FTP upload
There are two ways you can save your content through FMS: by using the admin panel, or by uploading with an FTP client. Your content will go inside the /content directory in the folder where you're storing FMS. Graphics are saved to /content/graphics, layouts in /content/layouts, and plugins go in /content/plugins.
Uploading graphics
If you need to upload graphics to your site, browse to the /content/graphics directory in your FTP client. Any folder you add to the graphics directory is treated as a new category. When you upload graphics via FTP, FMS doesn't save thumbnails to display on your site. Instead, it will use the full-sized image and resize it down. To store thumbnails, upload a smaller version of the graphic, and save it in the same folder as the full-sized graphic as th_filename.extension.
Fixtatik MS can work with images using a .PNG, .JPG or .JPEG, or .GIF extension.
You can also synchronize FMS with any Photobucket or Flickr account. Please see Photobucket and Flickr.
Uploading layouts
Layouts are stored in the /content/layouts directory, inside the folder for the type of layout. For example, if you're uploading a layout for Myspace's profile 2.0, save it in /content/layouts/myspace-2.0. If you want to upload a WordPress layout (when it's supported), save it in the /content/layouts/wordpress folder. Like graphics, folders you create inside the layout folders are treated as categories.
Layout structure
Regardless of whether you're dealing with MySpace profile 1.0 or profile 2.0, your CSS and HTML should be together in the same file. FMS will automatically separate the stylesheet from the HTML when a visitor previews the layout.
If you want to add a few details to your layout, create a file called info_name-of-layout.txt.
Name: Title of your layout Tags: keywords for your layout, separated, by, commas Description: A short description of your layout Date: YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss
- Titles
If a title isn't given, FMS will use “Untitled” (but will not save “Untitled” to the file).
- Tags
This is a list of searchable keywords you can offer to your visitors. If you have tags turned on when displaying content, they'll show as a list of clickable links, where each tagged link will send a user to a page containing all layouts with that tag.
- Dates
The date should be the date you created the layout (or really whatever date you want), following PHP date format. If you don't supply a date, FMS will use the most recent time the file was modified. Also if you don't have a date and if you edit the file, a date will be added. If you edit a file that already has a date, FMS will not change it, unless you tell it to do so.
File formats
You can save your layout as anything you want, with one of the following extensions: .TXT, .CSS, .PHP, .HTM, or .HTML.
Screenshot previews of each layout should go in the same folder as the layout, and saved with the same filename as the layout, with an extension of .PNG, .JPG or .JPEG, or .GIF.
A complete MySpace layout would consist of three files:
- info_name-of-your-layout.txt
The details about your layout, including title, keywords, description and date.
- name-of-your-layout.txt
This file contains the layout itself. When dealing with MySpace 1.0 & 2.0, remember to include CSS and HTML in the same file. Your CSS should be enclosed in <style></style> tags.
- name-of-your-layout.png
This is the screenshot of your layout.
Uploading Plugins
Plugins should always be uploaded via FTP, as they are third party add-ons that can't be saved through your admin panel.
As plugins become available, you can go to the plugin directory and download them. All plugins should be in their own folder, and uploaded to the /content/plugins directory. Once uploaded, you can activate or deactivate a plugin inside your admin panel by clicking “Manage plugins”. See sub-article, Plugins and addons.
