Sitecore: Serve up files within a folder within the content tree

Question

I was wondering the best way to simply be able to put files on the server and have them served up.

www.mycompany.com/Folder/Bunchoffiles.pdf

www.mycompany.com/Folder/ATransformation.xsl

www.mycompany.com/Folder/crazyLogo.png

is there a simple way of just adding files to a folder in the content tree? Can I add these files to the media library and then put them in the content tree somehow?

Sitecore CMS 6.5

Answer 1

If the .ashx extensions bother you, you can disable them in favor of the normal file extension by doing the following:

Create a file in /App_Config/Include called MediaSettings.config or similar with the following:

<configuration xmlns:patch="http://www.sitecore.net/xmlconfig/">
  <sitecore>
    <settings>
      <setting name="Media.RequestExtension">
        <patch:attribute name="value"></patch:attribute>
      </setting>
    </settings>
  </sitecore>
</configuration>

If the /~/media prefix bothers you, you can also modify that. Again, modify the file from above like so. This will allow your new prefix path (see: -/media) as well as supporting the original ~/media:

<configuration xmlns:patch="http://www.sitecore.net/xmlconfig/">
  <sitecore>
    <settings>
      <setting name="Media.RequestExtension">
        <patch:attribute name="value"></patch:attribute>
      </setting>
      <setting name="Media.MediaLinkPrefix">
        <patch:attribute name="value">-/media</patch:attribute>
      </setting>
    </settings>
    <customHandlers>
      <handler trigger="-/media/" handler="sitecore_media.ashx"/>
    </customHandlers>
  </sitecore>
</configuration>

John West has already written a great blog post on the subject that covers these and other things. I recommend you check that out. Alternatively, if you simply must have a file at /Folder/MyFile.ext you can create those folders and upload those files to the locations you need on the web server in the web root.