I am using gmap and location modules to support my content type's location.
I have configured those modules (Map API key, etc...) so when I edit / add new node I get pretty google map to choose/set lattitude jus by mouse pointing.
I can put also address, etc..
But when I view my node map is not showing up. I can only see address fields.
Why it is so confusing?
I have check display fields settings in admin/content/types settings page and all fields are set to be visible.
What am I missing here? Why map is not simply visible as the same as in the node edit page?
The standard theming doesn't include an actual map, but it's pretty easy to do. All you need to use to create the map is the gmap_simple_map function. I've done this in the location.tpl.php in the past as I usually want to override that anything. So I add something like this in the bottom of it to include the map:
<?php
// "Geo" microformat, see http://microformats.org/wiki/geo
if ($latitude && $longitude) {
// Assume that 0, 0 is invalid.
if ($latitude != 0 || $longitude != 0) {
$marker = 'Whatever you want the marker to be.';
print gmap_simple_map($latitude, $longitude, '', $marker, 'default');
}
}
?>
Please see this link: GMap, Location Module and Views
Here are the steps you need to take:
Install view.module
Set view.module configuration
You can set the map as a page or block, and set the block show up in content area
Set the block will show up in which section.
Related
Theme
I have a content type with image and URL fields, I need to show image as banner on the path where URL field is matched with requested path using views.
I tried with
1-> adding "Alias" field as contextual filter in views.
2-> adding URL field
3-> I also tried with URL field with PHP Code in contextual filter:
if(drupal_is_front_page()) {
return '<front>';
}else{
return request_path();
}
3rd point works partially for only one path argument, like if current requested path is services/one and views contextual filter only takes first path component as you can see in attached image
However, I need to set contextual filter with whole path no matter how many components are requested.
How would I do that?
I have done this by embedding the views block in tlp and passing the URL field filter by code. See code below:
$path = request_path();
$query = 'SELECT field_url_url FROM {field_data_field_url}
WHERE bundle = :bundle AND entity_type = :entity_type AND field_url_url = :field_url_url';
$path = db_query($query, array(
':bundle'=>'page_banner',
':entity_type'=>'node',
':field_url_url'=> $path
))->fetchField();
if (!empty($path)):
print views_embed_view('page_banner','block', $path);
endif;
I hope this will help someone who needs to add contextual filter as request URL.
I am working on a module where i have a page that must have no regions or extra content. A kind of "please wait" page.
How do i diable all extra content (regions menus...etc) ? i think Panels has this ability but i can't find the snippet it uses.
On another hand is it possible for a module to specify a special custom page ? like the maintenance-page for example ?
The page.tpl.php method is not flexible. It is based on a presentation logic. You should use hook_page_alter() for a business logic solution. For example:
function yourmodulename_page_alter(&$page) {
if (current_path() == 'node/add/yourcontenttype') {
unset($page['sidebar_first']);
}
}
Also look at very powefull Context module.
You can create a an extra page.tpl.php specifically for the page where you want to hide the regions. The naming principle is similar to the one for nodes.
Let's say you have a page with the url example.com/content/contact. A template named page--content--contact.tpl.php would serve that page and any page that starts with that url, i.e. the page example.com/content/contact/staff would also use that template (I think).
Check the classes of the body element for clues to what you can name your template, most themes will print that. In my example above, the body element would include the class page-content-contact.
Only thing i can think of is writing checks in your page.tpl.php file to see if you on that "page" your talking about and not printing out the regions/menus, or use a different template. http://drupal.org/node/223440
If you want to do this before the blocks are rendered:
/**
* Implements hook_block_list_alter()
*
* Hides the right sidebar on some pages.
*/
function THEME_NAME_block_list_alter(&$blocks) {
// This condition could be more interesting.
if (current_path() !== 'node/add/yourcontenttype') {
return;
}
// Go through all blocks, and hide those in the 'sidebar_second' region.
foreach ($blocks as $i => $block) {
if ('sidebar_second' === $block->region) {
// Hide this block.
unset($blocks[$i]);
}
}
}
Note: Interestingly, this hook seems to work no matter if you have it in your theme or in a module.
(Please correct me if I'm wrong)
Using Drupal 6.x I have created two content types: Person and Event. Event has a custom field called Attendees (of type: Node Reference; unlimited number of values to person). When viewing a specific person how does one show all their events?
I have created a view (Personal Events) and added a block display. I enabled the block to show for content type Person. How should the view be defined? Or is there a better way?
