yab_article_crossref

trenc · 2017-02-12 14:18:15

With this small Textpattern CMS plugin you can assign an article in another articles custom field for a cross-reference. You can select the articles by n dropdown of article titles.

Download: yab_article_crossref_v0.1.txt

Easy cross-reference an article in custom fields.

Version: 0.1

Plugin requirements

yab_article_crossref’s minimum requirements:

Textpattern 4.x

Configuration

Open the plugin code. the first function contains the configuration values:

'custom_field_nr' => ', // custom_field number containing the cross reference article ID
'sections'        => ', // sections from which we build the dropdown, comma separated
'categories'      => ' // categories from which we build the dropdown, comma separated

Changelog

v0.1: 2017-02-12
- initial release

Licence

This plugin is released under the GNU General Public License Version 2 and above

Version 2: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
Version 3: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html

Author contact

Last edited by trenc (2017-02-12 14:48:54)

amordecosmos · 2017-09-03 10:37:13

Doers this work with 4.6.2?

I’ve installed and I get nothing.

trenc · 2017-09-04 08:16:50

Yes, it does work with 4.6.2.

amordecosmos · 2017-09-06 17:07:02

Hmm. I’ve put it in on a fresh install and get nothing. No indication that it is there. Is GLZ_Custom_FIelds an issue?

trenc · 2017-09-13 08:45:34

Hmm. I’ve put it in on a fresh install and get nothing. No indication that it is there. Is GLZ_Custom_FIelds an issue?

Hm could be, depending on the usage of glz_cf. Yab_article_crossref will modify the custom_field in the article write tab to an dropdown menu (HTML select element). This could interfere with the glz_cf for the same field.

jayrope · 2018-02-21 19:17:56

I am also using glz_cf in conjunction with yab_article_crossref.

Am i supposed to edit your plugin first to put in at least the ID of an empty custom field?

In fact i cannot find out even the ID other than using phpMyAdmin to look straight into the database itself.
Neither glz_cf nor the admin preferences tab show IDs of custom fields in 4.6.2

Last edited by jayrope (2018-02-21 19:18:16)

trenc · 2018-02-22 09:09:04

Hi Jayrope,

Am i supposed to edit your plugin first to put in at least the ID of an empty custom field?

Yes.

You have to put at least the number of the custom_field in the config array (field custom_field_nr) in the plugin code.

In fact i cannot find out even the ID other than using phpMyAdmin to look straight into the database itself.
Neither glz_cf nor the admin preferences tab show IDs of custom fields in 4.6.2

Go to »admin« -> »preferences« -> »cutom fields« in the textpattern backend. Here you find the custom fields and the number of the field.
Note: Do not forget to fill in the blanks here. The custom field can only be used if its properly named here, of course.

On my demoshop it looks the following (Textpattern 4.6.2 with hive neutral theme):

See here

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