How do I create a multi-language Joomla MVC component with built-in language function of joomla.
This translation must be inserted into database and then output to the frontend according to the language not the pre-defined .ini translation.
P/s: I could build a component in joomla already
You need to have a language column on your database tables and then you can do on the front in your model where you fetch the items
if (JLanguageMultilang::isEnabled())
{
$query->where('a.language in (' . $db->quote(JFactory::getLanguage()->getTag()) . ',' . $db->quote('*') . ')');
}
The forms need to have a language field as well
<field name="language" type="contentlanguage"
label="JFIELD_LANGUAGE_LABEL" description="JFIELD_LANGUAGE_DESC"
class="inputbox">
<option value="*">JALL</option>
</field>
The best is when you have a look how the com_content component did it.
Related
I am developing a module for Joomla 3.3.6. I want to use "editor" field type in "repeatable" field in the xml file. The code I am using is as follows:
<field
name="fpssibtos_img1subs"
type="Repeatable"
icon="list"
label="GLOBAL_SUBS"
description="GLOBAL_SUBS_DESC"
default="{'fpssibtos_img1sub':['test']}">
<fields name="params">
<fieldset hidden="true" name="fpssibtos_img1subs_modal" repeat="true">
<field
name="fpssibtos_img1sub"
default="test"
type="editor"
label="GLOBAL_SUB"
description="GLOBAL_SUB_DESC"
filter="safehtml"/>
</fieldset>
</fields>
</field>
The problem is the editor is not editable, I mean you cannot type anything in it.
I am using CKEditor, I changed it to TinyMCE and others ,but the problem persists. I know that repeatable form field is still buggy ,but I thought some of you guys might know the fix to this particular problem.
In case anyone else comes across this problem, the repeatable form fields only support simple field types. This is apparently due to Joomla not having a simple way for scripts to interact.
Comment on the issue from one of the devs here and here.
<field
name="published"
type="list"
label="JSTATUS"
description="JFIELD_PUBLISHED_DESC"
class="inputbox"
filter="intval"
size="1"
default="1"
>
<option value="1">
JPUBLISHED</option>
<option value="0">
JUNPUBLISHED</option>
<option value="-2">
JTRASHED</option>
</field>
I've created a Joomla dropdown in my form.xml file of a custom component to choose the published status of the item. I've taken this code unashamedly from the Joomla com_content component (and copied and pasted it into my own form.xml file. However when its rendered in the edit.php file (as shown below) you can see that the item is being set as unpublished. Despite the code above clearly setting the default as 1 which should correspond to published. Any good ideas as to why/how to fix this. I can easily change the drop down back from unpublished to published - and it works fine doing that. But its just annoying and a bug I'd like to fix. Any ideas?
Try to take a look if there is any override through your code, since this was taken by the com_content component, it won't set to default until all the mandatory fields are set, double check if any JS script or PHP function interrupts your field's normal behavior.
Another thought of mine is that maybe there is a problem with the translations, so take a close look to the translation files.
Are you using a table / model approach like com_content does? if so, when the record doesn't exist, its fields will be set to default (as read from database, so int fields will default to 0).
You can either
set the right defaults in the database,
check their values in the model,
change JPUBLISHED to 0 and JUNPUBLISHED to 517
although the latter looks really ugly.
My graphic design requires all fields in HTML forms to be lowercase. Example:
<tr><th><label for="id_pressure_Hg">pressure Hg</label></th><td><input
id="id_pressure_Hg" type="text" name="pressure_Hg" /></td></tr>
Django forms, however, per default make my labels with capital first letter. Since I have a lot of fields and many forms are created from a model (through a modelform), the "label" attribute is not a viable solution.
Is there a way to modify the function which translates field names into field labels?
you can try this.
example..
in your forms.py
value = forms.CharField(label=u'', widget=forms.TextInput())
in your HTML file.
