This tutorial assumes you are already logged in to your Joomla admin panel
1) Click Site
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2) Then Media Manager
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The Media Manager is just like a file manager except it shows only media files in your image directory
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Let's create a new folder and upload an image
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3) Type a new name for your folder
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4) Click Create Folder
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5) Now, click to open the folder we just created
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Scroll down
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6) Click Browse
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7) Select your media file and click Open
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8) Now click Start Upload
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Now let's see how to delete a file
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We can see our uploaded file here. Note that larger files may take several minutes to finish uploading
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9) Click the red X under the file
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The file we uploaded has been deleted. Now let's see how to change the way items are viewed
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10) Go back to the main directory
11) Select Detail View
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Scroll down and right
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Instead of just thumbnails, the files are now shown with their dimensions and size
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That's it! You now know how to use the Media Manager in Joomla
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