Media Manager for MODX [BETA]

The Media Manager is a MODX Extra replacing the default Media Browser with an enterprise-grade media management solution, an initiative by SEDA and Sterc.

Features

• Fully responsive
• Built on jQuery and Bootstrap for easier future development
• Fully database driven
• Virtual categories, instead of folders to allow a file to be in multiple categories
• Tag support
• Version control for your media
• Image editing features, including resizing and cropping
• Ability to publish/unpublish media with reference-checking
• Support for TinyMCE, Redactor 3.0, TV's, ContentBlocks
• Meta data for images out of the box: id, version, filename, version, author, dimensions (original + cropped image size), category, tags)
• Unlimited additional meta data (like TV's for images!)
• MODX ACL for removing/archiving images
• Attaching licenses to images including expiration dates

Migrating from the default media browser

A migration tool is not yet available. You will not loose your old images, but they also will not show up in the new media browser.

Installation

1. Install the package through package management by uploading the latest version from the _packages folder.
2. You have to enable the Media Manager per MediaSource. Go to the top-menu "Media" -> "Media Sources" -> "Create property": Name=mediamanagerSource, Type=Textfield, Value=1
3. Now enable it per user by editing a user: "Manage" -> "Users" -> Edit a user -> "Settings" -> "Create new" and set the key and/or name to "media_sources_id" and set the value to the ID of the Media Source you just enabled.

That's it, have fun!

Redactor implementation

If you like to implement the mediamanager for Redactor 3.0, please take the following steps:

• Add the following path to the system setting redactor.js: /assets/components/mediamanager/js/inputs/redactor_mediamanager.js
• Go to the configuration set of redactor and add mediamanager under Miscellaneous --> Additional plugins
• Add mediamanager in the Toolbar Buttons list in the Toolbar tab

Media Source settings

The following settings can be defined on media source level.

Key	Description	Example value
mediamanagerSource	Determine if media source should use MediaManager.	1
mediamanagerMeta	Set default meta fields and determine if fields should be marked as required or not.	[{"key":"author", "label":"Author", "required": true}, {"key":"photographer", "label":"Photographer", "required": true}, {"key": "editor", "label":"Editor"}]
mediamanagerLicenseEnabled	Determine if license fields should be used.	1
mediamanagerLicenseSources	Set available license sources with optional expiry date.	[{"key": "local", "label": "Local"},{"key": "getty_images", "label": "Getty Images", "expireson": "24-03-2023"}]
mediamanagerLicenseTestFrequencies	Frequencies (in days) to send out a notification email before image sources and/or images are about to expire.	["14 days", "5 days", "1 days"]
mediamanagerLicenseTestRecipients	Recipient emails that should receive image source/image license expiry notifications.	john@example.com,johndoe@example.com

Cron jobs

Run Cron jobs by calling the cron script and by specifying the jobs you'd like to run (comma delimited).

php /assets/components/mediamanager/cronjob/cron.php --jobs=TestImageSourceValidity,TestImageValidity

Job	Description
TestImageValidity	Job which checks image expiry and sends notification emails if needed.
TestImageSourceValidity	Job which checks image source expiry and sends notification emails if needed.

BETA BETA

Please note that this manager is BETA. Please create your issues in Github or create Pull Requests. Any questions? Email us at modx@sterc.nl