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2011-04-15 05:49:33
adi_matrix – Multi-article update tabs
Summary
adi_matrix provides a way of viewing and updating multiple articles from a single TXP admin tab.
Matrixes give you a summary view of multiple articles, where you can make changes to selected data fields & update them all in one go.
See the help supplied with the plugin, or have a look online. Download the latest version from here.
adi_matrix admin tab
This is where you set up the article matrixes. There are three aspects to this:
- Matrix appearance
- give the matrix a name (used to list it under the Contents tab)
- specify the order in which articles should be listed
- specify whether a single user or all users are to get access to the matrix
- specify whether access to the matrix is based on privileges or not
- matrix tab style
- Article selection criteria
- by default all articles will be listed in the matrix, but you can narrow it down according to:
- section
- category
- article status
- author
- keywords
- posted & expires timestamps
- by default all articles will be listed in the matrix, but you can narrow it down according to:
- Article data display
- where you define what data the user can see and change:
- article status
- custom fields
- article image
- keywords
- categories
- posted & expires timestamps
- where you define what data the user can see and change:
Article matrix tabs
The matrix tabs under Contents show a number of articles, with their “data”. If you are the article author or have sufficient overriding privileges then you can make changes to the data & update all articles with a single click.
Note that only articles where you have actually changed anything will be updated in the database – along with their Last Modified Date and Author.
adi_matrix respects all the standard restrictions on who can make changes to articles – based on authorship & privilege level.
Practical examples
On a real estate website, where each block of land is an article with custom fields detailing size, price & availability. When things change – land is sold, prices changed – updates are easy. Everything is in the one place:
An interesting side effect is that if you define a matrix without any data fields, you end up with a simple tab listing links to a number of articles. For example, all the Sticky articles:
Textpack
There is a mechanism to install a Textpack in the adi_matrix options page under the Plugins tab.
Currently the Textpack contains:
- French (thanks Pat64 & CeBe)
- Swedish (thanks Mats)
- Russian (thanks the_ghost)
- Spanish (thanks Jorge)
- Italian (thanks Zanza)
- German (thanks jayrope)
Corrections or additional language translations are most welcome and can be submitted here.
Requirements
Textpattern 4.3.0 or later, & MySQL 4.1+
Bug & Limitations
- adi_matrix updates articles, so if you are cautious – take a backup of your database before playing.
- the Suhosin PHP extension can prevent adi_matrix from updating articles
- input field tooltips won’t work with glz_custom_fields
- the descendent categories option is disabled when category wildcards are used
Version history
- 1.2
- TXP 4.5-ified
- French colon-isation
- lifecycle “upgrade” pseudo-event
- 1.1
- code tidy up (thanks gocom)
- enhancement: matrix tab optional footer
- enhancement: matrix tab column sorting
- enhancement: “Any parent” & “Any child” category wildcards
- enhancement: posted timestamp (& reset)
- enhancement: expires timestamp
- enhancement: multi-section select (for maniqui & mrdale)
- enhancement: input field tooltips (for masa)
- for mrdale:
- <body class=“adi_matrix”> on all matrix tabs
- another attempt at horizontal scrolling, this time with a fixed article title column
- more sorting options
- TinyMCE support for glz_custom_field textareas
- option to include descendent categories
- fixed: checkboxes again! (thanks redbot)
- changed: “Nothing to do” message changed to “No articles modified”
- changed: admin tab name/title to “Article Matrix”/“Article Matrix Admin”
- 1.0.1 (not officially released)
- fixed: completely unticked checkboxes not updated (thanks redbot)
- fixed: detect glz_custom_fields in plugin cache (thanks gocom)
- 1.0
- enhancement: glz_custom_fields compatibility
- enhancement: force numeric sort (for jpdupont)
- enhancement: sort by Expires timestamp
- enhancement: article catagories (for maniqui)
- enhancement: option to switch on horizontal scroll (for mrdale)
- fixed: MySQL 4.1 compatibility (thanks colak)
- fixed: error if custom field contains single quote (thanks maniqui)
- fixed: superfluous “Logged in user” wildcard option in matrix appearance
- now uses lifecycle events
- 0.3
- enhancement: “One category”, “Two categories” wildcards
- enhancement: timestamp (for CeBe)
- enhancement: expiry (for CeBe)
- enhancement: future/expired articles highlighted & preference (for CeBe)
- enhancement: article title tooltip, & preference
- admin: install/uninstall/textpack moved to plugin options
- 0.2
- fixed: missing child categories (thanks Zanza)
- enhancement: “No category”, “Any category” wildcards
- enhancement: “Logged in user” wildcard
- enhancement: article image field (for Zanza)
- enhancement: article limit preference (for milosevic)
- 0.1
- initial release
Feedback
Comments are most welcome.
