mck_snippet

MarcoK · 2012-01-09 15:18:59

This plugin allow user insert into in a page some snippets text.
The principal function is mck_snippet that call the $Snippet global array with all record take from the db.
Into a CONTENT tab there is a one for manage all Snippets. For each Snippets you can chose to parse with Textile or use only brake at newline or unthouch the text.

Usage

After installing and activating the plugin you can insert function into page or form
This plugin use txp_user_public cookie, create also on Admin login.

Function and Attributes

<txp:mck_snippet>

Print the Body value of Snippet

id: contain the unique id of Snippet
title: contain the title of Snippet

Download

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EDIT: v1.7.2 still available here (but broken in php 7).

EDIT II: v1.8.0 beta with preliminary fixes for txp 4.7+ and php 7 (admin side operation) here.

Release

mck_snippet 1.7.2

Last edited by MarcoK (2012-03-05 12:00:14)

uli · 2012-03-04 19:46:38

Hi Marco,
thanks for making this plugin public. I’d find it super useful for giving website owners a certain level of interaction with the inner workings of my code (e.g. sorting categories for a category_list) without exposing the rest of it to potential damage, or for editing short notifications for the front side without risking the proper display of the website or confusing them too much by making these notifications from whole articles. That’s pretty cool!

I found, however, that it’s impossible to switch from textiling the snippet to “leave untouched”. No matter whether I edit an existing snippet or if I create a new one, the menu shows only “Textile” when I re-open the snippet.

When I use a snippet tag inside a section_list tag, e.g. <txp:section_list sections='<txp:mck_snippet title="test"/>' /> I have to begin the content of the snippet with a comma, otherwise the first section won’t be displayed. The same is valid for the last section name: without a final comma the last section isn’t displayed. That’s probably too error prone for most of the users.

EDIT: just saw: a space at the beginning removes the need for a comma at the end. Space at the beginning? Reminds me of Textile. Are the two issues I described tied together?

Last edited by uli (2012-03-04 22:47:37)

MarcoK · 2012-03-05 11:55:07

uli wrote:

I found, however, that it’s impossible to switch from textiling the snippet to “leave untouched”. No matter whether I edit an existing snippet or if I create a new one, the menu shows only “Textile” when I re-open the snippet.

There are an isssue, now fixed, that when you reopen the snippet it will showed always textile. But however, the select showed also the other option. Now, if you select ‘leave untouched’, che option will be selected on reopening.

When I use a snippet tag inside a section_list tag, e.g. <txp:section_list sections='<txp:mck_snippet title="test"/>' /> I have to begin the content of the snippet with a comma, otherwise the first section won’t be displayed. The same is valid for the last section name: without a final comma the last section isn’t displayed. That’s probably too error prone for most of the users.
EDIT: just saw: a space at the beginning removes the need for a comma at the end. Space at the beginning? Reminds me of Textile. Are the two issues I described tied together?

Sorry Uli, i don’t understand what you mean. I have made some test and.. if i use <txp:section_list sections='<txp:mck_snippet title="test"/>' /> with test as sec1,sec2 or ,sec1,sec2, I obtain the same result such as using <txp:section_list sections='sec1,sec2' /> or <txp:section_list sections=',sec1,sec2,' />

Released mck_snippet 1.5

Last edited by MarcoK (2012-03-05 11:59:30)

uli · 2012-03-05 13:55:24

Hey Marco, problem solved. Completely! Thank you very much!

I think the two issues had really been tied together, cause I can replicate the previous behavior: whenever I switch from “leave untouched” to Textile with the new version I have to use the space or the commas in order to have the desired output.
Thanks again, as well for the quick update :)

MarcoK · 2012-10-13 09:11:14

Released new version: 1.6

Now is integrated into txp 4.5

Download link

Last edited by MarcoK (2012-10-13 09:11:56)

MarcoK · 2013-03-25 11:39:41

Released new versione: 1.7

Download link

Now there is 4 more tags:

mck_snippet_zone
You can set some ‘zone’ on your website, and create some snippet for that zone.

mck_snippet_ and mck_snippet_body if you would parse your snippet into a form.

mck_snippet_script show script for manage snippet.

