Addional features for Content Links List

[phungnguyen]

First of all, thank you very much for sharing this mod with us. This makes all the lists more attractive and useful im Joomla.
I've used it to list some combination of categories. I also modified it a bit to accept authorID (created_by) as the 4th parameter. The problem with this is that I have over 1000 authors, and it's impossible to copy mod_content_links 1000 times to list all of the authors' articles.

I would like to see if
1. we can pass parameters from a content item, in this case, a single parameter value for the authorID (created_by).

2. Since the resulting list can be very long, is there a way to paginate the list so that it can show page navigation at the bottom of the list if the list is longer than say, 50 lines.

Your response is greatly appreciated.

Phung Nguyen

[david]

Hi there,

RE: 1. can we pass parameters from a content item, in this case, a single parameter value for the authorID (created_by).

In the module code, you may be able to get the current content item id with

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$id = mosGetParam($_REQUEST, 'id', 0); //or similar  

You could then look up the created_by for that item in the DB.

Then you could pass that created_by author id to the authorID param for the script. That should do it.

regarding pagination, it's a little complex for me to do that with a module, as opposed to a list of content items.
There may be a way, but no plans to add that feature as yet.

hope that helps,

regards,

DT

[phungnguyen]

Hi David;

Thanks for responding.

I am not sure if this makes sense to you. What I am looking for is to be able to call mod_content_links from an url similar to this:

http://damau.org/index.php?option=com_m ... _articles&authorid=89
where authorid is $id in your example.

Would the example you gave me earlier work in this scenario?

Thanks again

PN

[david]

You should be able to get the querystring from the URL using mosGetParam() in mod_contentlinks.php

something like:

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$authorID = mosGetParam($_REQUEST, 'authorid', 0); //or similar

and then pass the $authorID value to your custom function or script.

See here for more information on mosGetParam():

http://help.joomla.org/content/view/516/155/

[phungnguyen]

David;

I am able to pass parameters via URL now.

Thanks a million.

PN

[rexkramer]

...
2. Since the resulting list can be very long, is there a way to paginate the list so that it can show page navigation at the bottom of the list if the list is longer than say, 50 lines.
...

i recently used the wellknown MosCmenuTree. In the past i did not like the slow default tree display...
The current version has many different list options with serveral CSS files.
It has the option to show an initial amount of links, PLUS an option to EXPAND/COLLAPSE the whole list!
So, there has been some work your direction... maybe you should contact the developer for a possible solution...

Extensions Directory:
http://extensions.joomla.org/component/ ... Itemid,35/
Downloads:
http://joomlacode.org/gf/project/coaddons/frs/

CU

PS: Sorry David, that was my first post, and i have to re-direct a loyal user... but i did a really positive review at extensions.joomla.org for your module

[simondevries]

Hi phungnguyen and David,

I would be really interested in the version including "authors" as a parameter. Could this version be used to display a list of articles by a specific author? Or could it be used as a sidebar module displaying a list of other articles an author, whose article is currently displayed, has written?

Would it be possible to use your version of the module. That would be awesome. Thanks, Simon

http://www.pastorbuddy.de

[rexkramer]

Hi phungnguyen and David,

I would be really interested in the version including "authors" as a parameter. Could this version be used to display a list of articles by a specific author? Or could it be used as a sidebar module displaying a list of other articles an author, whose article is currently displayed, has written?

Would it be possible to use your version of the module. That would be awesome. Thanks, Simon

http://www.pastorbuddy.de

There are some other modules with an "author" option... As far as i remember it, they can be used as a "side-bar" module, which lists additional articles... maybe something for your special task:
- FilteredNews
- DisplayNews BK

CU

[pitpaulo]

hey thanks for telling us, i was not sure that we had this author option.... i would like to say this forum is really very informative. all the post have the solutions which anybody using your module will have at there primary stage.

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