Media: Content/DAM reference usage¶

Table of Contents¶

Media: Content/DAM reference usage 1

Introduction 1

Installation 1

Adminstration 2

To-Do 2

Introduction¶

The DAM allows to use file references instead of the normal copy mechanism TYPO3 uses to bind files to content elements.

The Images form field at the bottom was added by this extension and allows to select DAM file references. It is possible to remove the original Images field which creates copies of the selected files in uploads/.

Installation¶

First you have to enable the DAM References feature in the extension manager configuration form of the DAM extension:

The next step is to configure this extension which allows to configure which content elements should be modified.

In the above example the original Images form field of the Text w/image content element will be removed so the user can select files as reference only.

Adminstration¶

In ext_localconf.php you can find the TypoScript code used to activate the references functionality which looks like this:

includeLibs.tx_damttcontent = EXT:dam/lib/class.tx_dam_tcefunc.php

temp.tx_dam.fileList < tt_content.image.20.imgList

tt_content.image.20.imgList >
tt_content.image.20.imgList.cObject = USER
tt_content.image.20.imgList.cObject {
        userFunc = tx_dam_tceFunc->fetchFileList

        refField = tx_damttcontent_files

        additional.fileList < temp.tx_dam.fileList
        additional.filePath < tt_content.image.20.imgPath
}
tt_content.image.20.imgPath >
tt_content.image.20.imgPath =

As you see a user function is used to fetch the file references. If both Images fields are activated, files from the the original upper one will be rendered first.

To-Do¶

Have a look here what's planned for an enhanced Image form element:

http://typo3.org/development/projects/digital-asset-management /planned-features/

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