Why can't you (or better yet, how CAN you) add a custom permalink?

Sootah · 2006-05-05 11:03:50

I’ve got most issues in my other thread figured out, but I was wondering why you can’t add your own custom permalink structure? With WordPress they give you a blank textbox that you can throw /%date%/%category%/%posttitle% or whatever into to make the perma structure the way you want it.

I want to add this: /section/category/posttitle as a possibility. The URL works now, thanks to the plugin in the other thread, but now I need permas to do what I want em to.

Thanks a million. -Kevin

els · 2006-05-05 12:18:53

You can also have a look at gbp_faux_static. This plugin is a bit more complicated than sgb_url_handler, but it lets you set custom permlink formats.

Sootah · 2006-05-05 12:36:21

Ultimately I’d like to not have to rely on plugins or that to do this. Can’t I edit some of the source files?

I found that in /include/txp_prefs.php I could add <code>“section_category_title” => gTxt(“section_category_title”),</code> into the function permlinkmodes and it’d show up on the preferences page, although when selected it did nothing. It also didn’t display in the correct format. (all others are /section/id/title, my addition showed up as section_category_title)

The problem is that I don’t know where the rest of the code is hiding since TxP has sooooo many different files. That’s the one thing that is irritating with a new CMS or any other large project is hacking it a bit is overly difficult at first because you never know where the necc. code is to edit.

Sootah · 2006-05-05 13:34:34

Hmm.. Closer. I’ve got it trying to use it, but I need to know where the function is called from…

taghandlers.php has more stuff in it. I’ve changed the following:

switch($permlink_mode) { case ‘section_category_title’: if ($prefs[‘attach_titles_to_permalinks’]) { return hu.”$section/$category/$url_title”; }else{ return hu.”$section/$category/”; }

What other files need playing with?

The main reason I don’t want to just use a plugin is that I’d have to go edit every template ever to use the modified tags. If I get the urge in the future to change the layout of the site I don’t want to have to remember to go to every different page that I alter and put in the custom permalink tags. If I can make TxP just do it natively then life will be super easy.

els · 2006-05-05 13:38:33

I see you already found function permlinkurl in /publish/taghandlers.php. Mind that hacking the code means you’ll have to do that every time you upgrade.

Sootah · 2006-05-05 13:41:31

I know, but that’s not too big of a deal one I know where it’s all at. Besides, hopefully they’ll add native section/category/title support in the future.

Where does $thisarticle get declared? It’s what appears to be the root of the data so far.

Why isn’t $category passed along with the other stuff?

squaredeye · 2006-05-05 13:57:36

Sootah,
Its more likely section/section/ support will be added in the future, but hey, go for it.

:)

Matthew

Sootah · 2006-05-05 14:00:27

Ahhhhhh, SOOO close!

I’ve got the URL displaying correctly in the path for the link, BUT when you click it it goes nowhere. Why is that?

Here’s the code I’ve changed so far and in what files:

From taghandlers.php:

added another if statement, made it grab category1, and then added a switch to check for the “section_category_title” permlink_mode.

<code> if (empty($category1)) $category1 = $Category1;

switch($permlink_mode) { case ‘section_category_title’: if ($prefs[‘attach_titles_to_permalinks’]) { return hu.”$section/$category1/$url_title”; }else{ return hu.”$section/$category1/”; }</code>

From txp_prefs.php:
added the following line
<code>“section_category_title” => gTxt(“section_category_title”),</code>
into the permlinkmodes function.

There are only two issues. The permalink, as far as HTML is concerned works. If I put my mouse over the link it formats it just the way I want it to.

However, the two issues are
1: The link doesn’t actually WORK. It just ends up reloading the same page as it was on.
2: The “Permanent Link Mode” drop down box displays my addition with underscores, whereas the rest of the selections have /‘s. I’m not sure where to edit it to change that, and perhaps they are part of the same problem. (example: my addition displays as “section_category_title” and the next down displays properly as “section/id/title”)

els · 2006-05-05 15:00:55

I can only answer #2 for you. You’ll have to add section_category_title => /section/category/title to your language file and re-install it, or add it in the language table (txp_lang).

Sootah · 2006-05-05 15:02:31

Yeah, I found that one a little while ago. However, it still doesn’t display it properly for some reason.

Sootah · 2006-05-05 15:05:14

I’ve got it working now, but not entirely the way I want it.

The permalink works, but only if the url_handler plugin is activated. Why can’t I get it going without it?

Sootah · 2006-05-05 15:08:35

Oh, more editing was done:

publish.php – added to the switch($permalink_mode)

<code> case ‘section_category_title’: if (empty($u2)) { $out[‘s’] = (ckEx(‘section’,$u1)) ? $u1 : ‘’; $is_404 = empty($out[‘s’]); } else { $rs = lookupByTitleSection($u2,$u1); $out[‘id’] = $rs['ID']; $out['s'] =$rs[‘Section’]; $is_404 = (empty($out[‘s’]) or empty($out[‘id’])); } break;</code>

and in the lang/en-gb I added

<code> section_category_title => /section/category/title </code>

Now if only I could get this to work without a plugin I’d be super happy. Also the fact that even with the above line of code in the lang file it still doesn’t display properly kinda irks me.

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Why can't you (or better yet, how CAN you) add a custom permalink?

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