How use "media library" to add assets to an article.

Author Message

R Sutton

Thursday 09 August 2007 1:15:27 pm

Well I don't know how else to put it. The title says it all. When I edit an article and try to click on the paper clip to add an object and select "existing" I am presented with only items in the site folder tree, nothing from the backside is offered. How do I access these assets when working wit an article? I have flv files that have been uploaded into the media library. I would like to use these in articles. I have searched the forum, but all answers were out of date and not helpful in this regard.

Right this second I am wondering what the point of the media library is. It seems like the functionality is missing to take advantage of it.

Thanks!

I am new to ez publish so I appreciate any insight if I am taking the workflow the wrong way :)

Greg McAvoy-Jensen

Thursday 09 August 2007 1:29:15 pm

What version are you using? The steps should be:

1. Click the paperclip
2. Click "Add existing"
3. There should be a little "up" arrow just above the "10 25 50" and to the left of the blank page icon and the word "Home". Click it.
4. Click "Media"

Granite Horizon, Certified Developer of eZ Publish Web Solutions
Provider of the SaaS Solution Granite Horizon In The Cloud | http://granitehorizon.com/cloud
http://granitehorizon.com | +1 916 647 6350 | California USA | @granitegreg
Blog: http://granitehorizon.com/blog

R Sutton

Thursday 09 August 2007 1:44:33 pm

<slapping forhead> Eureka!</slapping forhead>

Thanks! I knew it had to be something goofy. :)

R Sutton

Thursday 09 August 2007 1:47:55 pm

I think maybe the up directory arrow should be a different color to offset it. It blends right in and you don't really see it there unless you know to look.

In relation to that. i have my object embedded via paper clip. But instead of embedding it creates a link to the media and links it to another page (flv) any ideas on how to actually make this embed rather than link to anther page?

Thanks for your super fast help Greg! :)

Kristof Coomans

Friday 10 August 2007 1:18:06 am

Hi R

You can use the view parameter when embedding other objects to choose in which view mode they will be displayed, see: http://ez.no/doc/ez_publish/technical_manual/3_9/reference/xml_tags#object_embedding. (please don't take into account the link that's currently under the text "view" in the description column of the "view" parameter, it is wrong in this context, I'll contact the doc team to fix this: http://issues.ez.no/11250 ).

independent eZ Publish developer and service provider | http://blog.coomanskristof.be | http://ezpedia.org

gaga 66

Friday 24 August 2007 9:07:16 am

I add all the folder under media library to my bookmarks. This way when I add an existing object i dont have to browse using up arrow as bookmarks appear on the screen above the sub tree.

Powered by eZ Publish™ CMS Open Source Web Content Management. Copyright © 1999-2014 eZ Systems AS (except where otherwise noted). All rights reserved.

eZ debug

Timing: Jan 18 2025 18:22:25
Script start
Timing: Jan 18 2025 18:22:25
Module start 'layout'
Timing: Jan 18 2025 18:22:25
Module start 'content'
Timing: Jan 18 2025 18:22:26
Module end 'content'
Timing: Jan 18 2025 18:22:26
Script end

Main resources:

Total runtime0.7894 sec
Peak memory usage4,096.0000 KB
Database Queries70

Timing points:

CheckpointStart (sec)Duration (sec)Memory at start (KB)Memory used (KB)
Script start 0.00000.0080 589.1797152.6406
Module start 'layout' 0.00800.0042 741.820339.4766
Module start 'content' 0.01220.7755 781.2969645.4922
Module end 'content' 0.78770.0016 1,426.789116.1250
Script end 0.7893  1,442.9141 

Time accumulators:

 Accumulator Duration (sec) Duration (%) Count Average (sec)
Ini load
Load cache0.00330.4137160.0002
Check MTime0.00140.1717160.0001
Mysql Total
Database connection0.00140.175210.0014
Mysqli_queries0.726392.0094700.0104
Looping result0.00190.2385680.0000
Template Total0.748394.820.3742
Template load0.00230.295120.0012
Template processing0.746094.502820.3730
Template load and register function0.00020.020710.0002
states
state_id_array0.00090.117210.0009
state_identifier_array0.00130.160720.0006
Override
Cache load0.00200.2500270.0001
Sytem overhead
Fetch class attribute can translate value0.00070.084640.0002
Fetch class attribute name0.00150.186880.0002
XML
Image XML parsing0.00130.167640.0003
class_abstraction
Instantiating content class attribute0.00000.001980.0000
General
dbfile0.00100.1282240.0000
String conversion0.00000.001340.0000
Note: percentages do not add up to 100% because some accumulators overlap

Templates used to render the page:

UsageRequested templateTemplateTemplate loadedEditOverride
1node/view/full.tplfull/forum_topic.tplextension/sevenx/design/simple/override/templates/full/forum_topic.tplEdit templateOverride template
6content/datatype/view/ezxmltext.tpl<No override>extension/community_design/design/suncana/templates/content/datatype/view/ezxmltext.tplEdit templateOverride template
7content/datatype/view/ezxmltags/paragraph.tpl<No override>extension/ezwebin/design/ezwebin/templates/content/datatype/view/ezxmltags/paragraph.tplEdit templateOverride template
2content/datatype/view/ezimage.tpl<No override>extension/sevenx/design/simple/templates/content/datatype/view/ezimage.tplEdit templateOverride template
1content/datatype/view/ezxmltags/line.tpl<No override>design/standard/templates/content/datatype/view/ezxmltags/line.tplEdit templateOverride template
1print_pagelayout.tpl<No override>extension/community/design/community/templates/print_pagelayout.tplEdit templateOverride template
 Number of times templates used: 18
 Number of unique templates used: 6

Time used to render debug report: 0.0002 secs