Re: question about implementing flexible media repository

>
> 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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