Management Center: Adding files to attachments

Use the Assets tool to add files to multilingual attachments, which make language-specific attachments available based on a customer's default browsing language.

About this taskFor example, if your Web site is a global site that supports multiple languages targeting customers from various countries, you might have a separate user manual file in each store for each language that is supported in a product. Use the Assets tool to organize these user manual files by adding them to a multilingual attachment. You can then use the Catalogs tool to assign this multilingual attachment to the product. When shoppers log on to the storefront with a specific language and view this product, the user manual is displayed to them in this language.

Use the utilities view to browse and search for files that you want to add to the current attachment:

Open the Assets tool.
Open the utilities view by clicking
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From the utilities view:

Option Description

Browse for files

Click the Browse tab and from the list select Files to browse the WebSphere Commerce system for files. You can expand and collapse the nodes to see the files under each node.
Select a node to display its details in the lower frame within the Browse tab.
Drag the file that you want to add to current attachment to the list of attachment assets in the properties view. A new row is added to the table of attachment assets for the file.

If you are working in an extended sites store, you can perform the following tasks:

Add a file that belongs to the local store or the asset store to an attachment that belongs to the local store.
Add a file that belongs to the asset store to an attachment that belongs to the asset store, if you are authorized to access the asset store.

Simple search

Click the Find tab and from the list select Files.
Type the keyword; then choose a search object type from the list in the find area. For example, you could type in the filename test1.jpg; then from the list click File. All files with the filename test1.jpg are returned.
If you do not use a wildcard *, the search is based on filename. If you use a wildcard *, the search is based on the full path of the file. Use a wildcard * at the beginning or the end of a search keyword. For example, you can enter /ConsumerDirect/Images/* into the find area to return a list of all files that begin with the full file path of /ConsumerDirect/Images/. To return a list of all files that end with the full file path of Images/AB.jpg, type *Images/AB.jpg. Note that the search criteria must not contain the following characters: \ and ". The search results display within the Find tab.
Click
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Drag the file that you want to add to the current attachment to the list of Files or URLs in the properties view. A new row is added to the Files or URLs table for the file.

If you are working in an extended sites store, you can perform the following tasks:

Add a file that belongs to the extended sites store to an attachment that belongs to the extended sites store.
Add a file that belongs to the asset store to an attachment that belongs to the extended sites store.
Add a file that belongs to the asset store to an attachment that belongs to the asset store, if you are authorized to access the asset store.

Specify the languages to be applied to this file:

Place your mouse over the editable cell within the Files or URLs table for the language that you want to apply to the file and click the
edit (pencil) icon.
Select the check box to apply the language to the file.

If you do not specify a language for this file, all languages that are supported in the selected store are applied to the file.
Click Save and Close, or click Close.

Option	Description
Browse for files	Click the Browse tab and from the list select Files to browse the WebSphere Commerce system for files. You can expand and collapse the nodes to see the files under each node. Select a node to display its details in the lower frame within the Browse tab. Drag the file that you want to add to current attachment to the list of attachment assets in the properties view. A new row is added to the table of attachment assets for the file. If you are working in an extended sites store, you can perform the following tasks: Add a file that belongs to the local store or the asset store to an attachment that belongs to the local store. Add a file that belongs to the asset store to an attachment that belongs to the asset store, if you are authorized to access the asset store.
Simple search	Click the Find tab and from the list select Files. Type the keyword; then choose a search object type from the list in the find area. For example, you could type in the filename test1.jpg; then from the list click File. All files with the filename test1.jpg are returned. If you do not use a wildcard , the search is based on filename. If you use a wildcard , the search is based on the full path of the file. Use a wildcard * at the beginning or the end of a search keyword. For example, you can enter /ConsumerDirect/Images/* into the find area to return a list of all files that begin with the full file path of /ConsumerDirect/Images/. To return a list of all files that end with the full file path of Images/AB.jpg, type *Images/AB.jpg. Note that the search criteria must not contain the following characters: \ and ". The search results display within the Find tab. Click . Drag the file that you want to add to the current attachment to the list of Files or URLs in the properties view. A new row is added to the Files or URLs table for the file. If you are working in an extended sites store, you can perform the following tasks: Add a file that belongs to the extended sites store to an attachment that belongs to the extended sites store. Add a file that belongs to the asset store to an attachment that belongs to the extended sites store. Add a file that belongs to the asset store to an attachment that belongs to the asset store, if you are authorized to access the asset store.