Subfolio Basic Setup

Quick Start

Things you most likely want to do…

Give it a name

  • Go to: /config/settings/settings.yml and do your thing
  • Here you should also add your URL, site meta data and optionally a copyright
  • You can add your Google Analytics code here too

Add your logo

  • Put your logo here: /config/themes/default/images/logos/
  • Go to: /config/themes/default/options.yml and adjust the file name, if needed
  • Alternatively, you can link directly to an external image

Or use a text-only logo

  • Go to: /config/themes/default/options.yml
  • Add a “#” in front of the logo line of code
  • Example: # site_logo_url: /config/themes/default/images/logos/logo.png
  • The name (described above) will be used

Localization

  • Subfolio supports foreign/special characters
  • Make sure all your files are set to “Unicode (UTF-8)”
  • Change your interface language here: /config/settings/language.yml

iPhone and Android support

  • Visit your subfolio via your mobile device to see it in action

Remove these welcome files

  • The file you are now reading is part of the “welcome files” located in the directory folder
  • The directory folder is for your content
  • Delete all welcome files before you deploy on the world wide web
  • Very important because Subfolio is extremely SEO-friendly

And a few fast tips…

Embedding text and images into the page

To the beginning of any text or image file name:

  • Append –t– to embed at the top of the page
  • Append –m– to embed at the middle of the page
  • Append –b– to embed at the bottom of the page

Hiding content

  • Put a dash at the start of a file or folder name and it will disappear from the listing
  • You can still access hidden content directly via URL
  • It’s a nice way to work on a part of your Subfolio in private (just remove the dash when you are done)

For clean URL’s, don’t use spaces in filenames

  • Subfolio will replace all underscores (or dashes) with a space on the interface
  • To turn this off, or to use dashes instead, go to: /config/themes/default/options.yml
  • And of course, feel free to use spaces if you want

Getting system information

To find out your Subfolio version or to help with troubleshooting:

  • Go to: http://www.yourdomain.com/engine/info/

Explore the possibilities…

Dig around

Most everything should be pretty self explanatory. Check out the /config/ folder, its loaded with settings that allow you to customize and personalize Subfolio with no development skills. For example, see what you can do with this file: /config/themes/default/options.yml … and you’re on your way.

Read the documentation

Subfolio is configurable, customizable and feature rich. For documentation on access control, language, file kinds, themes, etc., visit support.subfolio.com.

Download the enhancer demo files

Subfolio enhancers allow you to do things you normally can’t do in a file browser. Read all about it and download the enhancer demo files at support.subfolio.com.