[TYPO3-dam] Planning a new ext based on DAM

[Dan Osipov]

Georg,

 > - I think I use the record "Media type" to define the type of file. Is
 > this the best way? I didn't find a way to select the media type inside a
 > dam record. Am I missing something?

Field media_type in tx_dam is what defines the type of the file.
Take a look at the arrays defined in /lib/tx_dam_types.php, I think they 
will answer your question.

 >
 > - I defined some media types like "Main Images", "Sub Image" but in the
 > tree (module list) I see just 2 times "Image" but not the records I
 > created.

Did you define them in the arrays as well?

 > - My experience with DAM is a bit limited so also a basic question:
 > Which extra extensions do I still need? Still the one for getting the
 > selection inside tt_content, mass indexing and so on?

I think the manual recommends dam_index and dam_ttcontent. The rest 
depends on your use.


Dan Osipov
Calkins Media
http://danosipov.com/blog/

Georg Ringer wrote:
> Hi everybody,
> 
> I am planning a new extension for a customer and I guess I use DAM.
> A szenario is the following one:
> 
> ------------
> There are different categories and many different type of records belong 
> to one category: Text files, mp3s, videos, images, pdfs.
> 
> In FE a user can select a category (which is kind of a topic) and will 
> get all records grouped by the type. Every file can be downloaded.
> -------------
> 
> I looked at trunk version of TYPO3 and DAM and this looks already great 
> but I still got some questions:
> 
> - I think I use the record "Media type" to define the type of file. Is 
> this the best way? I didn't find a way to select the media type inside a 
> dam record. Am I missing something?
> 
> - I defined some media types like "Main Images", "Sub Image" but in the 
> tree (module list) I see just 2 times "Image" but not the records I 
> created.
> 
> - My experience with DAM is a bit limited so also a basic question: 
> Which extra extensions do I still need? Still the one for getting the 
> selection inside tt_content, mass indexing and so on?
> 
> Thanks for your help, really appreciated!
> Georg