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TYPO3 4.3 Multimedia Cookbook
TYPO3 4.3 Multimedia Cookbook

TYPO3 4.3 Multimedia Cookbook: Over 50 great recipes for effectively managing multimedia content to create an organized web site in TYPO3

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TYPO3 4.3 Multimedia Cookbook

Chapter 2. Managing Digital Assets

In this chapter, we will cover:

  • Setting up a file structure

  • Setting up a filemount

  • Setting up rights for backend users

  • Setting up FTP access

  • Setting up a category tree

  • Creating a frontend upload form

  • Debugging code

  • Creating frontend user groups

  • Creating frontend users

We will also look at digital asset management, why you may need it, and how to use it in TYPO3.

Setting up a file structure


When starting a new site, one needs to decide on the file structure that will be used. The specific directory tree will probably depend on the application and the type of information stored in those folders. But, there are certain ways by which TYPO3 can help you sort files, which should give you a guide as to how you should lay out the file tree.

Getting ready

First, you need to decide on the approach to the file structure.

  • By user

    This is a common layout that's used in multiuser environments. Filemounts can be set up to limit the user to just a specific folder. We will examine how this can be done in the recipe Setting up rights for backend users.

  • By user group

    This is similar to the previous setup, but more functional in team environments, where several users might share a job function. Filemounts can be set up for a group (content editor, publisher, videographer, and so on), and assigned to several users, who would then share access to files.

  • By date

    If you have...

Setting up a filemount


Filemounts limit a user to just a specific folder tree under the fileadmin directory. This is good for security purposes, as well as general usability in a multiuser environment. Instead of browsing through all the files available in the system, the user can be directed to just the files he/she needs to manipulate.

Getting ready

To set up filemounts, you must have a directory structure in place. For the recipe that follows, we will assume that we decided on a "by user" tree (see recipe Setting up file structure).

How to do it...

  1. 1. Use the List module and go to the root page of the site (PID: 0, usually the topmost node).

  2. 2. Click the Create New Record button.

  3. 3. Choose Filemount. You should see the following screen:

  4. 4. Fill in the required Label field. The Label field allows you to name the filemount to something you would remember, and could pick out from a list and know where it points.

  5. 5. Fill in the required Path field. The path refers to the file system path to the directory...

Setting up rights for backend users


In this recipe, we will create a backend user, who will be able to log into TYPO3 and have limited rights, which would allow him or her to do his/her job without causing any deliberate or accidental damage to the system.

Getting ready

To limit a user to his/her folder, he/she must have a configured filemount. Make sure you have completed the Setting up a filemount recipe, and have correctly set up at least one filemount.

How to do it...

  1. 1. Under the Admin tools | User Admin module, click the button to create a new user.

  2. 2. Under the General tab, fill in the required fields—Username and Password.

  3. 3. Enter the user's name and e-mail address.

  4. 4. Under the Access Rights tab, select the modules that you would like the user or user group to see in the left frame.

  5. 5. Under DB Mounts, select the top page of the branch to which the user should have access.

  6. 6. Under DB Mounts, make sure to also select the Media SysFolder that was created by DAM extension, as that is where...

Setting up FTP access


There are times when you need to allow FTP access to your users. There are plenty of FTP daemons to make it easy. However, you would have to set up individual users, and configure their restricted access. It is much better to leverage the backend user configuration already in TYPO3, and use it to provide basic FTP access to the same files accessible in the backend.

Getting ready

We will use Pure-FTPd daemon to provide FTP access. The steps below assume you are on a Debian system, and Pure-FTPd is available in package repositories. If its not, you would need to compile it from source.

How to do it...

  1. 1. Install Pure-FTPd, along with the MySQL authentication module.

    Shell> apt-get install pure-ftpd-common pure-ftpd-mysql
    
  2. 2. Open the MySQL configuration file (by default in /etc/pure-ftpd/db/mysq.conf). Edit the following values:

    • MYSQLServer: Point it to your MySQL server IP, or localhost

    • MYSQLUser: DB username

    • MYSQLPassword: DB password

    • MYSQLDatabase: Name of the DB that TYPO3...

Setting up a category tree


Files can be sorted by categories. This provides another layer of classification for media assets, allowing them to be organized and grouped without changing their physical location. A common setup is to arrange the physical storage as we have by user or by user group in order to make rights assignment easy, but setup a category tree by subject of the media content, to group similar files together. Here is an example:

Getting ready

Category support is built in to DAM, but to ease category management you should install the extension dam_catedit. This extension provides full management capability optimized for DAM categories. We've covered how to install extensions in Chapter 1 in recipe Installing needed extensions, so refer back to it for a detailed description.

