Re: question about implementing flexible media repository

> Repository in GX is that it's flexible in it's content, like Magnolia
> webpages with their paragraph objects.
>
> Olaf
>
> On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 9:08 AM, Boris
> Kraft<boris.kraft@...> wrote:
> >
> > Why not simply use the data module? Look at the address book for an example;
> > or, for a different example, check out the references section on
> > magnolia-cms.com, which is completely powered by the data module.
> >
> > - Boris
> >
> >
> > On Jun 24, 2009, at 7:26 PM, Olaf iLink wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> in a CMS that some of our customers use (GX Webmanager) there is
> >> something called a Media Repository. This is a very powerfull, elegant
> >> and flexible way to manage data-objects with unstructered contents.
> >> Basically it's a repository that is much alike the website repository,
> >> where you can create articles (like webpages), which can have flexible
> >> content (like paragraphs added to the pages). You then can assign
> >> "terms" to the media repository items. You can then use a Media
> >> Repository item (like a specific media repository viewer/paragraph) in
> >> your webpages, where you can filter, sort and show content from the
> >> Media Repository, mainly filtered on terms. This way you can f.e.
> >> create news-items, vacancies, etc. which can have unstructured
> >> flexible content, and show these in pages, f.e. the latest X news
> >> items etc.
> >>
> >> In Magnolia this is a littlebit like how the news-items in STK are
> >> done, but more flexible, and especially more easy to use for a
> >> end-user, as they have a specific menu-tab out of the website pages
> >> tab to manage this kind of content.
> >>
> >> What would be the best approach to create something like this in
> >> Magnolia? Create a new repository, duplicate the website management
> >> admin interface settings to have a specific author menu button to
> >> access this new repository, and modify the latest news STK
> >> module/dialogue to add terms to look for, ordering, sorting,
> >> direction, and make it only look in the new media repository?
> >>
> >> cheers, Olaf
> >>
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