Whats your workflow with handling downloads inside Textfields (TinyMCE)?

[Stefanowitsch]

I am wondering what would be the best workflow to handle (for example) file downloads inside textfields which make use of the TinyMCE.

Imagine having a text and somewhere inside the text you want to offer a download link for a PDF document. Nothing special so far.

This is no problem as far as the PDF file you want to download is uploaded somewhere in the system in the first place. That means the page you are editing which contains the text field usually does not have a file field for uploading content. This is often the case when working with repeater matrix fields. You just get the blank text field in that case.

So in order to make the file download working it seems you always have to make a "global file download list" field on a separate page (maybe a "settings" or "downloads" page) and first upload the file there. Then you can chose that file from the textfield. 
Having in mind that technically not so experienced users who edit the website might use this workflow seems not ideal.

If you want to link to a file you should be able to upload the file directly in the popup window instead of selecting "chose file from page".

[AndZyk]

5 hours ago, Stefanowitsch said:

So in order to make the file download working it seems you always have to make a "global file download list" field on a separate page (maybe a "settings" or "downloads" page) and first upload the file there. Then you can chose that file from the textfield. 

That is what I am doing. I usually add a file field "downloadsForTextareas", which is collapsed if empty by default, to the bottom of the template.

5 hours ago, Stefanowitsch said:

If you want to link to a file you should be able to upload the file directly in the popup window instead of selecting "chose file from page".

That would be nice but works only for images as far as I know, and I have not really used this option yet. I would be nice, if one could set a preferred file field for downloads in the field settings. ?