fly_cat_restriction Plugin: Restrict Article-Categories in Write Tab

superfly · 2015-02-05 17:25:52

Always had the Problem that my editorial staff posted articles in the “wrong” categories. So I made myself a plugin which I wanted to share with the Community. Download from my website or my github page. Maybe someone might find it useful.

Changelog

Please uninstall Version 1.0 before installing Version 1.1 – The Plugin and Database Name changed!

Version 1.1 (6. Feb. 2015)

Changed plugin name from fw_cat_restrictions to fly_cat_restrictions to follow TXP plugin guidelines
Bugfix for Dropdown if section and category names were equal
Added Feature Request to show/hide restricted Categories on Write Tab. Set via checkbox on Plugin Setting page
Added CSS-Classes .restricted and .restrictedHidden for Option Tag in Dropdown on Write Tab

{ Moderator’s annotation: Edited topic’s title to reflect the new plugin prefix. – Uli }

Last edited by uli (2015-02-06 15:57:20)

candyman · 2015-02-05 17:37:13

Thanks for sharing :)

bici · 2015-02-05 20:17:21

thanks. very useful!

ps you have a typo: “So often articles where published in the wrong places,”

uli · 2015-02-05 20:37:59

Good to have that plugin, thanks! (Cool mini demo, BTW, the GIF.)

superfly, I installed fw_cat_restriction in my sandbox where much has happened over the years. One thing I have there is categories with names identical to section names. The plugin disables their entries in the sections dropdown (namely on the first selection of a section menu item that shall have some categories disabled). My layperson solution was replacing all 5 instances of option[ with select[id^='category-'] option[. But there might be smarter ways to achieve the same.

And, should you be willing to publish an amended version, please change your fw-prefix to a three letter one, there are many options left, the letter f is rarely used as a dev prefix.

Thanks again!

candyman · 2015-02-05 20:54:15

It would be nice to show only the allowed categories according to the choosen section.

Bloke · 2015-02-05 21:10:00

Hey, nice. I wrote a tiny plugin similar to this, but mine is horrible (you have to hard-code the map for a start). So to have one with an interface to configure stuff is great, thanks for writing it.

candyman: can you hook a CSS rule in your admin-side theme that targets disabled options and sets them to display:none? Not sure if that works or if CSS is rich enough to be able to do this. If not, maybe superfly would be kind enough to add a class to disabled elements that theme authors can hook into. Perhaps even a configuration option to set style rules for such a class which could be included just on the Write panel (admin_side:head_end callback, testing for the appropriate $event)? There’d be no need for the hard-coded red background then, as the display mechanism would be user configurable.

uli wrote #288050:

please change your fw-prefix to a three letter one

fly is available :-)

colak · 2015-02-06 09:15:03

This is very cool. Is there a way to hide instead of disabling the categories?

superfly · 2015-02-06 15:16:28

I’m happy you liked my plugin!!! Sorry that I overlooked the Plugin Naming-Guidelines. Guess I will go with the fly prefix as Bloke suggested, seems to fit nicely for me ;-)

I released a new Version 1.1, please see the first post in the thread.

Thanks everbody for the feedback and the bug hints. If you still find bugs or have any feature requests please let me know.

uli · 2015-02-06 15:54:32

superfly wrote #288047:

Bugfix for Dropdown if section and category names were equal

Added Feature Request to show/hide restricted Categories on Write Tab. Set via checkbox on Plugin Setting page

Added CSS-Classes .restricted and .restrictedHidden for Option Tag in Dropdown on Write Tab

Ah, great, thanks :)
I just added your prefix to the list.

Would any admin please set superfly’s user level to Plugin Author?

colak · 2015-02-06 17:55:27

uli wrote #288074:

Would any admin please set superfly’s user level to Plugin Author?

Done:)

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