Change Tag Menu Item Results Format

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12 years 6 months ago #20256 by irebout

Change Tag Menu Item Results Format was created by irebout

I am new to FlexiContent and am using tags for articles. This has to do with articles that need to be accessible in multiple locations. I am then using the tag menu item to produce the results of the articles. When results come up I would like two things to happen.

1. I would like the "Items tagged with: ______" to be removed. Where would I go to remove that?

2. Is it possible to have the title of the article on top with a brief description or the first x words after the title vs. the way it is now with the title in one column and then the article lead in on the second column?

Thanks much for any help you can provide!!

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12 years 6 months ago #20284 by ggppdk

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About 1
Create a template override for file
components/com_flexicontent/views/tags/tmpl/default.php
by copying the file to:
templates/mytemplate/html/com_flexicontent/tags/default.php

Edit the new file and just after lines:

Code:

<tbody>	
<?php
foreach ($this->items as $item) :

add the following code to skip items that have this text '____' in their title:

Code:

if (preg_match('/_____/', $item->title)) continue;

About 2. replace code:

Code:

<td headers="fc_title">
		[url=<?php echo JRoute::_(FlexicontentHelperRoute::getItemRoute($item->slug, $item->categoryslug)); ?>]<?php echo $this->escape($item->title); ?>[/url]
</td>
	<td headers="fc_intro">
		<?php echo flexicontent_html::striptagsandcut( $item->introtext, 150 ); ?>
</td>

with (we just move the introtext and add a newline):

Code:

<td headers="fc_title">
	<b>[url=<?php echo JRoute::_(FlexicontentHelperRoute::getItemRoute($item->slug, $item->categoryslug)); ?>]<?php echo $this->escape($item->title); ?>[/url]</b>
	<br>
	<?php echo flexicontent_html::striptagsandcut( $item->introtext, 150 ); ?>
</td>

3. Remove the no longer used column, that used to contain description:
<th id="fc_desc">...</th>

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12 years 6 months ago #20290 by micker

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Great tutorial
Thanks

FLEXIcontent is Free but involves a very big effort on our part.
Like the our support? (for a bug-free FC, despite being huge extension) Like the features? Like the ongoing development and future commitment to FLEXIcontent?
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12 years 6 months ago #20320 by irebout

Replied by irebout on topic Change Tag Menu Item Results Format

On part two is that located in the same file as the first, or is that in a different file. Just want to make sure.

(By the way, thanks for the timely response!! Your product is amazing and if the support is like this I have some other programmers I'm going to be recommending this to ASAP)

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12 years 6 months ago #20323 by ggppdk

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Yes it inside same file, about FLEXIcontent

I liked the component a lot and joined the project this year, to contribute back.

During last summer i had more time. Now during winter the progress will slow down a little, so will my responses to the forum, although i hope that answers like this one, will be useful to more people that search the forum.

A lot of energy has gone to make a FLEXIcontent version for J1.6/1.7 (This is close to making a final release)

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12 years 6 months ago #20349 by irebout

Replied by irebout on topic Change Tag Menu Item Results Format

So I'm noticing something new about the menu link, when you click the link the table is now set up exactly the way I want it, THANK YOU FOR THAT!! But the results are not coming up with the latest item with that tag on the top. Is there anyway to fix this?

So for instance items that I am putting in today should show up at the top and items that I put in yesterday should be underneath.

Also how do I change the word count so that more of the article is displayed?

Thanks again for the help I hope this posting helps other people as well!!

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