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Each template is used in different scenarios. It should be very apparent which ones for most of them (e.g. Rich Text Editor Media is of course used when inserting media in the Rich Text Editor). The only one that requires a little explaining is the URL one. This one is used when getting the URLs of assets using the API by the methods on the AssetMetadata object.

Understanding the templates

The templates uses the concept of Stampvalues. These are placeholders that are replaced on runtime with the corresponding values. 

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The idea is pretty simple. Each Stampvalue is replaced with corresponding values by a pipeline called GetAssetFieldValue which is defined in the DFS.Settings.config file. It is spawned based on the three custom field types that comes with the DAM For Sitecore module:

  • Asset
  • AssetList
  • AssetLink

Custom HTML Templates

The HTML templates are fully customizeable and may be changed according to client needs. A simple example could be changing the alt text to a different metafield. Furthermore, should there be a need for a more advanced use case, which is not covered by the standard Stampvalues, then the pipeline GetAssetFieldValue can be extended to understand custom Stampvalues.

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