README

The current release is 4.0.6

This module allows creation of dynamic media holders/pages with CMS customisable types and attributes (blogs, events, news, publications), including versioning.

Requirement

• SilverStripe 3.1 → 4.0

Getting Started

• Place the module under your root project directory.
• /dev/build
• Create a media holder.
• Configure the media type.
• Create media pages.

Overview

Default Media Types

These are the default media types and their respective attributes.

nglasl\mediawesome\MediaPage:
  type_defaults:
    Blog:
      - 'Author'
    Event:
      - 'End Date'
      - 'Time'
      - 'End Time'
      - 'Location'
    News:
      - 'Author'
    Publication:
      - 'Author'

Apply custom default media types and/or respective attributes.

nglasl\mediawesome\MediaPage:
  type_defaults:
    Type:
      - 'Attribute'

These may also be added through the CMS, depending on the current user permissions.

• Select a media holder.
• Select Manage ALL Media
• Select Types and Attributes

Dynamic Media Attributes

These may be customised through the CMS, depending on the current user permissions.

• Select a media holder.
• Select Manage ALL Media
• Select Types and Attributes
• Select the respective type.

These attributes will appear on media pages of the respective type, and are versioned.

Media Categories and Tags

• Select a media holder.
• Select Manage ALL Media
• Select Categories and Tags

CMS Permissions

These may be changed through the site configuration by an administrator.

• Select Settings
• Select Access

Customisation of media types and their respective attributes will be restricted.

Filtering Media Pages

A media holder request may have optional date, category and tag filters, which are extendable by developers.

The following on the media holder template allows a user to select a date, and then see media pages for and prior to that date:

$DateFilterForm

It is also possible to represent the date in a year/month/day/media URL format.

Smart Templating

Custom media type templates may be defined for your media holder/page:

MediaHolder_Blog.ss or MediaPage_Blog.ss

Retrieve a specific media page attribute in templates:

$Attribute('Author')

To see examples, look at the default templates:

MediaHolder.ss and MediaPage.ss

Maintainer Contact

Nathan Glasl, nathan@symbiote.com.au