New Module - MultiPart Page

[amac44]

This is cool.  What I'm really looking for is something like this that could have multiple types, as it seems here that any user defined fields are single line texts.  Would be nice if I could specify type (single line text, text box, image, radio, checkbox, dropdown ...) along with the field names.  Nice work though.

[Argos]

I agree, that would be a huge improvement (on this already very handy module)! Maybe Ruud will come up with something like that in the future  

[Availor]

I'll second that. In such a way it will be possible to create complicated sites like realestate sites where the custom fields are used to describe the item/product.

[Ruud]

This is cool.  What I'm really looking for is something like this that could have multiple types, as it seems here that any user defined fields are single line texts.  Would be nice if I could specify type (single line text, text box, image, radio, checkbox, dropdown ...) along with the field names.  Nice work though.

I doubt this will ever happen
Along all of these types, you will also need configurations for all of them (name / type / option-lists / sizes). It would need much more management tools and storing options to do this.

On the other hand, if someone sees a good and simple way to do something like that.. droplets maybe?

[Ruud]

Today I released a new version (0.1.5). [download]

Starting with this version it is possible to use some of the GLOBALS of website baker in the fielddata, wysiwyg and the template.
The way to do it is by adding the global name, enclosed in %. This way you can add the page title as %PAGE_TITLE% or the current logged-in user as %DISPLAY_NAME%.

A list of supported variables can be found on the help pages: http://multipage.allwww.nl/pages/help/websitebaker-globals.php

Ruud

[snark]

What happens / will be visible when using a session variable and someone that is not logged in looks at the page, is there a standard replacement? 

It would be nice if the personalized options would return a standard value like 'visitor' if watched by a not logged in person, as far as we know Ruud, it might be the case allready ...

[Ruud]

It would be nice if the personalized options would return a standard value like 'visitor' if watched by a not logged in person, as far as we know Ruud, it might be the case allready ...

If there is no login, it will be replaced by blank.
I cannot use "visitor", because a Swahili webmaster might not like that.

You can always use the "Droplet method" to do the same thing.

[[showuser]]

return isset($_SESSION('DISPLAY_NAME') ? $_SESSION('DISPLAY_NAME') : "Visitor";

[snark]

In some newsletter applications i have seen troughout the year i saw comparable functionality for personalisation, the good ones offered fields to fill in a standard for when f.e. No name was submitted.

Maybe you can add a settingspages for the variables where the  swahili man cal fill in "mgeni" , dutch man can fill in "bezoeker" and the english man can fill in "visitor".

I and a lot of others will be able to work with droplets but for a lot of clients droplets are scary as it looks like programming etc...

[Availor]

I tried tweaking the DB but didn't quite make it out: I wanted to create something like real estate website, where the pages are replaced with MultiPart page module. This it will use the custom fields as tags like number of rooms, bathrooms etc. The only part that is missing is a search option to be able to sort it later on.

[Argos]

I think Ruud has a custom module for this kind of catalogs. please ask him about it.

[Paul - Westhouse IT]

Ruud's website has been down for a few days now, and websitebakers doesn't have the latest version. Anyone mind sending it to me?

[Argos]

No problems on this side with the site. Please try: http://multipage.allwww.nl/pages/download.php

[Ruud]

The server has been offline for a few days.. It is back online again since this morning.

[Paul - Westhouse IT]

I'm glad it's back up and running.
Thanks.

[Olli]

hi ruud,

thank you very much for sharing this nice module.
this is so flexible when using it with global blocks and custom output.

but the frontend.js and/or forntend.css does not get included properly. is this a confirmed bug? i took a look at the code and maybe the logical operator is too strict for including these files?

hmm... can you confirm this?

thanks

[Ruud]

The frontend.css/js should not be included by the module at all.
Your template should have the definition where frontend.css and .js are included.
(see: http://www.websitebaker2.org/en/help/designer-guide/enhanced-template-elements.php#anker5)

Many modules still have some option for old (< WB2.7) templates, where very often the frontend.css is included twice, resulting in invalid html.
If it does not work becuse of the "global blocks" method used, you can always add the css in your standard template css file.

[Olli]

hey ruud,

oh yes i see there is no frontend.css at all.. it is loaded directly from the database...

is there an approach to make it XHTML compatible to load CSS definitions inside the <head>?

thanks

[Olli]

hey there,

i patched the multipart page using these two lines in the view.php for valid XHTML-output:

search for:

echo $css.str_replace($vars, $values, stripslashes($settings['template']));

replace it with:

opf_register_fronte nd_files($css, 'css');
echo str_replace($vars, $values, stripslashes($settings['template']));

aditionally you need to install the admin extension "output filter dashboard" to be able to move the CSS into the <head> ... </head> before the output starts...
see here for the documentation: http://nettest.thekk.de/docs/opf/files/EN/intro-txt.html

@ruud: maybe you can check for the function existance inside the view.php and include this to the next release so this feature becomes optional depending on the filter beeing installed or not?

thanks to all who helped