The File Manager is where every image, document and file on your site lives.
Opening it
It opens whenever you need to choose an image: clicking Choose image on an element, picking a background, or setting your logo.
The three tabs
- Your Images & Files: everything you've uploaded
- Free Images: a searchable library of free stock photos
- AI Images: generate a brand-new image with AI (see Creating images with AI)
Finding your way around
- The breadcrumb trail at the top starts at Home, so click any part to jump back.
- The search box finds files by name in the folder you're looking at.
- The sort dropdown offers Newest first, Oldest first, Name A-Z, Name Z-A, Largest first and Smallest first.
- The two icons beside it switch between grid and list view.
- Long folders load 60 files at a time with a Load more button.
Working with files
Uploading: click Upload to browse your computer (you can pick several files at once), or simply drag files from your desktop straight onto the window. Files land in the folder you're currently viewing.
Creating folders: click New Folder and give it a name.
Right-click any file for:
- Rename
- Edit image: opens the Image Editor (images only)
- Move...: pick a destination from a folder tree
- Duplicate: makes a copy in the same folder
- Download: saves it to your computer
- Edit alt text: describes the image for screen readers and search engines
- Delete
Moving by dragging: drag a file straight onto a folder tile. Copying a link: each file has a copy icon that puts its web address on your clipboard.
Alt text
Images without alt text show an Add alt chip; once set it shows Alt ✓. Alt text is invisible to visitors but read aloud by screen readers and used by search engines, so it's worth adding to anything meaningful.
Deleting and moving safely
Before anything is deleted or moved, Limecube checks where the file is used and tells you.
If the file appears on your site, the confirmation lists the pages using it and warns: 'If you delete these files, they may break on the pages listed above.' If it isn't used anywhere, you just get a simple confirmation. That check is your safety net, so read it before confirming.
Limits and file types
- Up to 200MB per file.
- Any file type: images, PDFs, documents, video, ebooks. Some actions (Edit image, alt text) only apply to images.
- Filenames must be unique within a folder: uploading a file with a name that already exists is rejected rather than silently renamed.
- Files count towards your site's storage allowance.
Tips
- Upload your originals at full size. Limecube automatically creates correctly sized versions for each place the image appears, so you don't need to shrink anything first.
- Use folders from the start: searching only looks inside the folder you're in.
- Some folders appear on their own: ai-generated (AI images), pexels-images and unsplash-images (free stock photos you've imported).
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