Modules installed: CCK; Node Relationships; Views
I think one of these modules might be of help to you:
Reverse Node Reference
NodeReferrer
I have an answer to my own question. However, there maybe better answers... I can only hope.
Created content block (Personal Events)
Added this code to the body of the block. This code passes the node id argument to a view
<?php
if ( arg(0) == 'node' && is_numeric(arg(1)) && ! arg(2) ) {
$node = node_load(arg(1));
$args = array($node->nid );
$view = views_get_view('PersonalEvents');
print $view->preview('default', $args);
}
?>
Added this code to the Pages of the block [by selecting: Show if the following PHP code returns TRUE (PHP-mode, experts only)]... this drives the block to only appear person content.
<?php
//Read URL
$path=$_GET['q'];
//If URL is node page
if ( strpos($path,'node')===0){
//Parse URL to get nid
$links=explode("/",$_GET['q']);
$nid=$links[1];
//Load node
$node=node_load($nid);
//Display block only if node is of certain content type
if($node->type=='person'){
return TRUE;
}
}
return FALSE;
?>
Then created view with:
Style: Table
Relationship Content: Attendees (field_attendees); requires this relationship (checked); and Delta set to ALL.
Argument: Node: Nid; Relationship: Attendees; Hide view / Page not found (404) [selected]
Fields... simply selected Node Title and Date (for now)
Filter: Node Type = Event
Anyone have a better way?
I made a customized template called node-mynode.tpl.php
Whenever a node of type mynode is requested, then node-mynode.tpl.php
is automatically used.
However, now user wants to see a specific menu block in this case.
Question:
How can I assign a block to a specific content type?
Hint: I have started to look at URL aliases with Pathauto.
I suspect one solution may lie in this direction.
In Drupal 6, you can configure the visibility settings of blocks. Click on the 'configure' link next to your block in the administrator backend and follow these steps -
1) Select the 'Show if the following PHP code returns TRUE (PHP-mode, experts only)' option under the 'Page specific visibility settings' tab.
2) Enter the following PHP code which checks the node type of the current node and returns TRUE accordingly -
<?php
if( arg(0) != 'node' || !is_numeric(arg(1)) )
{ return FALSE;
}
//load a fully-populated Drupal node object
$temp_node = node_load(arg(1));
if( $temp_node->type == 'mynode' ) //check the node type
{ return TRUE; //display block
}
?>
This should work....
you can use the context module
Give all of your mynode type nodes an automatic alias that starts with /mynode and use the page specific visibility settings for the block, showing only on the pages that start with /mynode/*.
I have a Drupal 6.14 site with Views module. I have a view and on the primary links I put a link to the view.
There is a way to hide the link in the primary menu only if the view is empty?
You could probably do this either via a theme or module implementation of preprocess_page (THEMENAME_preprocess_page(&$vars) or MODULENAME_preprocess_page(&$vars)), but mac above is correct in that views are not known to be empty or not until they are run, so there will be a performance hit.
Within the function, you should have access to the structured primary links array, so you can run the view:
$view = views_get_view('view_name');
// Swap out 'default' for a different display as needed. Also, $args are arguments, and can be left out if not applicable.
$output = $view->preview('default', $args);
if (empty($view->result)) {
// The view has no results, alter the primary links here to remove the link in question.
}
I am ready to be contradicted any moment as I never implemented anything like that, however I am under the impression that since views are essentially queries against the DB, you can't actually know if a view is empty until you actually invoke it.
Consider that - given you are speaking about primary links (shown on nearly every page of your site) this might be a serious performance hit, depending on the complexity of the view and on its "cacheability".
You should also consider whether the content of that view can be changed by other users browsing the site at the same time that "our" user: should the view become populated after "our" user has loaded the page, "our" user won't ever know.
As on how to achieve what you want, please see the accepted answer.
HTH!
I override views_embed_view() to only provide output if there is content, and then call my override from the theme layer:
function mymodule_embed_view($name, $display_id = 'default') {
// handle any add'l args (this hook supports optional params)
$args = func_get_args();
array_shift($args);
if (count($args)) {
array_shift($args);
}
$view = views_get_view($name);
$output = $view->preview($display,$args);
if ($view->result) {
return $output;
}
}
Then in the template file:
<?php
$view = mymodule_embed_view('view_name');
if (strlen($view) > 0) {
print $view;
}
?>