Hi Ruth, Would you be happy to share your code? I too find the content management component very cumbersome for simply adding content!
Cheers, Chris Ruth Hoffman wrote: > Hi Beejal: > Do you plan to make these files/products part of one or more product > catalogs? > > If so, then you can use the Catalog Manager to add product information > about each file and keep track much of the file's attributes that way. > If you only have a few files, then learning how to use the Catalog > Manager (and perhaps customizing) to do this may not be worth your > effort. > > To answer your question specifically: > > To associate a file(s) with (meta data) about that file you can do > several things - depending on how maintainable you want your > application to be. What I have done, and how I make content available > to my web visitors and customers, is use: > DataResource records to point to either the file location of a file > (the objectInfo field) or to an ElectronicText record if the content > is in the database (like XML/HTML). > > DataResourceMetaData to hold information specific to my applications > such as the copyright date or the author's name. (I've created a few > unique metaDataPredicates to suite my needs.) > > Content and ContentAssoc records to point to any data resources that > I want to make available on the website as a download or even as > content to articles or a blog. These records associate my > DataResources with website publishing actions. > > I also wrote my own UI to support/manage all this in one place. That > is, I found it very cumbersome to go back and forth between the > Catalog Manager and the Content Manager etc. to perform the very > simple user operations necessary to support my environment. > > There are other things that go on here, but at a high level, that is > how I do it. I'm sure others may do it differently, so anyone who'd > like to comment, please chime in. > > Regards, > Ruth > ---------------------------------------------------- > Find me on the web at http://www.myofbiz.com or Google keyword "myofbiz" > [email protected] > > Beejal Kamdar wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I am trying to associate various files with a product to allow users >> to upload artworks and download proofs which are posted by site >> administrators. >> >> It looks like I may be able to serve the purpose with DataResource, >> Content and ProductContent. I would appreciate if someone has already >> gone through similar requirement and guide me. >> >> Thanks & Regards, >> Beejal >> >> -- Chris Snow - CEng MBCS CITP MBA (Tech Mgmt) (Open) CISSP Tel: 01453 890660 Mob: 07944 880950 Www: www.snowconsulting.co.uk
