Forcing Alt-Text (description) on "files"
James Carter
When uploading an image into our instance of cascade that will be used for slideshows etc we are using new/file. Because you can't assign a Metadata Set to this, we are unable to force users to add alt-text for images or even make description field be inline. Is there something I am missing? Currently we are trying out pulling in the title as the alt-text however this is not ideal as the alt-text and title may vary.
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2 Posted by Lee Roberson (Northwestern U) on 29 Jun, 2012 01:09 AM
James,
Could you try setting up a new asset factory of type "file", and pointing it at a pre-created base asset file that you have which has the right metadata set?
It is true that the default file asset factory isn't configurable, but that's true of all of the default asset factories.
3 Posted by James Carter on 29 Jun, 2012 01:47 PM
Thanks Lee but that doesn't work, see attached screenshot
4 Posted by James Carter on 29 Jun, 2012 02:13 PM
Actually we got it going - thanks to @lvin in IT Web - Star!!
Support Staff 5 Posted by Ryan Griffith on 29 Jun, 2012 05:40 PM
Hi James,
Glad to see you got things working. Would you be able to share your solution in-case others have a similar question?
Thanks!
6 Posted by James Carter on 02 Jul, 2012 02:51 PM
Needed to create the base asset with a filename extension (.jpg) so that it would save, then move/rename and delete the extension. That make sense?
Support Staff 7 Posted by Ryan Griffith on 02 Jul, 2012 03:00 PM
Yup, I think that makes sense, thank you for providing your solution. I'm going to go ahead an close this discussion, feel free to respond or comment to re-open if you have any further questions.
Thanks.
Ryan Griffith closed this discussion on 02 Jul, 2012 03:00 PM.