Security Upgrade

After researching the best practice on keeping user’s password safe, I have come across two important PHP encryption functions: PHP password_hash and password_verify.

PHP password_hash provides a strong one-way encryption to encrypt the user’s password.  By using this function, the plain text version of the user’s password will not need to be saved in the website, only the encrypted password is saved.

It has been determined that the encrypted password generated by the PHP password_hash is very difficult to break and by using it will enhance the user’s account security. 

PHP password_verify function is used to help authenticate the user’s login.  The website, in real time, will use this function to validate the encrypted password (stored in the website database) and the user’s password (transmitted to the website using the encryption protocol, HTTPS).  Once the authentication is performed, the provided password is discarded.

By using both PHP password_hash and password_verify functions, the user’s password will not be saved in the website which minimizes the risk of password being exposed.

LetoFiles’ authentication system has been fully upgraded to using these PHP password encryption features.  All passwords for the existing accounts have been encrypted and purged from the website.

How to get to your files automatically?

Thank you for reading this blog post.

If you are new to LetoFiles, please visit my other posts on

• How to backup files?
• How to organize backup disks / files?
• Search files using keywords or partial file name.
• Organize files using personalized tags
• Organize files by their type

In additional to make sure you always know where your files are, LetoFiles also makes it easy for you to retrieve the actual files.

To make it happen, LetoFiles has a build-in File Manager that’s linked to your account.  As you search and bookmark the files you want, LetoFile’s File Manager will automatically copy the files from the source disk to your computer.

The following is a list of steps for automatically retrieving your files:
Step 1:  Log into your LetoFiles account and bookmark the files you want as Favorites.

Step 2:  Use LetoFiles’s File Manager to automatically copy the files.

Bookmark the files for retrieval

* Java Runtime Environment is required to use the File Manager.

Using LetoFiles' File Manager to automatically copy the files from the source

With LetoFiles, you can quickly access the files you want and make a better use of your information.

Thank you for reading this blog post and please leave comments below to let us know what we can do to make the site better for you.


James

Organize files by their type

Thank you for reading this blog post.

If you are new to LetoFiles, please visit my other posts on

• How to backup files?
• How to organize backup disks / files?
• Search files using keywords or partial file name.
• Organize files using personalized tags.
• How to get to your files automatically?

Almost all of the files have a file type.  For example, when you snap a photo using your smart phone, the photo might be saved with the name of 20160101_1200.jpg.  The jpg part of the file name is the file type.

LetoFiles uses file type information to give you another way to browse your backup files.  If you are interested in go through all of your backup photos and you have uploaded the thumbnails, you can go to the File Extensions page and browse through all your photos without accessing the actual files.

Please see the screenshot below on how to browse your files by their type.

Browse all of your backup photos

Organizing your files by their type is another simple way to quickly locate your files, and you do not even need to remember the name of files you are after.

Thank you for reading this blog post and please leave comments below to let us know what we can do to make the site better for you.

James

Organize files using personalized tags

Thank you for reading this blog post on how to better organize your file library on LetoFiles.

If you are new to LetoFiles, please visit my previous posts on

• How to backup files?
• How to organize backup disks / files?
• Search files using keywords or partial file name.
• Organize files by their type
• How to get to your files automatically?

Although LetoFiles helps tracking all of the backup files in your file library, you need to be able to group files together using categories.  Just like how public libraries categorize books by their genres, such as Comedy, Fiction, and Drama.


You can categorize your files like what the libraries do to their books, using tags.


With LetoFiles, you can create your own library categories using Tags and use them to label / tag your disks (Individual file tagging is under development and will be available in the near future).  By doing so, you effectively organize your disks / files under your personalized genres.


With your disks tagged, you will be able to

• Search files using the combination of keywords and tags.
• Browse files labelled with the same Tag Group (Multiple tags used together).
• Browse files labelled with individual tag.

Personalized tags can be created using Manage Tags Page, as shown below:

Once your tags have been created, they can be easily used on your disks as shown below:

After your disks have been categorized, new ways to explore your file library are available:

• Incorporate tags into your file searching.

• Browse files using the Tag Group.

The tag group is composed of two tags:  Livingroom and Vacation.

The disk labeled with Livingroom and Vacations tags.

• Browse file using individual tag.

All of the tags you have created.

The disk labelled with the tag, Livingroom.

Tagging is an excellent way to keep your file library well organized, there are no limitations on the number of tags you can create or use on a disk, your files can be categorized in any way to meet your needs.

Thank you for reading this blog post and please leave comments below and let us know what we can do to help you better organizing your files.


James

Search files using keywords or partial file name

Thank you reading my previous blog on Howto Organize Backup Disks / Files? and being interested in learning more about LetoFiles.

It is a great feeling to share the website with you and knowing it might help you de-cluttering your file library.

I assume you already have created an account with LetoFiles, if not, a new account can be created here, or to test drive it using the Guest Account.

Let’s log into LetoFiles and take a look how you can perform file searches.

First, log into the website and the main page welcomes you with the summary information of your file library. 

On the top of the screen, click on the search button and enter the keyword or partial file name to start searching for your files (Please use % for your wildcard searches).

In addition to the normal keywords / partial file name search, you can further narrow down your search result by applying filter(s).

 

In the screenshot below, we see the files with the word “Cuba” in it.  The result contains my Cuba vacation photos and videos.

 

Now you have just learnt how to quickly search for files in your library, you will never lose track of your backup files ever again.

It is always a good thing to let the computer do the heavy lifting and free ourselves up for things that matters to us the most.

Thank you very much for reading this blog post and have fun walking down the memory lane with LetoFiles.

James