Adding a site to FotoWeb

Removing a site from FotoWeb

Configuring site host name and IP address

How to configure the site name, SSL and additional options related to your FotoWeb site's identity.

Controlling metadata handling

Managing site cache settings

Caching of assets is important for your site's performance. This topic describes the configuration of the caching in FotoWeb.

Configuring email notifications

This topic explains how you define the SMTP server and account used to issue email messages throughout the site.

Choosing a default site language

This topic explains how to define the default site language that users are presented with.

Setting default thumbnail and preview quality for the site

How to configure the site-wide quality of thumbnails and previews.

Configuring default search behavior

This topic outlines how you can set the default mode of operation when a user performs a search, including search string modification.

Configuring site activity logging

Enabling upload of assets to the site

Settings that relate to the global upload area and let you control where files are stored.

Controlling what happens to deleted files

This topic covers how to manage files that users delete from FotoWeb archives.

Choosing metadata fields to use for tooltips in FotoWeb Desktop

How to choose which metadata fields to expose as tooltips when hovering over an asset in FotoWeb Desktop plugins.

Adding a custom footer to a site

Adding a custom welcome message to a site

Adding contact and legal information to a site

Adding support for custom file types

How to add support for custom file types and extensions in your DAM system.

Branding the site

Changing a site's default page title

Note: This customization requires a FotoWeb Enterprise license

Changing the location of the MongoDB database files

Choosing the location of audio and video proxy files

Choosing which CMS Export features users have access to

Configuring a permanent redirect from your domain name to the FotoWeb site

Configuring notifications when assets change

Controlling video transcoder performance

Controlling which metadata is included in assets during download

Controlling which metadata is included in assets when requesting quick renditions

Creating custom links in the Fotoware user interface

Customizing emails sent from FotoWeb

Enabling persistent user login (Remember me) functionality

Finding and/or changing the encryption secret

FotoWeb session handling

How an administrator can terminate a user's session

How to hide detailed error messages from non-administrative users

How to hide complex error messages in the web UI for non-administrative users.

Configure a notification when an asset is published or revoked

Removing Fotoware badges from the user interfaces

Repairing the MongoDB database after an unclean shutdown

Requiring users to accept terms and conditions when downloading assets

Requiring users to accept terms and conditions when logging in

Setting custom background images for use on the FotoWeb login screen

Setting the MongoDB instance that FotoWeb uses

Configuring site behavior

This guide deals with how you create, manage and configure sites and site-related properties.

Markdown syntax reference

Learn how to use markdown, a plain text formatting syntax that will be converted to HTML on the site, to format the content in your website's legal and contact information blocks.

+MongoDB disk and memory requirements

Backing up the FotoWeb databases

Configuring FotoWeb to send emails

How to configure a local SMTP server that relays emails from FotoWeb. This allows FotoWeb to send emails via servers that require authentication and encryption protocols.

Database settings in detail

In-depth article that covers the authentication modes in SQL server and how to configure FotoWeb to work with SQL servers on another host.