Site Building

Media Asset Management Overview for Drupal 7

This page is archived

We're keeping this page up as a courtesy to folks who may need to refer to old instructions. We don't plan to update this page.

Sprout Video

Drupal is a Content Management System and most often when we think of content, we tend to think of the text-based content we type into into web forms and see as a blog, or an about us page. Digital media creators, however, also have to deal with sound clips, videos, and images. Those things need to be stored, retrieved and displayed just like text, and understanding the needs and processes around this will make working with them in our site a better experience.

In this lesson, we're going to look at the major needs for media asset management in Drupal with:

  • Uploading and storing files
  • Retrieving files
  • Displaying files

Note: This series is covering Media Module version 1.x. To learn about Media Module 2.x, check out our Using Drupal Chapter 4: Media Management series.

Additional resources

Using Drupal, 2nd Edition book