Tricks and shortcuts

From Wikanual

right now this is partially just a place holder page that serves me so that I know what I would like to write about

Contents 1 How to see what has been uploaded last 2 How to make a client drop box 3 How to make page for public viewing 4 How to make a sales page 5 Create a folder with todays date as the name 6 Extracting still frames from clip files

How to see what has been uploaded last

If you go to search and do not enter anything to search for. Hit SEARCH right away. Interdubs will display files and folders in their order of addition. Latest ones will be on top.

How to make a client drop box

You can easily create an Intedubs login that allows one of your clients to upload material for you:

1) Create a new login for this purpose

2) Go to the edit user screen and uncheck the checkbox for hide upload after you made a variable instance with the + sign.

Now everybody with access to the client side of this of login can upload content into the folder that the login points to. The form is a simplified version of the the admin upload form.

How to make page for public viewing

The main purpose for Interdubs has been to show work in progress to a couple of collaborators. But you can also make a page for public consumption with it. If you like to do so, then please note the following points:

• I would recommend to set up a seperate client login with it's own folder. You also might want to make it clear in the name that this is a public accessible folder / login. Especially when you share your segment among many administrators.
• Please let me know that you intend on publishing a page wider. I get notified if an unusual access pattern in Interdubs happens. If I know that a page will have external access, then I will not falsely protect your content. You can serve allot, but there are also limits. If you like to distribute your work to 100,000s of people then we should look for a good solution for that.
• You probably would want to disable the comments feature for the login that you use.
• It is probably nicest, if you share the direct link of the login, instead of having people go through the login screen
• Since the page will be seen by many, consider to add more information to it via the notes features.

How to make a sales page

see also: quickReel

You can use Interdubs also to show your work to prospects. Many people found it helpful to have their key work already online in a folder or a couple. They often use tags to categorize the work. They create a new login and copy the clips that they like to present into the folder of the login. Often they use the notes feature to add a message for their presentation. Some have a specific look created for these presentations. Finally they send email to their prospects, and check with the logs when people had time to look at their work. If you like to use a similar workflow, then then please get in touch, it is part of Interdubs services offerings to configure such solutions for their clients. See Sales tool for more details.

Create a folder with todays date as the name

Since people have to do this frequently there is a on button shortcut for this: Simply click on Folder with todays date to create a folder with todays date. The format can be configured to whatever you need.

Extracting still frames from clip files

You can create a new image file from a file. See Edit_file#create_image_from_movie for details.