[TYPO3] Replace images used in pages

[Joerg Wagner]

Yes, your scenario describes the main problem with the copying technique 
of TYPO3.

I read several times that DAM provides a solution by giving the option 
to reference files instead of copying them. So, about 2 months ago, I 
spent several days with trials to get DAM to work. But...

After compiling a lot of (partially very contradictory) details from 
many (partially very outdated) sources I found that the development of 
DAM suffered a phase of heavy stagnation after René Fritz left the devel 
team. It took a long time until the development restarted. Right now it 
seems like DAM is gaining speed again, but my trials to get a system 
running smoothly with DAM were so frustrating that I finally gave up. It 
is just not ready for production use. I spent so much time on it and 
still it did not work correctly in many aspects. An hardly any 3rd party 
extensions are ready to work with it.

So I will try again in a year or so, but right now DAM is just a big 
mess with some fearless new developers trying to clear it up. I hope 
they succeed.

Cheers,
Jörg.



J. Rinck schrieb:
> 
> Joerg Wagner wrote:
>> Yes, I agree. This technique is rather unsatisfactory.
> 
> It is indeed unsatisfactory.
> 
> Is there any solution yet? Using the DAM? How do You deal with - say - 
> having to replace one File over an entire site.
> 
> Scenario:
> A PDF has to be replaced and the old Version needs to be removed 
> completely. The old version must not be found anymore. On none of the 
> possibly many pages where it is referenced. All References must be 
> updated and all files in the uploads-folder must be replaced. All 
> existing filenames in the uploads-folder must then point to the new File 
> in case they have been indexed by external Search engines. The page 
> cache for all Pages with a reference to the old PDF must then be deleted.
> 
> Seems like a pretty common scenario to me - how would you do that then?
> 
> Best regards, J. Rinck
> 
> 
> 
>> There should be a reference kept in the system between an original 
>> image and its copies.
>>
>> -- 
>> Cheers, Jörg.
>>
>>
>> Christopher Schnell schrieb:
>>> Dmitry Dulepov [typo3] schrieb:
>>>> They are never regenerated. They are copied there and live on their 
>>>> own. There is no link between source and copied image. You have to 
>>>> replace them all manually.
>>>>   
>>> Then the question is, if it is possible to create a reference to the 
>>> image in fileadmin. Yesterday, I had a problem like Joerg, but with 
>>> templates. I use the same plugin with several templates, 90% of this 
>>> plugin use  the version in fileadmin via TS, but 10% use a copy in 
>>> uplads. If this template changes, it does not change in the plugins. 
>>> mailform_plus uses a reference somehow, maybe there should be a 
>>> setting to use references in the file dialog.
>>>
>>> Christopher.