For me the best update is the possibility of edit in place each snippet: <mck_snippet editable="1" id="1" /> with double click edit in place this snippet.

If you use mck_snippet_zone with mck_snippet_script (required mck_login) you get on front-end two button for add new snippet in that Zone or manage existing snippet.

For each Zone, in admin section, you can sort all snippet simply with drag and drop (thank ad jquery.sortable())

Pat64 · 2013-03-26 07:29:43

Hi Marco ;)

You’re looking for, now you’ve got it:

#@public
#@language fr-fr
mck_snippet_tab => Snippets
mck_snippet_markup => Contenu du Snippet
mck_snippet_add => Ajouter un nouveau Snippet
mck_snippet_code => Code du Snippet
mck_snippet_no => Aucun Snippet enregistré
mck_snippet_zone => Emplacement
mck_snippet_no_zone => Aucun emplacement choisi
mck_snippet_need => Un Snippet nécessite au moins un titre ou un n° d'ID
mck_snippet_add_content => Ajoutez du contenu

MarcoK · 2013-03-26 09:06:13

Thanks Patrick!!!

Updated at 1.7.1

maniqui · 2015-02-25 23:26:27

Hi MarcoK,
thanks for this plugin. Really helpful when it comes to manage some micro-content here and there without the need to create a hidden section and (ab)use an article.

I’ve noticed that Textpattern tags inside an snippet aren’t parsed in a 404 page (not sure why, any ideas?).
I’ve found a fixed by changing a line in mck_snippet code:

At the end of the public mck_snippet function, I’ve changed this:

return doTag(((@$thissnippet['snipEditable'])?'<div class="mck_snippet_editable" data-snipBody="'.$thissnippet['snipID'].'">'.$thissnippet['snipBody_html'].'</div>':$thissnippet['snipBody_html']), $wraptag, $class,'', $wrap_id);

to this:

return parse(doTag(((@$thissnippet['snipEditable'])?'<div class="mck_snippet_editable" data-snipBody="'.$thissnippet['snipID'].'">'.$thissnippet['snipBody_html'].'</div>':$thissnippet['snipBody_html']), $wraptag, $class,'', $wrap_id));

Basically, I’ve wrapped the full thing with the parse() function, and now, the tags inside an snippet are parsed on a 404 page, and other “normal” (200) page are still working as expected.
So, if you find nothing wrong with this fix, could you make it into the next release?

PS: and now, a quick feature request: could you run update_lastmod() (see here) whenever an snippet is updated? That will play nice with other plugins (ie. aks_cache) that rely on a change to the LastMod date do their magic.

Thanks.

jpdupont · 2017-02-07 09:06:36

Hello MarcoK !

On 4.6.2, the plugin don’t work, because mysql_ must be mysqli_.
My workaround : create the mck_snippet table in phpmyadmin.

This plugin must be in the core ! Thanks !

Have you some plan to release a txp 4.6.2 version ?

jakob · 2019-12-10 13:43:58

In the meantime, it seems that MarcoK has gone over to the dark side (😱) but I found an old copy of this on a subdomain of his.

I’ve had a go at fixing the broken installation routine, the tag registration and the panel errors in txp 4.7+ and if anyone’s interested, it can be found at github.com/jools-r/mck_snippet.

There’s still quite a bit I haven’t dealt with, including admin-side sorting and front-side editing which I never tried in the original (it may or may not work), and there are still some minor admin-side display glitches but the basic functionality is restored.

I’m not sure if I will pursue those any further so any contributions are welcome.

If you’re testing txp 4.8, installation is very easy. Place the whole mck_snippet folder in /textpattern/plugins (or wherever the plugins folder may be moved eventually), visit the Admin › Plugins panel and import the plugin.

Both MarcoK’s original plugin and my preliminary-fix-repo are linked in the original post.

colak · 2019-12-10 18:44:23

Admittedly, I always felt that we could acheive this kind of functionality using the output_form tag but since shortcodes became part of the core, it also added some steroids. Is this plugin actually needed in the current txp installs?

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#1 2012-01-09 15:18:59

mck_snippet

Usage

Function and Attributes

<txp:mck_snippet>

Download

Release

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