Local File Search

This may be a dumb question but here it goes:

If I wanted to insert an image via TinyMCE it seems I can only search the server file structure, but is it not possible to search the local computer for files to upload? It seems that any images I may want to use in the site must first be manually uploaded to the server before they can be used within MODX. Is this correct or am I completely off-base?

Thanks

The file browser will allow you to upload files; it's the little icon with the green arrow in the upper left toolbar.

Thank you.

Is there a way to set the path of the uploads? For example, if I wanted files to get uploaded to a folder named 'media'. I didn't see anything in System settings.

As far as I know, there is no way to do this for the Rich Text editor when editing resources. I don't think Media Sources can be assigned to resources.

Hi todd.b, Susan,

i think you can use Media sources on TinyMCE.

TinyMCE uses default Media source (it's defined in system settings, the key is default_media_source).
Edit the user you want to use «resources» Media source in TinyMCE, open Settings tab, then Create new. Put default_media_source into Key and ID of your Media source in Value.
Or, you can just set default_media_source in System settings for everybody.
Source link:
http://forums.modx.com/thread/74386/how-to-define-media-source-for-use-in-tinymce#dis-post-423155

That's setting a media source for user groups, not for resources.

Quote from: sottwell at Oct 14, 2012, 09:19 AM

As far as I know, there is no way to do this for the Rich Text editor when editing resources. I don't think Media Sources can be assigned to resources.

Hmmm ... well, ignoring the RTE/TinyMCE aspect for a moment I was hoping it was possible to tell MODX where to upload files (via the Filesystem) other than to the site root which could get cluttered if someone is uploading a lot of files. All I'm after is a way for the client to keep things organized on the server. I suppose the only way to accomplish this is to ftp the files to where they want to store them. A rather clunky solution.

Though I don't use it much a good example of what I want is Wordpress which does a decent job of maintaining/organizing user-uploaded media. I'm after a similar level of organization.

You can create a new Media Source, and set that to be the default, as was pointed out in the link posted by alyainec. It will apply to all resources. The default "Filesystem" source will still be available as an option in the File Manager tab.