Will the Document Library change my theme?

No, the DOcument Library works with any theme, including custom ones.

Which platforms are supported?

Apricot Library is compatible only with the WildApricot website platform.

Do you store our content?

No. Your documents are stored directly on your website, and you retain ownership of them.

Document Library Gadget for WildApricot

How-To

How to use your Document Library

Setting Up JavaScript Whitelisting

During signup, you will be asked to setup JavaScript whitelisting. This can be found under Settings tab in the Website section of the WildApricot dashboard.

Add the following URL: *.ansidmedia.com

Click here to learn more.

Rebuilding WildApricot Theme

In order to complete setup, you will need to rebuild your WildApricot theme after the gadget has been installed. To do this, simply navigate to the Theme Overrides tab in the Website section of the WildApricot dashboard. From here click "Rebuild Theme". That's it!

Click here to learn more.

Using the Document Library Gadget

You can find the Document Gadget with the other built in gadgets when editing a page. Simply drag the gadget onto a page and adjust the settings.

Settings:

Library Source:

Document Folder: The in the path of the folder you wish to use, starting from inside the Resources folder (the top folder you can upload to). This would be the name of each folder the source folder os located in, split by "/". For example, if the folder you want to use is the "Board" folder, which is inside the "Documents" folder, enter "/Documents/Board"
Default Sort Order: The initial sort order of the files. Users can click on the library headings to sort the columns too.

The first time you set up the directory for a specific page, the files need to be index which may take a few minutes. After that, the loading will be very fast for everyone. Re-indexing will also happen after new files have been added to the source folder.

Subfolders:

Include subfolders: Check this box if you want to also include files found in the immediate subfolders (1 level down only).
Use Subfolder as category: Check this box to use the name of the subfolder a file is located in as a category label. For example, if the source folder is "Documents/Board", and you add files to "Documents/Board/Minutes", the gadget will show "Minutes" as the file category.

Display:

Searchbar Placeholder: The instruction text to show in the search box.
Link Text: The button to show in the link button for each file.
Listings per page: The number of rows to display at one time before pagination.
Show file icons: Check this to include a column with icons representing the file type.
Show upload date: Check this to include a column with the upload date of the file.
Show download button: Check this to include the link button for each file. WIthout it, users can still click on the row to access the file.

Click here to learn about setting file access permissions.