The *Sites Explorer* portlet is used to manage all documents in different drives. With this portlet, users can do many different actions depending on their roles, such as adding/deleting a category and a document, showing/hiding a node,
managing publication, and more.

This is an example of the *Sites Explorer* portlet used in Content:

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* *Packaging*: The porlet is packaged in the _ecmexplorer.war_ file.

* *Portlet class name*: _org.exoplatform.ecm.webui.component.explorer.UIJCRExplorerPortlet_

* *Available preferences*: When using this portlet, you can customize the following preferences: {anchor:id=CONTref.Portlets.Explorer.AvailablePreferences}
|| *Preference* || *Type* || *Value* || *Description* ||
| *repository* | {{string}} | {{repository}} | The repository name which is used in an instance of Sites Explorer. |
| *workspace* | {{string}} | {{N/A}} | Not in use. The workspace name was included in the Drive.|
| *path* | {{string}} | {{N/A}} | The path of the node. This preference will be used when the selected usecase is *Parameterize*. |
| *drive* | {{string}} | {{N/A}} | Not in use. Replaced by the driveName preference. |
| *views* | {{string}} | {{N/A}} | Not in use. The views will be displayed basing on the Drive which the user has the access permission.|
| *allowCreateFolders* | {{string}} | {{N/A}} | Allow creating a folder by type. When you do not specify the value, the default value will be nt:unstructured, nt:folder. |
| *categoryMandatoryWhenFileUpload* | {{boolean}} | {{false}} | Force a user to add a category when uploading or creating a document. |
| *uploadFileSizeLimitMB* | {{float}} | 150 | The maximum size of a file that is uploaded to the system (MB). |
| *usecase* | {{string}} | {{selection}} | The behavior to access Sites Explorer. By default, the "selection" option is configured. Besides "selection", there are four other ways to configure the Sites Explorer: *Jailed*, *Personal*, *Social*, *Parameterize*. |
| *driveName* | {{string}} | {{private}} | The name of drive which the user wants to access. |
| *trashHomeNodePath* | {{string}} | {{/Trash}} | The location to store the deleted nodes. |
| *trashRepository* | {{string}} | {{repository}} | The name of the repository where stores the deleted nodes. |
| *trashWorkspace* | {{string}} | {{collaboration}} | The name of the workspace where stores the deleted nodes. |
| *editInNewWindow* | {{boolean}} | {{false}} | Allow editing documents with or without a window popup.|
| *showTopBar* | {{boolean}} | {{true}} | Allow showing the Top bar or not. |
| *showActionBar* | {{boolean}} | {{true}} | Allow showing the Action bar or not.|
| *showSideBar* | {{boolean}} | {{true}} | Allow showing the Side bar or not.|
| *showFilterBar* | {{boolean}} | {{true}} | Allow showing the Filter bar or not. |

* *Sample Configuration* {anchor:id=CONTref.Portlets.Explorer.ExampleConfiguration}

{code:xml}<portlet-preferences>
  <preference>
    <name>repository</name>
    <value>repository</value>
    <read-only>false</read-only>
  </preference>
  <preference>
    <name>workspace</name>
    <value></value>
    <read-only>false</read-only>
  </preference>
  <preference>
    <name>path</name>
    <value></value>
    <read-only>false</read-only>
  </preference>
  <preference>
    <name>drive</name>
    <value></value>
    <read-only>false</read-only>
  </preference>
  <preference>
    <name>views</name>
    <value></value>
    <read-only>false</read-only>
  </preference>
  <preference>
    <name>allowCreateFolders</name>
    <value></value>
    <read-only>false</read-only>
  </preference>
  <preference>
    <name>categoryMandatoryWhenFileUpload</name>
    <value>false</value>
    <read-only>false</read-only>
  </preference>
  <preference>
    <name>uploadFileSizeLimitMB</name>
    <value>150</value>
    <read-only>false</read-only>
  </preference>
  <preference>
    <name>usecase</name>
    <value>selection</value>
    <read-only>false</read-only>
  </preference>
  <preference>
    <name>driveName</name>
    <value>Private</value>
    <read-only>false</read-only>
  </preference>
  <preference>
    <name>trashHomeNodePath</name>
    <value>/Trash</value>
    <read-only>false</read-only>
  </preference>
  <preference>
    <name>trashRepository</name>
    <value>repository</value>
    <read-only>false</read-only>
  </preference>
  <preference>
    <name>trashWorkspace</name>
    <value>collaboration</value>
    <read-only>false</read-only>
  </preference>
  <preference>
    <name>editInNewWindow</name>
    <value>false</value>
    <read-only>false</read-only>
  </preference>
  <preference>
    <name>showTopBar</name>
    <value>true</value>
    <read-only>false</read-only>
  </preference>
  <preference>
    <name>showActionBar</name>
    <value>true</value>
    <read-only>false</read-only>
  </preference>
  <preference>
    <name>showSideBar</name>
    <value>true</value>
    <read-only>false</read-only>
  </preference>
  <preference>
    <name>showFilterBar</name>
    <value>true</value>
    <read-only>false</read-only>
  </preference>
</portlet-preferences>{code}

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* [Content Detail|#CONTref.Portlets.ContentDetail]
* [Content List|#CONTref.Portlets.ContentList]
* [Search|#CONTref.Portlets.Search]
* [Administration|#CONTref.Portlets.Administration]
* [Fast Content Creator|#CONTref.Portlets.FastContentCreator]
* [Form Builder|#CONTref.Portlets.FormBuilder]
* [Authoring|#CONTref.Portlets.Authoring]
* [Newsletter|#CONTref.Portlets.Newsletter]
* [SEO portlet|#CONTref.Portlets.SEO]