[MTOS-dev] attaching vs. embedding assets to entries patch

[Timothy Appnel]

On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 12:52 PM, Byrne Reese <byrne at sixapart.com> wrote:
>  But let summarize the problem statements as I see them:

I believe this is correct as you laid them out.

>  Now, let's summarize a solution, which your patch should already partially
>  or completely implement:
>
>  * we need a way for MT to differentiate between assets that have been
>  associated manually vs those associated via being inserted

This is th epurpose of the embedded boolean I added.

>  * we need a way for MT to auto-detect assets that may have been
>  inserted/removed into/from an entry and then to create/remove an association
>  between that asset and entry

MT already did this though it need to consider the embedded boolean
flag in its handling.

>  * we need a simple API to allow plugins, or other methods of
>  creating/removing an association between an entry and asset. A good example
>  is custom fields, or another attachment mechanism.

This essentially exists through the Perl API though a specific method
would be helpful -- if it doesn't already exist and I'm just missing
it.

>  * we need a simpler association method - the complex HTML wrapper is
>  confusing. Can it be reduced somehow? Perhaps to a simple: mt:asset_id=""
>  attribute?

This is less of an issue for me, but from what I can tell yes. What of
text formatting engines though? I just raise it for consideration.

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