Beginner's Guide

your FTP client (Figure 3), but you have to be careful: In core Joomla you will also find a media directory.
This directory is NOT the home of the media manager.
The home of the media manager in core Joomla is the images directory.
Figure 3: Media manager directory in ftp client
When you look in the toolbar you will discover the Options icon - go ahead and click on it (Figure 4).
Figure 4: Media manager options
If you go through the options, you will notice that you can limit file types by extension, maximum
size of a file and you can also separate images from files. Well, an image is a file, too, but I like the idea of
separating them. The thumbnail view, e.g., makes a lot more sense for images but not for non-image files.
Joomla! 2.5 - Beginner’s Guide
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