<ul>
<li>value Value : {{form.value}}</li>
</ul>
you can modify the form.value in your CSS or JQuery. i has this attribute as an input in html.. id=id_value and name=value
I added some extra field to Joomla 2.5. Everything working great. For example, I added "country" to registration.xml (components/com_users/models/forms):
<field name="country" type="text"
description="COM_USERS_REGISTER_COUNTRY_DESC"
filter="string"
label="COM_USERS_REGISTRATION_COUNTRY"
required="true"
size="40"
/>
But how to add a dropdown list? I want to give my users ability to select country from the list.
And similar question: I also added birthday field. How to add jQuery datepicker here?
In my opinion you should not edit Joomla core files. This could break your installation in future updates.
Although I don't recommend it, take a look at Standard form field and parameter types # Joomla Docs. At that page, see list for your dropdown list and calendar for your date.
Another way of adding extra fields would be with a extension. Check out:
ExtendedReg (commercial)
Community Builder
Joomla 2.5 has a 'profile' plugin to handle extra registration fields. You can edit that or write your own plugin. This avoids editing core files. Example of a country list using a database call (your database must have the table of counties). My table has country codes in two and three letters and I want to save the 3 letter code (example CAD).
<field
name="country"
type="sql"
id="country"
description="PLG_USER_PROFILE_FIELD_COUNTRY_DESC"
filter="string"
label="PLG_USER_PROFILE_FIELD_COUNTRY_LABEL"
message="PLG_USER_PROFILE_FIELD_COUNTRY_MESSAGE"
query="SELECT country_3_code as value, country_name as country FROM #__mycomponent_country
ORDER by country"
/>
For birthday use:
<field
name="birthday"
type="calendar"
label="Birth Day"
description="My Desc."
/>
And for country use the SQL as mentioned by #Gord Fisch
Since 1.6, I believe, there's a generic way to use 'categories' in your own created components. The default Joomla components also use this. For example: the contacts, newsfeeds and weblinks components all use the generic com_categories functionality to achieve categorized content.
Currently I'm creating a component which also has categories so I'd like to use the generic Joomla category functions to achieve this.
The status: Currently I've got the following:
I've got a submenu 'categories' in my component which links to the generic categories component which some extra options. The options are there so the page will be redirected back to my component on save. This was pretty easy! But..
My problem: Now I'd like to add specific fields to my category, let's say: 'Category Moderator'.
So I've walked to the code of com_categories and in the following file 'administrator\components\com_categories\models\category.php' there is code (line 270) to look for specific component code, like the following:
// Looking first in the component models/forms folder
$path = JPath::clean(JPATH_ADMINISTRATOR."/components/$component/models/forms/$name.xml");
So the components looks (in my case) in the folder: administrator/components/mycomponent/models/forms/category.xml for specific component info.
Now, in the default category.xml of com_categories there's information about the edit screen, like the following:
<field
name="title"
type="text"
label="JGLOBAL_TITLE"
description="JFIELD_TITLE_DESC"
class="inputbox"
size="40"
required="true"/>
So the title of the category is apparantly required..
So I thought I add a line to this file:
<field
name="moderator"
type="text"
label="JGLOBAL_MODERATOR"
description="JFIELD_MODERATOR_DESC"
class="inputbox"
size="40"
required="true"/>
Except that's not enough to add the input..
So I've looked in the administrator/components/com_categories/views/category/edit.php template for hints, how to achieve this. But there's no code to add specific inputs for my component (or I'm wrong ;))..
Fields are added pretty specific like:
<li><?php echo $this->form->getLabel('title'); ?>
<?php echo $this->form->getInput('title'); ?></li>
I've also looked if I can overide the edit.php somehow, but unfortunately I haven't found it..
Short: Anyone knows how to add generic fields to the category edit page?
You can do it by using plugins ( you can take a look at the built-in user profile plugin for an example: /plugins/user/profile ). But if you want to add a "Category Moderator", I think you could achieve it using ACL.