tvEditor beta 0.8.5

Even If you don’t have tvs attached to your document(templates) tvExplorer can be handy.

for instance you’d like to create a search form for your press release with some advanced features such as keywords and date ( published beetwen two dates).

I will post a sample code to show how to build this kind of form.

:-)

&formTPL=`pressform`

<form action="[~[*id*]~]" name="tvExplorer" id="tvExplorer" method="get">
<!-- If FURLS ARE OFF
<input type="hidden" value="[*id*]" name="id" />
-->
<fieldset>
[+tve.keywordsSearch:label->Keywords:searchStyle->partial:size->25+]
</fieldset>
<fieldset>
[+tve.dateElt:name->debutdatePub:source->createdon:label->Created between:type->text:filter->3:size->10:maxlength->10+]
[+tve.dateElt:name->findatePub:label->and :source->createdon:type->text:filter->4:size->10:maxlength->10:dateType->max+]
</fieldset>
<fieldset class="sendForm">
<input id="tve_search" name="search" value="Search" type="submit">
</fieldset>
</form>

And the snippet call

[[tvExplorer?
&formTPL=`pressform`
&dittoName=`ditto202`
&dittoSnippetParameters=`depth:5|tpl:tplPress|parents:11552|display:25|paginate:1`
]]
[+tve.searchForm+] [+tve.dittoList+]

The form output



Some explanations:

[+tve.keywordsSearch:label->Keywords:searchStyle->partial:size->25+]

[+tve.keywordsSearch+] is a special tag. It creates an input field.
If this field is filled tvexplorer will execute a modified version of AjaxSearch

The params of keywordsSearch
- label->Keywords (label for the input field)
- searchStyle->partial (determine SQL statement)
- size->25 (field size)


[+tve.dateElt:name->findatePub:label->and :source->createdon:type->text:filter->4:size->10:maxlength->10:dateType->max+]

[+tve.dateElt+] create a text to type date.

Params are
name -> name of the field (mandatory)
source-> which field or tv to search
filter-> ditto filter to apply
dateType-> date method to calculate time stamp
dateFormat -> the date format (dmy or ymd or mdy)
dmy=> 12/07/2007
mdy=>07/12/2007
ymd=>2007/07/12
dateSplitter -> / for instance if expected format is 12/07/2007



:-)

Wow! This looks great! And like: how could MODx ever exist without it?

And if you could manage to even build raum’s suggestions Quote from: raum at Jul 12, 2007, 11:43 AM

this would be great!!!!!!!! I would love to add a preview of some text-tv´s to the document-overview ... and thumbs of the selected images ;-)

into a future stable, this is exactly what will make MODx my one and only CMS!

Thanks a lot for this, heliotrope!

I would love to add a preview of some text-tv´s to the document-overview ... and thumbs of the selected images ;-)

in the module configuration:
you can set the ditto Tpl (default value is = tve-dittoTPL)



Look at the chunk code, duplicate the chunk and made the required changes to suit your needs.
Once done change the chunk name in module configuration tab.

:-)

Great! I’ll try to dig into this

I didn´t realize, that the ditto-template can already be changed, thought this was something for the future - but the future is now! thanks!

As tvEditor and tvExplorer are using the awesome Ditto snippet, you can take advantage of PHx support.

For your thumb you could use the phpthumb phx modifier => http://modxcms.com/forums/index.php?topic=14858.0

and in your chunk

[+myTVimg:isnot=``:then=`[+myTVimg:phpthumb+]`+]

Not tested but should work

:-)

Hi!

This looks to me like a great module, but I am having a problem (maybe due to the fact I am still pretty new to all this),

I get this error:

Fatal error: Call to undefined method MakeForm::fetch() in C:\Program Files\xampp\htdocs\096\modx-0.9.6\assets\modules\tvEditor\class\tveditor.class.php on line 1762

This is my snippet call:

hi,

could you please post your form chunk?
And there is a typo in your formTPL param.

:-)

Thanks for the quick reply...

Well, I guess my first problem is I don’t have a form chunk. I have two drop-down lists and one checkbox list. Do I have to create a form that duplicates my TV’s or is there some way to create a form using my TV’s. Sorry I realize I am still pretty new to MODx

P.S. Is the proper use of the &formTpl param then &formTPL?