Admin > Modify Page > Section Block Labels

[redfus]

Hi Everyone,

The majority of templates on my site use multiple content blocks. When editing pages in the admin area this becomes quite confusing for the author as there is no way for them to identify which block corresponds to which area on the page.

Is it possible to display above each WYS editor the name of the block it corresponds to (when in admin area), possibly by loading the block title from the info.php file?

Many thanks,
Redfus

[doc]

Hello,

with some knowledge of PHP, this can be achieved by modifying WB core files. There is no option you can turn on from the WB backend.

Christian

[redfus]

Hi Chris,

I thought as much - that sounds fine, always happy to get stuck into the PHP. Does anyone have any pointers on where to start, save me hunting through all of the core files?

Cheers,
Redfus

[doc]

Hello,

have done something for a customer some time ago. The file to look at is located in /admin/pages/modify.php. You need to add an additional database query to get the template directory assigned to the current displayed page, include the info.php file of the template and output the results.

Also have a look to /admin/pages/sections.php which shows an implementation.

If I find the modified file, I will attach it here for download.

Regards Christian

[redfus]

Hi Christian,

I would very much appreciate that if you can find the file. In the meantime I shall do my best and post any code that works.

Cheers,
Sam

[redfus]

Starting to struggle with this one, I've only being using website baker for a little while and need to get my head around how the core works!

For anyone else following this thread, the particular area of code is here:

Code:

// Get sections for this page
$module_permissions = $_SESSION['MODULE_PERMISSIONS'];
$query_sections = $database->query("SELECT section_id,module FROM ".TABLE_PREFIX."sections WHERE page_id = '$page_id' ORDER BY position ASC");
if($query_sections->numRows() > 0) {
    while($section = $query_sections->fetchRow()) {
        $section_id = $section['section_id'];
        $module = $section['module'];
        //Have permission?
        if(!is_numeric(array_search($module, $module_permissions))) {
            // Include the modules editing script if it exists
            if(file_exists(WB_PATH.'/modules/'.$module.'/modify.php')) {
                echo '<a name="'.$section_id.'"></a>';
                require(WB_PATH.'/modules/'.$module.'/modify.php');
            }
        }
    }
}

[doc]

Hello,

luckily it was easy to find.

Download the attached file, rename it modify.php and upload it via FTP to /admin/pages/modify.php. Please create a backup of the original modify.php file (e.g. rename it it modify.php.org). Then clear browser cache and give it a try.

Feedback welcome, maybe we can add this to a possible next minor release.

Regards Christian

[Edit:] Added changes to SVN Changeset 846.

[redfus]

Hi Christian,

This is exactly what I was trying to achieve - thank you very much for digging that file out for me! Very much appreciated.

I agree, it would be useful (even with only one block) for clarification purposes.

Thanks once again,
Redfus