Good day everyone.
I am trying to store hyperlinks in such a way so that they can be displayed alongside files resources in say DAM.
Storing hyperlinks themselves is not difficult. Using Files table as reference one can come up with simple enough table that can keep track of URI, who created the link, user folder reference and all sorts of other goodness.
The difficult part (more involved) is when it comes to mechanics of displaying and storing references in content items as metadata.
I understand that DAM isn't just magically going to know that there is this new table that keeps track of hyperlinks. Same story with File Picker it is not going to display hyperlinks until it has been trained to do so.
This brought me to a realisation that in order to satisfy few simple use cases:
- storing/displaying hyperlinks alongside files in DAM/Journal/File picker
- having the ability attach hyperlink as external resources
would require quite a bit of coding and extension of existing DNN library classes.
That begs the question. Is there really nothing in DNN 7.3.3/7.4.2 that already facilitates what I am trying to achieve?
Just to save myself the hassle of chopping and changing modules, content items, classes, controllers, etc., etc. Can Files table be used to store hyperlinks? I mean on top of all user, folder, portal tracking bits and bobs all I am adding on top is FriendlyName and URI fields.