See also our DAM Connector Pack with out-of-the-box DAM connectors for Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) and Bynder.
In Magnolia 6.2 documentation, the page called Assets app - 5 UI describes the app with artifactId magnolia‑dam‑app-compatibility
and configurable using the Configuration app (/modules/dam-app
). In documentation for older Magnolia branches, the page's name is Assets app:
- https://documentation.magnolia-cms.com/display/DOCS61/Assets+app
- https://documentation.magnolia-cms.com/display/DOCS57/Assets+app
By default, this app is hidden in the UI of Magnolia 6.2.
Configuration
Magnolia Assets subapp is based on the Magnolia 6 UI framework and is configured at /dam-app-jcr/decorations/dam-assets-app/apps/dam.subApps.yaml
.
Image manipulation actions such as resizing or cropping are provided by the UI Media Editor module. Configuration of these actions can be found at /modules/ui-mediaeditor/mediaEditors/image
, with some of its parts defined in YAML-based decorations under /ui-mediaeditor/decorations/ui-mediaeditor/mediaEditors
.
Turning the image thumbnails off in the asset browser
By default, image thumbnails are displayed next to the asset names in the asset browser. This behavior can be changed by setting the thumbnails
property to false
for the jcrName
column (line 15 in the configuration snippet below):
A universal icon is then displayed next to the asset names instead of thumbnails:
Workspace
The subapp operates on the JCR dam
workspace. The dam
workspace stores the uploaded original assets and variations created with image operations such as cropping.
Node types
The DAM module registers a custom mgnl:asset
node type. Magnolia Assets subapp operates on nodes of this type and on folders.
Using the app
See Digital asset management for how to use the subapp.
The DAM can handle a very large number of assets. However, if you have more than 20.000 assets, you should organize them into folders. Avoid storing too many assets in the same folder. Instead, create subfolders and organize your assets. Storing too many assets within the same folder may lead to performance issues. If you need a large and unstructured flat list of assets, disable the thumbnail and list views.