Once you have installed the extension, the Categories module will appear under Media.

How to do it...

  1. 1. Go to the Media | Categories module.

  2. 2. If there are no categories in the system yet, you will see only...

Creating a frontend upload form


In this recipe, we will create a simple extension, which would add a form to the website, and let users upload files. Files will be indexed by the DAM.

Getting ready

We will create the extension from scratch, and if you want to follow along, make sure to install Kickstarter to create the framework. Otherwise, you can download the finished extension but make sure to review the How it works... section to understand what happens in the code.

How to do it...

  1. 1. Under the Extension Manager, select Create new Extension. If you don't see the option, Kickstarter has not been installed.

  2. 2. Under General Info, click the plus icon (+), and fill in the basic information. Name the extension User Upload.

  3. 3. Under Dependencies, enter dam. When the extension is installed, Extension Manager will check the presence of DAM, and proceed only if DAM is present and installed. Likewise, Extension Manager will not allow DAM to be uninstalled as long as our extension is still installed...

Debugging code


In the Creating a frontend upload form recipe, we went through the execution of the script line by line. When writing your own code, you would probably want the same benefit, giving you the ability to go through execution line by line, and seeing exactly what is happening. This functionality is provided by debuggers.

There are several debuggers available for PHP for any platform. Most debuggers are bundled with an IDE, so that you can use them together. For example, NuSphere PhpEd comes with DBG debugger, which we will make use of in this recipe.

Getting ready

This recipe assumes you have NuSphere PhpEd installed on your Windows computer. If you don't skip ahead to the There's more... section for general tips on using debuggers, which you can then apply to a debugger of your choice.

Note

For more information about NuSphere PhpEd, go to http://www.nusphere.com/.

How to do it...

  1. 1. Go to C:\Program Files\nusphere\phped\debugger\server (or equivalent installation path).

  2. 2. Select the...

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Key benefits

  • Create impressive web sites by adding image, video, and audio files to a TYPO3-driven web site and customizing their display
  • Organize you web site by effectively managing your multimedia content in your TYPO3 site
  • Enhance your CMS by adding different processing capabilities such as parsing metadata and converting files to your site
  • Part of Packt's Cookbook series: Each recipe is a carefully organized sequence of instructions to complete the task as efficiently as possible

Description

TYPO3 is one of the world's leading open source content management systems, written in PHP, which can be used to create and customize your web site. Along with text content, you can display high quality images, audio, and video to your site's visitors by using TYPO3. It is essential to manage various types of multimedia files in content management systems for both editors and the users on the frontend of the site.The book gives you a step-by-step process for organizing an effective multimedia system. It also gives solutions to commonly encountered problems, and offers a variety of tools for dealing with multimedia content. The author's experience in large-scale systems enables him to share his effective solutions to these problems.If you choose to work through all the recipes from the beginning, you will start by setting up a basic web site set up, aimed at future expansion and scalability. Next, you will cover the basics of digital asset management—a major topic important in all enterprises. You can organize user groups because next you will be creating accounts for users and assigning permissions. Then you will jump into metadata—text information describing the multimedia objects—and learn how it can be manipulated in TYPO3. You will embed multimedia on your site when you have read the various methods for embedding mentioned in this book. Before you finish the book you will learn about some advanced topics, such as external API integrations and process automation.

Who is this book for?

This book is for anyone who is looking for effective systems for managing multimedia content. You will find this book interesting if you are running, or starting, web sites rich in multimedia content. This book assumes some prior knowledge about TYPO3, which is available either from official documentation, or other books on this topic.

What you will learn

  • Create impressive web sites by embedding images and manipulating them within Rich Text Editors by using content elements
  • Render videos and customize their display with the options in the content media object
  • Render your audio and video on several pages by administering it just in a single location using a TypoScript object
  • Create services that will automatically update Digital Asset Management records when an audio file is uploaded to your site
  • Allow web users to upload files into the system by creating an extension in TYPO3
  • Extract different formats of metadata and classify files using file metadata
  • Expand the system by leveraging services, specifically Amazon S3, Flickr, and YouTube and achieve limitless storage using Amazon S3
  • Enhance your CMS by adding different processing capabilities such as parsing metadata and converting files to your site
  • Automate workflows and processes in TYPO3

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Table of Contents

8 Chapters
Getting Started Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Managing Digital Assets Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Operating with Metadata in Media Files Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Rendering Images Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Rendering Video and Audio Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Connecting to External APIs Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Creating Services Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
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