page_list templates - add a list of options to control layout from the block entry screen?

Permalink January 09, 2012 at 11:15 AM

Hi There,

I have 3 sets of page_list templates:
- Slider templates
- Templates that display content in blocks
- Templates that display content in stacks

Each of these then have a number of sub-templates that allow content to be displayed in different heights and widths.

The issue is that I have a total of 60 templates - most of these are simple .class change-outs to control layout.

Is there a way I can insert a text field or drop-down list into the block entry screen that would insert the classes? That way I could just have 4 templates instead of 60!

I'm guessing I need to create a variable that gets inserted into the template then somehow initialize a drop-down list so it appears in the block drop-down?

Not super proficient with PHP or Javascript at this point but am learning and can normally figure stuff out by trial and error - and help from you guys of course.

Any help or pointers in the right direction would be much appreciated.

Cheers

Ben

12345j replied on Jan 9, 2012 at 8:19 pm Permalink Reply

you need to add a field to your block. call it class. in form.php (or edit+add.php) after copying to root/blocks/page_list

<label for="class"><?php echo t('Class');?></label>
<input type="text" name="class" value="<?php echo $class;?>"/>

then in db.xml after copying put in
<field name="class" type="C"/> just before the </table></schema>
then refresh the block type from add functionality, and in view.php where you want the class you entered: <?php echo $class;?>

cmscss replied on Jan 10, 2012 at 6:30 am Permalink Reply

Cheers mate, will have a look at this now.