click on a file and choose "Manage public links".

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You will get the following pop-up:

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To create a link, simply enter a description and click "Create Permalink." It will create a link that is now shareable with anybody. To copy the link, click on the copy icon under the "Actions" column. You can now send this file to anybody you wish. The eye icon will show you the link, and the bin icon will delete the link.

NOTE: Deleting a link means that the link will no longer work, even if you have shared it with others.

NOTE: If you delete an object and upload another object with the same name, the permalinks of the deleted object will still point to this new object.

Deleting a folder/file

To delete a folder/file, right-click on what you want to delete and click "Delete files" from the context menu:

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