Hi,
Nothing really fancy about this. Media section can be used to add any kind of media. You get three types out-of-the-box. Folder, to be used to structure the section. Image, to be used with any type of image and File, for any other file type.
Access to the media is done through dialogs (for example, using the rte, you'll get a popup from which you can select/pick a media) or through xslt and accompanying xslt extension functions (Can be found in umbraco.library class)
If still have more questions, shoot here.
Regards,
/Dirk
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