http://www.intoeetive.com/index.php/site/index/ The power of understanding ExpressionEngine en heartcry@gmail.com Copyright 2010 2010-04-23T19:37:34+00:00 http://www.intoeetive.com/index.php/site/link_to_previous_next_entry_using_custom_sorting_order/ http://www.intoeetive.com/index.php/site/link_to_previous_next_entry_using_custom_sorting_order/#When:19:37:34Z The weblog:entries tag enables you to link to next/previous entry based on entry creation date. But what if you want to use sorting order based on other parameter, and still have next/prev links? Here’s the add-on that will help you! Using Entry Linking plugin, you can sort your weblog entries based on any - standard or custom - field you want and make your next/prev links follow that order! Example usage: {exp:entry_linking entry_id="1" link="next" weblog="my_weblog" orderby="my_custom_field" sort="ASC" status="open" category="1|2" mode="short"}<a href="{path=site/{link_url_title}}">{link_title}</a>{/exp:entry_linking}  entry_id is the required parameter. Possible values for link are ‘next’ and ‘prev’. Defaults to ‘next’. You can use your custom field names for orderby parameter (defaults to entry_date). All returned variables will be prefixed with ‘link_’ You can use the plugin in any part of your template. The current version of plugin supports only ‘short’ mode (i.e. return only entry_id, title and url_title). I don’t think you need more for pagination But if you do - please let me know and I’ll include ‘full’ mode in future releases. Extending EE, Plugins 2010-04-23T19:37:34+00:00 http://www.intoeetive.com/index.php/site/make_links_non-direct/ http://www.intoeetive.com/index.php/site/make_links_non-direct/#When:19:20:53Z Do you want to make the links people post on your EE-powered forum boards non-direct (for SEO or some other reasons)? Here’s the module and extension that will help you by re-writing all external links. The add-on consists of 2 parts: 1. Redirect module. The only thing it does is redirect to the URL provided 2. Indirect Links extension. This will look up all external (i.e. leading out of your domain) links in forum posts and re-write them into links to your Redirect module. When the visitor clicks the link, it will still bring him to the desired location, but you will not be giving any direct links to third-party sites. Just install the module and extension - no further actions are needed. Please also note that the current version works only for forum posts and not for weblog entries. If you improve it to work with weblog entries as well, please let me know Extending EE, Modules, Extensions 2010-04-23T19:20:53+00:00 http://www.intoeetive.com/index.php/site/a_simple_trick_to_set_formatting_of_fields_easily_in_saef/ http://www.intoeetive.com/index.php/site/a_simple_trick_to_set_formatting_of_fields_easily_in_saef/#When:08:01:55Z Field formatting in Stand-alone entry form in ExpressionEngine has always been pain for me. Especially in Stand-alone edit form. I rarely use the default {custom_fields} tag as I prefer to stylize each field differently, so the only solution to give proper formattion to fields was adding <input type=“hidden” name=”{exp:form_helper:field_grabber field_name=‘train_date_start’ which=‘format’}” value=“none” /> However, I’ve discovered much simplier way! Include {custom_fields} <div style=“display: none”></div> {/custom_fields} anywhere in your template - and you’ll get field formatting for all fields authomatically added to your hidden fields list! Note the {custom_fields} tag pair should not be empty - place something inside. Tips & Tricks 2009-08-25T08:01:55+00:00 http://www.intoeetive.com/index.php/site/make_openx_properly_display_utf-8_characters/ http://www.intoeetive.com/index.php/site/make_openx_properly_display_utf-8_characters/#When:07:05:17Z Upon installing OpenX, I realized that it does not display properly some UTF-8 charactes, such as Russian ‘И’ and ‘ш’. The solution (got it here) is to place SET NAMES ‘utf8’ in two places. file: openx/lib/OA/DB.php search: $oDbh->setFetchMode(MDB2_FETCHMODE_ASSOC); add after: $oDbh->query(“SET NAMES utf8”); file: openx/lib/OA/Dal/Delivery/mysql.php search: if (@mysql_select_db($dbName, $dbLink)) { add before: @mysql_query(“SET NAMES utf8”); Tips & Tricks 2009-08-19T07:05:17+00:00 http://www.intoeetive.com/index.php/site/jquery_ajax_not_working_in_ie/ http://www.intoeetive.com/index.php/site/jquery_ajax_not_working_in_ie/#When:06:58:50Z Once upon a time I faced a strange problem: I was trying lo load the remote page via jQuery load() function. In Firefox, everything worked perfectly, but Internet Explorer returned just nothing. The request was sent, but the function (as well as other jQuery ajax functions - I tried) returned just parsererror. After spending several hours googling trying different thing, I found that solution was very simple, watch this: I had in my .htaccess AddDefaultCharset utf8 This is WRONG, should be AddDefaultCharset utf-8 IE could not recognize the charset ‘utf8’ and therefore returned parsererror (though there was no need to parse anything ) Tips & Tricks 2009-08-19T06:58:50+00:00 http://www.intoeetive.com/index.php/site/gallery_select_exrension_for_fieldframe/ http://www.intoeetive.com/index.php/site/gallery_select_exrension_for_fieldframe/#When:10:38:03Z As some of you might know, Brandon Kelly has written FieldFrame - ExpressionEngine extension and framework that enables easy adding of custom weblog fields. Following the steps, I’ve created a field type called Gallery - which allows the admin to select one or several gallery categories that will be linked to the entry. To install, copy the galleries folder and its content to the folde that has your FieldFrame custom fieldtype definitions (usually) extensions/fieldtypes and enable it in Admin ???  Utilities ???  Extensions Manager ???  Fieldtypes Manager. Of course, you’ll need to have FieldFrame installed. Now, you can see Gallery in the list of possible field types when creating new custom fields. Use as usually with FieldFrame field types: {custom_field_name} <a href=”http://www.intoeetive.com/index.php/galleries/{option}”>{option_name}</a> {/custom_field_name} Replace custom_field_name with your field name Extending EE, Extensions 2009-05-31T10:38:03+00:00 http://www.intoeetive.com/index.php/site/pupulating_relationship_field_in_stand-alone_edit_form/ http://www.intoeetive.com/index.php/site/pupulating_relationship_field_in_stand-alone_edit_form/#When:13:58:41Z I've extended capabilities of Solspace Form_Helper plugin. Now you can easily manipulate your custom relationship fields in ExpressionEngine stand-alone edit form. Please note that you need the Form Helper plugin, that you can obtain here. Currently only 'weblog' type of relationship is supported. Just add anywhere in the plugin body new function: // ---------------------------------------- // Custom Relationship // ---------------------------------------- function custom_relationship() { global $DB, $TMPL; $entry_id = ( $TMPL->fetch_param('entry_id') ) ? $TMPL->fetch_param('entry_id'): ''; $field_name = ( $TMPL->fetch_param('field_name') ) ? $TMPL->fetch_param('field_name'): ''; $getweblog = $DB->query("SELECT f.field_id, f.field_related_id AS id FROM exp_weblog_fields AS f, exp_weblogs AS w WHERE f.group_id=w.field_group AND f.field_name='".$field_name."'"); if ($getweblog->num_rows == 0) {return;} $values = $DB->query("SELECT DISTINCT entry_id AS eid, title AS et FROM exp_weblog_titles WHERE weblog_id='".$getweblog->row['id']."' AND status!='closed'"); if ($values->num_rows == 0) {return;} $selected = $DB->query("SELECT r.rel_child_id AS id FROM exp_relationships AS r WHERE r.rel_parent_id='".$entry_id."'"); if ($selected->num_rows == 0) {$selected->row['id']='';} // ---------------------------------------- // Parse tagdata // ---------------------------------------- $output = ''; foreach($values->result as $row) { $tagdata = $TMPL->tagdata; if ( $row['eid'] == $selected->row['id'] ) { $tagdata = $TMPL->swap_var_single('selected', 'selected', $tagdata); $tagdata = $TMPL->swap_var_single('checked', 'checked', $tagdata); } else { $tagdata = $TMPL->swap_var_single('selected', '', $tagdata); $tagdata = $TMPL->swap_var_single('checked', '', $tagdata); } $tagdata = $TMPL->swap_var_single('field_id', $getweblog->row['field_id'], $tagdata); $tagdata = $TMPL->swap_var_single('value', $row['eid'], $tagdata); $tagdata = $TMPL->swap_var_single('label', $row['et'], $tagdata); $output .