Setting up an index

Indexes are at the heart of the Fotoware system. By first setting up an index with one or more document folders attached to it, you can configure FotoWeb and/or FotoStation clients to connect to the system and start working with the files. Follow the instructions below to successfully set up your first index.

Creating a FotoWeb archive by connecting to an index

Adding users to FotoWeb

Adding users to a group and setting group rights

This topic explains how to create a group and add the user you created to that group. This simplifies the process of assigning rights and allows you to set certain permissions that can only be set on the group level, as described below.

Setting an access list on the FotoWeb archive

This topic deals with the various access permissions you can assign to an archive using the access list and how permissions are applied.

Enabling users to browse folders in the archive

The topic explains how to enable folder browsing on an archive to allow users to browse individual folders on the server that are located within the archive. It also explains how to create a metadata set - a collection of fields that are used to display asset metadata and to control which metadata fields a user can modify.

Controlling the metadata fields that are shown in an archive

Assigning processing profiles to an archive

Uploading files to FotoWeb

Configuring workflows

FotoWeb workflows are configured using actions and markers. The processing profiles that you created previously can also be seen as workflow processes. However, for user-controlled workflows, you typically use actions and markers.

Installing FotoWeb Desktop plugins

Setting up the FotoWeb plugin for Microsoft Office

Enabling the FotoWeb extensions for Adobe Creative Suite

Creating and editing content in Illustrator

Creating and editing content in Photoshop using FotoWeb Desktop

Placing assets in InDesign layouts

Branding the site

Using the FotoWeb plugin for Microsoft Office

Creating a processing profile and assigning it to a set

Enabling the FotoWeb Desktop plugin for Office