Browsing Files

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To search for files on mediacast, type in relevant words in the search box in the upper right-hand corner and hit enter
A list of files with names, descriptions, or tags that contain the words you typed in will be displayed
On this page, you can refine your search by narrowing the scope in which to search for the words you typed in
You can search within only the name of the file, the description of the file, or the list of tags for the file
To narrow the scope, click on the drop-down menu next to the Scope label and choose which option you want to search on

On the left-hand side of the page, under the 'User menu', there are three other menus: a Media menu, a Tags menu, and a Contributors menu
The Media menu has a short list of the most popular files (the most downloaded) and a short list of the recently uploaded files
The Tags menu has a short list of the most popular Tags (the tags that are used the most) and a short list of the recently used Tags
The Contributors menu has a short list of the most active users (the users that upload the most files) and a short list of users that have recently uploaded files

To find content that is similar to the files that you have uploaded, you can browse files by the same Tags that you have used
After logging in, click on Tags under the 'User menu' on the left-hand side of the page
A list of popular Tags will be displayed
The more commonly used Tags will be displayed in a larger font size
Click on a Tag name to view a list of files with that Tag
You can also type in the name of the Tag in the search box to search for files with that Tag

After logging in, click on User Directory under the 'User menu' on the left-hand side
A list of mediacast users will be displayed alphabetically
For each user, a list of his/her recently uploaded files will be displayed
You can browse through the list with the Next button or the number buttons at the bottom
Also, if you already know the username you wish to see, you can type that name into the search box and find the files uploaded by that user

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