Doin' the Storage Thing

When you're addin' a new source or messin' with an old one, boom—the source editor shows up. This beautiful disaster lets you specify all those connection thingies to your fancy network-connected storage service. Buckle up, peeps.

Name This Puppy

Gimme a title for your source so you can actually find it in the sources list later. Y'know, so you don't lose it like your last three pairs of AirPods.

What Kinda Beast Are We Talkin'?

Pick the type of service you're gonna plug into. Could be any of these bad boys:

• FTP or File Transfer Protocol—connects to those ancient file servers your IT guy keeps sweatin' about.
• Amazon S3 or Simple Storage Service—Amazon's fancy pants way of lettin' web services hoard stuff in the cloud. Totes legit.
• WebDAV or Web-based Distributed Authoring & Versioning—a file storage standard that tricks your network into actin' like your actual hard drive. Neat trick, amirite?

Host or Bucket

This is the web address or IP address of the whole shebang. Usin' Amazon S3? This is the optional bucket you wanna poke around in.

Path

The folder you're usin' as ground zero for this service. Pretty straightforward, not gonna lie.

Secure This Thing?

Flip this on if you want your stuff talkin' in secret code. (Spoiler: you probably do.)

Need to Prove You're Real?

Turn this on if the service wants proof you're actually you. If you ditch this, the fields below? Total ghosts.

Username or Access Key

The name you use to convince the service you belong there. Amazon S3 peeps—this is your Access Key. Don't lose it.

Password or Secret Key

Your secret handshake to get in. Amazon S3 fam—this is that Secret Key they gave you. Guard it like it's your diary.