[TYPO3-dam-devel] RFC: #8466: Info module does not show any information (blank main frame)

[Uschi Renziehausen]

Hi Benni :-)

Benjamin Mack wrote:
> Hey guys,
> 
> in case nobody knows how to "get something visible" in the info module, 
> here are some steps to "reproduce".
> 
> The Info Module shows a list of selected DAM records if they have any 
> references, means: if they are used in the system somehow, there is a 
> list of places where it is used.
> 
> Well, to get references, you need to install something like 
> "dam_ttcontent". Install it (notice that you also need to configure the 
> extension in the EM, poor 4.2) and then use it by adding a Image / Text 
> tt_content element. Reference a DAM file there, then go back to the Info 
> module and select the folder where the file is located, you should see 
> something there (of course only with the patch ;-))
> 
> We really should put a help text in that module so people know what it 
> does! (Anyone willing to open up a bugreport for that?)
> 


Thanks for the enlightenment, but apart of writing a helptext I would 
suggest to relabel the info module to 'Usage info'. That would make 
clear what it does in the first place and solve the problem of two Info 
modules that also have the same icons.

My 5 cents :-)




> David Steeb wrote:
>> Hey all,
>>
>> this is a SVN patch request.
>>
>> Affected Extension: tx_dam
>>
>> Type: bugfix/integration
>>
>> BT reference: http://bugs.typo3.org/view.php?id=8466
>>
>> Branches: Trunk (1.1) only
>>
>> Problem: The Module Media>Info shows up, but no information is shown 
>> in the content frame. The reason is that René started to integrate the 
>> dam_info extension but only included the empty Info module so far, so 
>> no content ever showed up until you installed the dam_info module. 
>> IMHO this is not good as it is right now, as the base DAM includes a 
>> completely empty module now.
>>
>> Solution:
>> I integrated the one (and only) modfunc for dam_info, namely the list 
>> of references in the DAM as well. Therefore we can mark the dam_info 
>> extension "obsolete" now.
>>
>> Greetings,
>>
>> David
>>
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