Integrating Files Into Drupal 7 Authoring Workflow
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Integrating Files Into D7 Authoring Workflow Matt Mendonca
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MeIT Specialist (i.e. Web Developer) at the
Previously a Developer at and
2+ years professional experience with Drupal
NationalInstitute of Standards and Technology
VOX Global(FleishmanHillard) High Rock Studios
You May RecallJohn Venable from NIST presented last month.
(he is exceptionally tall)
True Story...I am taller than John.
(in certain circumstances)
Moving Along...
ContentsWhat are we trying to do
How we are doing it
Questions
Demo
What Are We TryingTo Do
In the process of moving from CommonSpot toDrupal. We need to meet or exceed CommonSpot's
features.Fieldable files
Revisionable files
Add files from and insert files into the WYSIWYG
How are we doing itMedia module and...
First implementation: John let's just use a file field
Actual first implementation: custom module(s)
Don't actually use it; you've been warned
Current implementation: Media 7.x-2.0, and others,complemented by custom modules
https://github.com/matt-mendonca/ck-browser
Living DangerouslyYou're about to hear stuff like "dev branch" and"patch" - Media handling in Drupal is in flux.
Don't do this unless you are comfortable blowingthings up and fixing it.
Contrib ModulesMedia 7.x-2.0-alpha3
File Entiy 7.x-2.0-alpha3
File entity Revisions 7.x-1.x-dev (and patches)
Rabbit Hole (files) 7.x-2.23 (and patch)
WYSIWYG 7.x-2.x-dev
Mediahttps://www.drupal.org/project/media
Provides a framework for handling files, images,videos, etc
Using 2.0-alpha over 1.x stable because of the fileentity module
Dev branch tends to break frequently
"...New is always better[, Ted]."
File Entityhttps://www.drupal.org/project/file_entity
Adds an entity for files. Allows you to field files likeyou would nodes, users, etc
Using 2.0-alpha; it is the most stable release
File Entity Revisionshttps://www.drupal.org/project/file_entity
Kind of a mess right now, however, it allows fileentities to have revisions
Using latest dev ( )and these patches:
Add a revisions tab to files:
Set the default revision status for file types:
makes the actual file revisonable
https://www.drupal.org/node/2097975
https://www.drupal.org/node/2259049
Rabbit Holehttps://www.drupal.org/project/rabbit_hole
Allows us to redirect anonymous users directly tothe file from the file entity
Doesn't tie us to a layout solution (panels could do this too)
Using latest stable and the following patch:Undefined index on file entity form:
https://www.drupal.org/node/2315761
WYSIWYGhttps://www.drupal.org/project/WYSIWYG
Adds a WYSIWYG
We are using the CK Editor text editor
Using latest dev of module since it supports recentversions of CK Editor
Not using CK Editor module because it breakswith Media 2
Custom ModulesFile Entity Link Display Mode
Media Browser Override
File Entity Link DisplayMode
https://github.com/matt-mendonca/file_entity_link_display_mode
Adds a display mode for file entities that links to thefile entity, not the file itself.
Media BrowserOverride
https://github.com/matt-mendonca/media_browser_override
Overrides (as cleanly as possible) some of Media 2'smedia browser WYSIWYG plugin functionality.
Default to WYSIWYG display format
Skip view mode form in the media browser
Alter media browser plugin js
How everything fitstogether
Media provides the ground workMedia browser WYSIWYG plugin (part of Media 2) allows us to
add and insert media from a wyswiwyg
File Entity and File Entity Revisions lets us interactwith files like nodes
Rabbit Hole allows us to have a link to the file thatwill always (within reason) be correct
Custom modules fill in the gaps
Questions?
Demo
