Source Editor

When adding a new source or editing an existing one, the source editor is displayed. This lets you specify connection parameters to your network-connected storage service.

Title

Provide a title for your source so you can identify it in the sources list.

Type

Choose the type of service that you will be connecting to. This can be one of the following options:

• FTP or File Transfer Protocol can connect to older file servers.
• Amazon S3 or Simple Storage Service is hosted by Amazon as a mechanism for storing content for web services.
• WebDAV or Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning is a file storage standard that allows network connected services to be treated like a local hard drive.

Host or Bucket

This is the web address or IP address of the service. When using Amazon S3, this is the optional bucket to access in S3.

Path

This is the directory to use as the root of the service that is being accessed.

Use SSL

Turn this on if communication should be performed securely.

Authenticate?

Turn this on if authentication is required for the service. The following fields will not be used if authentication is turned off.

Username or Access Key

The username used to authenticate against the service. When using Amazon S3, this is the Access Key for your account.

Password or Secret Key

The password used to authenticate against the service. When using Amazon S3, this is the Secret Key generated for the account.