[TYPO3-dam] dam_frontend and FE Users

[Thomas Waggershauser]

What about air_filemanager? It should be able to handle this stuff,  
but I havn't testet it with this versions..


Am 19.08.2008 um 01:01 schrieb Simon Child:

>
> "Tony Lush" <tlush at advancewm.com> wrote in message
> news:mailman.2205.1202315338.24404.typo3-project-dam at lists.netfielders.de 
> ...
>> dam_frontend -- Files show when not logged in
>>
>> We want files to only be available to logged in front end users who  
>> have
>> access permissions.
>
> The readme.txt in dam_frontend 0.1.2 still says:
>
> * Set up download restrictions via categories for fe_users /  
> fe_groups (not
> finished yet!)
>
> Is this under active development (last update on TER was this month,  
> so I
> think so)?
>
> Any news on when this feature will be finished?
>
> Or is there another DAM download manager that offers a similar access
> control feature?
>
> I am converting a frontpage(!) site to TYPO3. It has about 300 files  
> for
> download - powerpoints, pdf, utilities, zips, etc. It seems ideal  
> for a DAM
> approach to apply meta data to each asset and then allow fe  
> searching and
> displaying, but I need to limit downloads to loggd in fe users.
>
> dam_frontend seems to offer the possibility of listing files to non- 
> logged
> in users, using metadata, whilst only activating the download link for
> logged in users, which is exactly what I want to do!
>
> Alternative seems to be a non-DAM approach - a lot of manual coding of
> download links and descriptions using  naw_securedl or similar to  
> protect
> the files.
>
> -- 
> Simon Child
>
>
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