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2011-08-01	Third Light IMS v6.0 is released	Open
2011-07-07	Image quality and JPEG compression articles	Open
2011-06-20	Use your own domain name with Third Light	Open
2011-06-01	IMS v6.0 user interface update	Open
2011-01-24	Are your administrators signed up to our newsletter?	Open
2011-01-18	Using tree metadata - taxonomies	Open
2010-12-07	Languages and Translations	Open
2010-11-25	Third Light Twitter feed	Open
2010-11-23	Apple Aperture an Adobe Lightroom Plugins	Open
2010-10-01	IMS Appliance Update Packs	Open
2010-08-24	Themes, Languages and Smarty Templates	Open
2010-04-08	Duplicate Image Detection	Open
2010-03-04	Publishing Files	Open
2009-12-08	Adobe Bridge Plugin for IMS	Open
2009-11-01	User Groups	Open
2009-10-20	User Registration Forms	Open
2009-08-26	Saving and sharing lightboxes	Open
2009-06-20	Using Feeds with Smart Folders	Open
2009-02-26	Adding customised fields to the search engine	Open
2008-09-02	GPS mapping	Open
2008-08-11	Download Requests	Open
2008-07-11	Upload Approvals	Open
2008-05-02	Signature Photos	Open
2008-04-03	Using price plans, licence plans and subvendors	Open
2008-03-12	Smart Folders	Open
2008-03-12	Controlled Vocabulary tools	Open
2008-03-12	Reviewing recent searches	Open
2008-03-12	Expiring images	Open
2008-03-11	Technical support	Open

Publishing Files

"Publishing" a file means it is hosted on IMS as a fixed URL, which can be used to include the file on other pages such as intranet sites, web pages or in email campaigns.

Publishing is enabled on IMS Appliances and Virtual Appliances. It is offered as an option during the Download Wizard. If the file is selected for publishing, then instead of downloading the file to your computer, a URL is allocated to the file and it is then hosted by IMS. Published files are in the size and format chosen during the Download Wizard, and can be set to expire after a period of time, if required. For more details, see the online documentation.

IMS provides a complete set of reports on all published files in the Tools -> Published Files menu. To view a published file, click in the list to find the file and use the edit icon on the right to open the editor. Each time the file is loaded your IMS server will record the additional hit and update graphs as well as other internal auditing logs. The screenshot below shows the reporting interface for an active published file.

Using publishing allows IMS to be an effective central media server on your network, and also offers an integration route for other web projects such as Content Management Systems. If you are interested in using publishing, drop a note to support@thirdlight.com and we will be happy to help you get started.

Added Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:00:00 +0000

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