= $tagdata; } // End parse tagdata return $output; } // End custom Relationship Usage instuctions: {exp:form_helper:custom_relationship entry_id="{entry_id}" field_name="summaries"}{/exp:form_helper:custom_relationship} Note that this tag requires an entry_id. Example 1 {exp:form_helper:custom_relationship entry_id="{entry_id}" field_name="summaries"} {label} {/exp:form_helper:custom_relationship} Example 2 {exp:form_helper:custom_relationship entry_id="{entry_id}" field_name="summaries"} {label} {/exp:form_helper:custom_relationship} Extending EE, Plugins 2009-03-31T13:58:41+00:00 http://www.intoeetive.com/index.php/site/buddies_plugin_-_easy_frienship_management_for_ee/ http://www.intoeetive.com/index.php/site/buddies_plugin_-_easy_frienship_management_for_ee/#When:14:29:38Z This plugin enables users to have buddies/friends/followers just like in many popular social networks and blogging systems. The users are able to add/remove others as their friends. The lists of friends added by user and also who added him can be displayed. Also, you can have “enemies” along with friends - for fun or for something useful. The plugin is using standard database table, so it’s 100% compatible with Buddies/Blocked list that can be found under Personal messages in user’s Control Panel. {exp:buddies:add subject_id=”%member_id_1%” object_id=”%member_id_2%” type=“buddy”} Add a member as friend of another member. subject_id - member_id of user who wants to add a friend object_id - member_id of the user to be added as friend type - can be omited. Defaults to ‘buddy’ but you can set it to ‘blocked’ to work with blocked members instead {exp:buddies:remove subject_id=”%member_id_1%” object_id=”%member_id_2%” type=“buddy”} Remove a member from friends of another member. subject_id - member_id of user who wants to remove a friend object_id - member_id of the user to be removed from friends type - can be omited. Defaults to ‘buddy’ but you can set it to ‘blocked’ to work with blocked members instead {exp:buddies:check subject_id=”%member_id_1%” object_id=”%member_id_2%” type=“buddy”} ...some html here… {/exp:buddies:check} Check whether a member is friend of another member. Does not return anything, but the code inside is displayed only if the object member IS NOT a friend of subject {exp:buddies:display subject_id=”%member_id_1%” type=“buddy”} 0 {username} {screen_name} {avatar_filename} ...any other field available in exp_members table {/exp:buddies:display} Display friends of a member. subject_id - member_id of user to display his friends type - can be omited. Defaults to ‘buddy’ but you can set it to ‘blocked’ to work with blocked members instead {exp:buddies:display_reverse subject_id=”%member_id_1%” type=“buddy”} 0 {username} {screen_name} {avatar_filename} ...any other field available in exp_members table {/exp:buddies:display} Display members, for whom choosen member is a friend. subject_id - member_id of user who is “friend of” users to display type - can be omited. Defaults to ‘buddy’ but you can set it to ‘blocked’ to work with blocked members instead Extending EE, Plugins 2009-03-11T14:29:38+00:00 http://www.intoeetive.com/index.php/site/title_generator/ http://www.intoeetive.com/index.php/site/title_generator/#When:12:02:35Z If you occasionally didn’t provide title for the entry you create, it can be automatically set to category name(s) of the entry. Can be especially useful in SAEF. Extending EE, Extensions 2009-03-02T12:02:35+00:00 http://www.intoeetive.com/index.php/site/entry_rating_multiple_ratings/ http://www.intoeetive.com/index.php/site/entry_rating_multiple_ratings/#When:21:06:35Z This is a modification of Entry rating module by Oliver Heine that allows to have multiple ratings per entry - for example, if you want to enable users to rate entry by several criterias. To use, add parameter rating=“1” to any of module’s tags (replace 1 with 2,3,etc. - you can have as many rating as you need. If you have just one rating parameter - call the module as usual. Extending EE, Modules 2009-02-25T21:06:35+00:00