Updates on the new EE 2 File Manager

EllisLab developer Robin Sowell posted an update on their work on the revamped File Manager, filling us in on details about backend improvements,  file category groups and more.

The biggest change to file management is that each file’s location and metadata are now stored in the database. This has meant a lot of non-sexy backend work on code that provides both first and third parties with the needed functions to add/edit/delete those records. The Wiki, Moblog and Metaweblog API have already been switched over to use the new methods.

Interesting is their approach to the gallery import feature they previously announced. Instead of building another gallery module they will make the gallery functionality “available to ALL files stored in a file upload directory.” Coupled with their plans to implement batch uploading, it looks like people migrating from EE1 will have an easier way to host their existing galleries.

Read Robin’s entire writeup: More on the File Manager Becoming More