Acknowledgements
Thanks go to mrdale who was very kind in sending me some beer vouchers for version 1.1.
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Last edited by gomedia (2012-10-18 03:33:18)
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2011-04-15 06:35:54
Re: adi_matrix – Multi-article update tabs
Hi Adi.
Here is a better french textpack translation:
# Textpack for adi_plugins (www.greatoceanmedia.com.au/txp) # - English language strings bundled with plugin, all others in this textpack # - please submit corrections/additions at www.greatoceanmedia.com.au/textpack, thanks #@public #@language fr-fr adi_article_data => Données de l'article adi_article_selection => Choix de l'article adi_article_update_fail => La mise à jour de l'article a échoué adi_articles_saved => Article sauvegardé adi_display_article_id => Afficher l'article ID# adi_install_fail => Impossible d'installer adi_installed => Installé adi_matrix => Matrice adi_matrix_name => Nom de la matrice adi_matrix_delete_fail => La suppression de la matrice a échoué adi_matrix_deleted => Matrice supprimée adi_matrix_update_fail => La mise à jour des paramètres de la matrice a échoué adi_matrix_updated => Les paramètres de la matrice ont été mis à jour adi_not_installed => Non installé adi_nothing_to_do => Rien à faire adi_pref_update_fail => La mise à jour des préférences a échoué adi_textpack_fail => L'installation du fichier Textpack a échoué adi_textpack_online => Textpack est également disponible en ligne adi_uninstall => Désinstaller adi_uninstall_fail => Impossible de désinstaller adi_uninstalled => Désinstallé adi_update_matrix => Mettre à jour les paramètres de la matrice adi_update_prefs => Mettre à jour les préférences adi_user => Utilisateur
This one is newer than my feedback message send from your site. Please consider that as a final translation. Tks.
Regards,
Patrick.
Txp Tricks & Tips by french users : http://txp-fr.net | G+
@Devs : Can’t find the punched tape version of TXP and I need it!
Happy user of TXP 1.0RC1
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2011-04-15 07:19:06
Re: adi_matrix – Multi-article update tabs
gomedia wrote:
Thanks Patrick, much obliged. (…)
My pleasure. Thanks Wet for this very great textpack feature.
Patrick.
Txp Tricks & Tips by french users : http://txp-fr.net | G+
@Devs : Can’t find the punched tape version of TXP and I need it!
Happy user of TXP 1.0RC1
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2011-04-15 08:24:36
Re: adi_matrix – Multi-article update tabs
Sent russian textpack. Useful plugin!
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2011-04-15 08:58:25
2011-04-15 10:05:58
Re: adi_matrix – Multi-article update tabs
the_ghost wrote:
Sent russian textpack. Useful plugin!
Thanks, hope so.
pieman: wrote:
Liking the sound of this a lot.
Works for me!
redbot wrote:
This looks very usefuful. Thanks Adi!
My pleasure.
And thanks to Mats for a Swedish translation.
… click the “Install Textpack” link in adi_matrix admin to download the new lingo.
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2011-04-15 13:02:39
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Re: adi_matrix – Multi-article update tabs
Adi, you made me laugh just out of joy! I’ve dreamt of such a thing for ages. Thanks just for this laugh! :)
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2011-04-15 13:36:49
Re: adi_matrix – Multi-article update tabs
What an amazing idea. I have a site that has 450+ articles — each with a variety of custom fields. They don’t need updated all that often (once a year), but man will this ever same some time when they do. Thanks Adi.
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