[TYPO3] Is DAM worth its use or is it dead?

[Xavier Perseguers]

Hi,

> Most of our customers are astonished when I have to tell them that the 
> files they attach to content elements are not really centrally 
> replaceable anymore, because they are just copies from files in 
> fileadmin. The soft references are there, but there is no real nice GUI 
> to manage those, is there?

I have problem too explaining why editors may link to page and whenever 
pages are renamed or moved links are updated and why it does not work 
for external files. I think it should be better referenced, not as an 
external link that is interpreted as a "file" link when pointing to an 
existing local file, but really with a reference to the file.

If it definitively is not possible with standard file handling in TYPO3 
then go ahead and promote DAM. I started to contribute to DAM and I'm 
willing to go on as I think lots of people (not all I agree) need such 
document/image, "asset" management.

-- 
Xavier Perseguers

http://xavier.perseguers.ch/en/tutorials/typo3.html