Extending Articles

I'm currently building what could end up being a fairly complex repository of articles. One of the client's requirements is to have a number of filters on their content, the first one being a date range. I'm implementing this with a couple of TVs (datefrom & dateto) with an extension to the standard Articles getResources call using the "Other listing parameters" field.

All good.

The only issue I have is that to get it working I've had to modify the articlesrouter class to include my new date parameter.



This works perfectly, but I'm concerned that any future Articles upgrades will require me to go back in an reinstate the change.

Is there another way of handling this or should I stop whinging and get on with it?!

Cheers,

Chris [ed. note: [email protected] last edited this post 14 years, 1 month ago.]

I think it's likely that upgrades will overwrite that. You could just back up the file somewhere and copy it back when you upgrade, but then you'd lose any new changes to that file. Even if you could point Articles to your own file, things might still break if Articles is refactored. Be happy that it's a simple change.


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Yes, that's what I figured. Already renamed the router class file so all I'll need to do is re-apply the hack. Worth a try - so used to finding more than one way to do things in MODX.

Cheers Bob!