[Typo3-dev] Reference image instead of copying

[Steven Bagshaw]

The suggestion to use the DAM is a good one. The DAM extension has an
optional setting to use references - I've turned it on and it's worked very
nicely.

You can then use the extension dam_ttcontent to use references in standard
Typo3 extensions.

Myself, I mainly use the references for my own extension. In my tca.php I
have a single line like this

'tx_dam_images' => txdam_getMediaTCA('image_field', 'tx_dam_images'),

And now I have an image field using references. And for the one below I can
select all sorts of media, not just images.

'tx_dam_associatedmedia' => txdam_getMediaTCA('media_field',
'tx_dam_associatedmedia'),

And yes all this pops up in the usual window. I think some of this
functionality is listed as experimental, but I've had no problems so far,
even using it in production.

Steven

"Martin Kutschker" <Martin.Kutschker at n0spam-blackbox.net> wrote in message
news:mailman.1.1135155391.31484.typo3-dev at lists.netfielders.de...
> Thomas Peterson schrieb:
> > Hello,
> >
> >
> >>Hi!
> >>
> >>Thomas Peterson wrote:
> >>
> >>>It comes with DAM.
> >>
> >>I am not familar with DAM. Will it allow to select images using standard
> >>typo3 window for selecting files?
> >
> >
> > I think yes.
http://typo3.org/development/projects/digital-asset-management/
> > When i open the window then i have an dam tree.
>
> But the standard file resource files of TYPO3 copy files anyway, don't
they?
>
> Dmitry, what you could do is to change the TCA of image elements to
> l10n_mode=mergeIfNotBlank. Just make sure your translated records have a
> proper tranlsation parent.
>
> Masi