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MrKDilkington replied on Sep 1, 2015 at 4:26 am Permalink Reply

Hi antonovsky,

Do you mean the Share this Page block or Social Links block?

https://www.concrete5.org/documentation/using-concrete5-7/in-page-ed...
https://www.concrete5.org/documentation/using-concrete5-7/in-page-ed...

antonovsky replied on Sep 2, 2015 at 2:11 am Permalink Reply

No. Sorry, i was wrong. I am mean 'Feature block' based on fontAwesome.

antonovsky replied on Sep 2, 2015 at 2:31 am Permalink Reply

I want to include my own icons in 'feature block'.
First I have to create a font with my icons.
What to do next?
Make my own block type from copy of 'feature block'?
Or is it possible to extend existing feature block type?

MrKDilkington replied on Sep 2, 2015 at 3:19 am Permalink Reply

I think you will probably want to make a copy of the Feature block.

The way the Feature block works is that it parses a Less file in getIconClasses(). The Less file it parses is called variables.less.

getIconClasses()
https://github.com/concrete5/concrete5/blob/develop/web/concrete/blo...

variables.less
https://github.com/concrete5/concrete5/blob/develop/web/concrete/css...

How will you be creating the icon font and will it have a variable file like Font Awesome?

How many icons will your font use?

antonovsky replied on Sep 2, 2015 at 3:50 am Permalink Reply

I don't know how to create icon font, but i think it is possible. It will have a variable file like font awesome.
I need 15-30 icons

MrKDilkington replied on Sep 2, 2015 at 6:59 am Permalink Reply

If you use a font generator that creates a variables file like Font Awesome, you could try copying the way the Feature block works.

Another option for 15-30 icons, is creating an array of class names in your controller instead.

antonovsky replied on Sep 2, 2015 at 8:42 am Permalink Reply

Is it possible to extend core feature block controller?

MrKDilkington replied on Sep 2, 2015 at 9:43 pm Permalink Best Answer Reply

I am not positive this is correct, but you could try this:

custom_feature_controller.php

// namespace if in a package
// namespace Concrete\Package\CustomFeature\Block\CustomFeature;
// namespace if in application
// namespace Application\Block\CustomFeature;
class CustomFeatureController extends \Concrete\Block\Feature\Controller
{
    // class code
}

antonovsky replied on Sep 3, 2015 at 7:10 am Permalink Reply

Thank you very much!