Schedule: Asset Management in Drupal using the Asset Module
| Speakers | |
|---|---|
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Wim Mostrey |
| Schedule | |
| Day | Sunday |
| Room | H.1302 |
| Start time | 13:00 |
| End time | 13:30 |
| Duration | 00:30 |
| Info | |
| Event type | Podium |
| Track | Drupal |
| Language | English |
Asset Management in Drupal using the Asset Module
This talk will illustrate the asset management problem in content management systems and how the Asset module tries to solve it.
The Asset module tries to tackle asset management in a highly integrated manner. It provides integration with cck, views, panels and imagecache.
There is also a TinyMCE plug-in for inserting and managing assets or an "Add asset" link below textareas if TinyMCE is not enabled. Image galleries are created using a special panels field. Any type of file can be added, many of which have specific plug-ins or players to display them: mp3, flv, swf, youtube, ...