Custom template vars for MODx Evo

Nice one, thanks a lot Sharkbait! When I get a minute I’ll see if I can get it working for other things apart from images.

It’s awesome (: great work.
too bad i’m currently mostly using revolution.
but perhaps i’ll try bruno’s WIP that’s in the same direction.

There’s a new kid on the block in this area; it uses a plugin and doesn’t require any hacking of the MODx core. http://www.kunane.com/modx/multi-image-tv.html#jfd9ffa3e2

Its origins are on a Russian site, http://community.modx-cms.ru/blog/addons/1146.html

Come on, you guys, don’t keep all this neat stuff for yourselves!

I’ve just started using/hacking it for a PDF downloads section with descriptions/titles.
See here, the site’s not quite live yet.
The 3 sections : Finances, Miscellaneous & Newsletters are child pages, each with a modified MutiPhoto TV to allow files as well as images.
They are then aggregated onto the Downloads page by a customised version of the snippet.
The MultiPhoto plugin/snippet gives a much better user experience than the multiple TV approach.

WARNING: This package is not working properly under IE9. It seems that there is a conflict between ManagerManager and MooTools that are used in the backend. The date picker fields (publish date, un-publish date) in the manager are not working at all! I’m still trying to find a solution.

hi,

i don’t think there is a conflict between Mootools and managermanager (i’ve written quite a complex custom tv with mootools in a MODx/yams site and it works like a charm) but when it comes to ie9 you’d better use moo 1.3 as it implements better detection and use of ie9 (and ff4...)

have swing

Unfortunately this does not help. I tried moo 1.3.2 with compatibility but now the things go worse. The ManagerManager is not loading at all while you are editing a document. With a newer version of MooTools I’m getting the following error in IE9:

hi,

i may have lead you to a wrong solution... i was speaking of the moo i thought you used in your own custom tv (i use moo a lot for nearly everything... beginning with sortable and draggable things in tvs and may other things in modules)

now, of course, do not change the moo MODx uses in its backend as nearly everything would need to be rewritten... the same if you’re using an existing custom tv that has js written upon a previous moo

it seems to be the case of MultiPhotos tv (i’ve downloaded it and had an eye at the source code, in their MultiPhoto moo class, they use MODx native functions which are written upon moo 1.2...)

too bad, actually, with MODx backend you’ll have to deal with some restrictions in ie9 due to a little old moo release in use...

actually, i don’t know if the team would be interested in this but i would gladly help upgrade all Evo backend js to moo 1.3+ it’s sure going to be necessary soon...

have swing

actually, i don’t know if the team would be interested in this but i would gladly help upgrade all Evo backend js to moo 1.3+ it’s sure going to be necessary soon...

nice! or jQuery?

yep, it seems that there is nothing wrong with the ManagerManager and mootools. The problem is with the browser in general. I’m using jquery in my custom TVs. But I was curious and I have installed a fresh 1.0.5 Evo without any customizations and here is the result. Is this for a new case?