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title: Adding files serverside
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The AO allows users of the website frontend to drag-and-drop files onto a grid to upload them. However, if you install the AO on your laptop or on a server, you can add files directly to the AO by putting them in the AO's memes folder. The default location of this folder is \~/.ao/memes/. Simply copy or move files here and restart the AO, and the files will be scanned and a card made for each file. These cards are not held by anyone right now, so you must search for them and grab them to find them. Future updates will also add live scanning and full iTunes-like file organization features, so that your folders of memes on your hard drive can be kept in lockstep with the structure of your cards on the AO.