Assets
Web pages can include linked images,
sound or video files, and other types of media file.
Media files may by included in Hot Potatoes and TexToys
exercises you upload to hotpotatoes.net, or in web pages
you upload using the Masher. In hotpotatoes.net, these
media files are called "Assets". When you
upload a web page, any assets needed by that web page
are uploaded along with it - this process is entirely
automatic, so you do not have to deal with it yourself.
For more about uploading Assets, see Uploading.
However, there are restrictions on
the number and type of Assets you can upload, and on
the total amount of space you are allowed for asset
storage on the hotpotatoes.net servers. To help you
manage Asset files, the Account Management page includes
an Assets option, which displays a list of the assets
you have uploaded.
Assets
|
| Asset File Name |
Used on Pages |
File Size |
|
| bonjour.rm |
none
|
21513 bytes |
Delete |
| beans-red-vt.gif |
Diversos Alimentos
Food Names and Pictures
|
991 bytes |
|
| beef-vt.gif |
Diversos Alimentos
Food Names and Pictures
|
1329 bytes |
|
| carrots-vt.gif |
Diversos Alimentos
Food Names and Pictures
|
744 bytes |
|
| lettuce-wt.gif |
Food Names and Pictures
|
4792 bytes |
|
| pie-vt.gif |
Diversos Alimentos
Food Names and Pictures
|
1295 bytes |
|
| tomato-vt.gif |
Food Names and Pictures
|
819 bytes |
|
| Maximum asset
storage allowed: 100000 bytes |
Total used: 31483 bytes |
Delete Unused |
|
File Types
When you upload an asset file, the
uploading program tells hotpotatoes.net what kind of
file it is using the standard internet "content-type"
system. For security and capacity reasons, not all content-types
may be uploaded. At present, the following content-types
are allowed to be uploaded as Asset files:
Warning: file(http://uk1.hotpotatoes.net/exec/get_contenttypes.php) [function.file]: failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found
in /home/hphelp/public_html/teacher/1010.php on line 148
Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /home/hphelp/public_html/teacher/1010.php on line 150
If you need to use a type of file
which is not supported, you can contact support@hotpotatoes.net
and ask us to include the file-type you need.
Large Files
A single Asset file may not exceed
1Mb in size. hotpotatoes.net is not designed to host
large Asset files, but if you feel that you need to
use larger Assets, please contact support@hotpotatoes.net
with your request.
Total Asset Space
At the bottom of your Asset list page,
you can see the total amount space used by your Asset
files, together with the amount of space you are allowed.
This total is determined by the type of hotpotatoes.net
account you have. If you need to use more space than
you have been allocated, please contact sales@hotpotatoes.net
for details of options and pricing.
Deleting Assets
You cannot delete an Asset file if
you have any Pages which use it. But if you have deleted
all the pages which use a particular Asset, its entry
in the Asset list will automatically include a Delete
option, which allows you to delete it from the server.
This frees up any space it was using for new uploads.
At the bottom of the Asset list, there
is also an option to delete all unused Asset files from
your account.
If an Asset in the list does not show
a Delete option, but you want to delete it, you will
first have to delete the Page(s) which use it. If you
go to the Pages screen, the Pages list shows the Asset
files used by each Page. Once you have deleted all the
Pages which use an Asset file, you can delete the Asset
file.
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