Project files

It is possible to save files to a project that may not even have any specific use and which can't be used as straightforwardly as catalog images. Files of any kind can be drag'n'dropped onto the "Files" table, which makes them get saved as project files. These files will gets included in backups, when project is exported and they will also be recreated if the project is imported in the project listing view. Next to the files are Download buttons, which allows a file to be downloaded for use if required. At some point, a file preview function will also be available, which could e.g. used to see what is in the zip package. For some file types, you can already view their contents in the File preview panel (e.g. zip files, image files and text files).

CDN files

If, in addition to storing files, you want to be able to share them publicly with others, you can transfer files to an (existing) CDN service, which in this case is Bunny's CDN Storage. The only effort required is to create a Storage Zone in Bunny's settings, and an apikey for it (will be entered in the user settings of the publishing application in the external services settings). There are two types of these apikeys, one read-only and one readwrite. The latter is needed for file transfer using a separately installed FTP application.

In order for files to be visible in the CDN Files table, files accessible via CDN must be located in a directory starting with "project_" followed by the id number of the project in question. The rest of the directory name can be anything. In the CDN Files table, listed on the same line as the files, are urls, which are the publicly accessible web addresses. You can use them however you like, but one should be aware that these are files distributed via the CDN service, so there is a charge for downloading them via the web and hence via Bunny.

This same CDN file storage can also be used to play audio and video files, e.g. by providing a public address referring to them in the text editing view (under the Embeddables tab, Attach embeddable and from the modal window that opens "Video file" or "Audio file"). No need to use a certain kind of directory name, but you should refer to the Bunny instructions on how to form public addresses.

Importing a project using SFTP (SSH File Transfer Protocol)

Since the import of projects directly via the browser is limited to 500 MB, backup files larger than this size must first be moved to a subdirectory of the "importableprojects" directory in CDN Storage (using SFTP client application), which must be exactly the same as the username used in the publishing application. After this transfer, they will appear in the "Importable projects" table, together with the backup-specific buttons "copy from CDN storage" and "import", the former of which will be used to transfer the backup to the server and after which the actual import may begin. The transfer from CDN storage takes no more than a short moment, the importing may take a little longer. It also causes less memory can CPU usage on the server, when doing the importing this way. Depending on the restrictions in Bunny's settings, these files can also be shared publicly, but the contents of the "importableprojects" directory cannot be listed publicly.

File preview function is occasionally enhanced with new action tools, one of the most useful of which is the ability to gather all the text on all pages of a PDF file that has a freeform line drawn next to it (using a PDF reader software). The purpose of these lines is to indicate where something is e.g. useful. The style of the marking (annotation) is not overly restricted as it can also be a line formed by a few back-and-forth movements. It can be right next to text or on the side of a page, as the positions of the top and bottom edges are what matters. A 100-page PDF file is processed in less than a second, after which user is then given the results, which can then be further processed elsewhere.