Client Folder Maker is intended to increase your productivity. This application lets you create presets of folder structures including their contained files, which you can later replicate on different locations.
I would not say the application has a complicated interface; yet, it is not one of those tools you almost instinctively know how to use from the start. Fortunately, it comes with two presets, including one of a simple web site, which you can readily use or modify to meet your needs. In this regard, the application supports adding, renaming and deleting folders. What is more, you can even set permissions on them.
The application allows recording key combinations that you can use later to duplicate the desired folder structure at a given location. Just pressing the recorded keys shows a contextual menu from which you can pick one of the available presets.
It is good that you can create a folder tree manually; however, it seems to me that the easiest way to do so is by dragging and dropping an existing folder structure onto the tool’s window. Moreover, when doing this, you import the contents of the source files as well. Fortunately, presets can also be exported by a simple drag-and-drop operation to the desired disk location. Likewise, you can do the reverse operation to import a new profile.
One of the best advantages of Client Folder Maker is the possibility to customize the replicated folders and files. In this regard, the tool lets you use tag variables and colored labels. For instance, you can use auto-incrementing tag variables for creating numbered hierarchies.
All in all, Client Folder Maker is a tool that I am sure many professionals will find very convenient as it saves a lot of time and effort. Luckily, this product has a very reasonable price.
v5.0 [Mar 1, 2019]
Client Folder Maker 5.0 is a virtually brand new application that introduces many new customer requested features, as well as builds on existing features.
1) Archive Folder Re-Implemented:
* The Archive Folder is now set at the Preset level (instead of globally). Now, each Preset can have its own Archive Folder set, where newly created Hierarchies will go. Or the user can merely choose their Desktop as their Archive Folder.
2) Resizable and Modernized Window:
* Upgraded the window to use modern automatic layout, making it adapt better for localization and resizing.
* The presets list now uses a source list style, and the width can be resized.
* The window is now resizable horizontally as well as vertically.
* Modernized the layout to eliminate old-fashioned dead space and boxes, while keeping the familiar controls.
3) Preset-Specific Archive Folder:
* Moved the archive folder path to be preset-specific, so each preset can create folders in their own parent folder.
* When adding a new preset, the archive folder defaults to the last-selected one, if any.
* Improved the appearance of the path control when one isn't set.
4) Custom Icon & Label Color for Root Folder:
* Added an image well to the right of the Preset Label, where an image can be dropped or pasted.
* If an image is chosen, it is used as the icon of the root folder when invoking a Preset.
* Right-click on the Image Well to show the Label Colors, to assign a label color to the created root folder.
5) New Date Variable:
* Added support for a {Date} variable, which displays a field automatically populated with today's date, in the preferred short date format.
* For advanced users, the {Date} variable also supports specifying a custom format using the standard Unicode conventions.
* Dates can have their own custom separators. e.g. "{Date yyMMdd'T'hhmmss}" to output "181228T134527".
6) New AUTO feature:
* Users can have new numbered folder structures. Each time this Preset is invoked, it is incremented by one (1).
7) Other Changes:
* Now supports Dark Mode under Mojave.
* Icon for Preset Files - Files created when dragging Presets to the Desktop now have a custom icon.
* Changed the "Directory Name" field prompt to "Folder Name" to be more consistent and intuitive.
* Renamed the preset name prompt, and moved the launch at login prompt to the same line as the other preferences.
* Tweaked the color of the label text under the color swatches, to be more visible in dark mode with a light background behind.
* Added tooltips to the preset controls.
