here is some info about this functionality: http://www.gxdeveloperweb.com/documentation/GX-WebManager-9.8/Connectivity-Management/GXD0031_en-GX-WebManager-9.8-Media-Repository-20081014.pdf
cheers, Olaf On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 7:26 PM, Olaf iLink<[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > in a CMS that some of our customers use (GX Webmanager) there is > something called a Media Repository. This is a very powerfull, elegant > and flexible way to manage data-objects with unstructered contents. > Basically it's a repository that is much alike the website repository, > where you can create articles (like webpages), which can have flexible > content (like paragraphs added to the pages). You then can assign > "terms" to the media repository items. You can then use a Media > Repository item (like a specific media repository viewer/paragraph) in > your webpages, where you can filter, sort and show content from the > Media Repository, mainly filtered on terms. This way you can f.e. > create news-items, vacancies, etc. which can have unstructured > flexible content, and show these in pages, f.e. the latest X news > items etc. > > In Magnolia this is a littlebit like how the news-items in STK are > done, but more flexible, and especially more easy to use for a > end-user, as they have a specific menu-tab out of the website pages > tab to manage this kind of content. > > What would be the best approach to create something like this in > Magnolia? Create a new repository, duplicate the website management > admin interface settings to have a specific author menu button to > access this new repository, and modify the latest news STK > module/dialogue to add terms to look for, ordering, sorting, > direction, and make it only look in the new media repository? > > cheers, Olaf > -- Met vriendelijke groet / Kind regards, Olaf Molenveld ---------------------------------------------- Interactive Link Keizerstraat 31 3512 EA Utrecht T +31 (0)30 634 32 66 F +31 (0)30 634 32 65 www.interactivelink.nl [email protected] INTERACTIVE LINK MAAKT SAMEN MET HANSNEL COMMUNICATIE, CHANNEL PANEL EN PARODOS DEEL UIT VAN DE HANSNEL GROEP ---------------------------------------------- De informatie in dit e-mail bericht is uitsluitend bestemd voor de geadresseerde. Verstrekking aan en gebruik door anderen is niet toegestaan. Door de elektronische verzending van het bericht kunnen er geen rechten worden ontleend aan de informatie. ---------------------------------------------------------------- For list details see http://www.magnolia-cms.com/home/community/mailing-lists.html To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[email protected]> ----------------------------------------------------------------
