Panels integration ("content type")
mooffie - November 11, 2008 - 15:27
| Project: | Flag |
| Version: | 6.x-2.x-dev |
| Component: | Miscellaneous |
| Category: | feature request |
| Priority: | normal |
| Assigned: | Unassigned |
| Status: | postponed |
Description
"Content type", in Panels' sense, is "something you can put in a panel". Users are asking to put a flag link in a panel. This patch makes this possible.
Ideally, all this code should be placed in a separate '.inc' file. I hope to do that soon. (Panels' tech docs don't explain how to do this, not in a concise manner, so I haven't done this yet.)
| Attachment | Size |
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| flag_panels.diff | 4.29 KB |
#1
This screenshot shows how Panels' "Add content" box looks after applying the patch. You can see three flag-links there (one for each flag).
Those of you having x-ray vision can also see two user flags (they're hiding behind the "Screen S" window. Yeah, this screenshort is damaged, but I noticed that too late and it's a pain for me to make another, on my old computer.)
#2
NOTE TO DRUPAL 5 USERS:
If you're using Bio, or Usernode, you want to load this node. Panels has the concept of "Relationships". The "Relationship" section is on the "Context" tab. You'll be able to load the user's usernode there (I don't know about Bio). Once you add this node to the game, you'll have "Node context" in your "Add content" box (as in the screenshot).
#3
#4
Here is a revised patch, where the code is moved to an '.inc' file. Because of the way Panels loads things, the Panels support shouldn't be placed directly in the 'includes' folder but in a folder of its own.
1. Apply the patch.
2. Put 'link.inc' in 'includes/panels'.
#5
I am working on a site using Bio & Advanced Profile. I patched the Flag module, created & uploaded the links.inc file to includes/panels.
Created a bookmark only for Uprofile type, added "Node ID" as an argument & "User uprofile" as a relationship in the advanced profile panels page (see: screenshot).
(Note: by default, the advanced profile panel only had "User ID" as an argument and "Node from user" as relationship.)
No Flag blocks showing in the content section pop-ups.
Any suggestions on what needs to be done to configure this would be appreciated.
#6
Are you using D5? This patch wasn't tested on D6.
Could you please add the following line to the start of function flag_link_panels_content_types() (in link.inc) ?
drupal_set_message('Hello! I was called!');(The purpose here is to verify that Panels loads and calls our code. You should see that 'Hello! ...' when configuring the panel.)
#7
I have added:
function flag_link_panels_content_types() {drupal_set_message('Hello! I was called!');
$items['flag_link'] = array(
to the link.inc file, and do not see "hello" when configuring the panel.
What I really need to do is be able to print the flag link in a specific part of a Panels block - which has a self-existing (APK) template.
Note: it is 5.x we are working with.
#8
Good. Problems where nothing happens are usually easier to solve.
Note that this "hello" you're supposed to see in Drupal's message area right after you click the "Content" tab. Perhaps you looked for it somewhere else.
The next step is to add the following...
drupal_set_message('This link.inc file was loaded!');...to the "global" level of the link.inc file. In other words, somewhere outside of any function.
You should see this new message when you click the "Content" tab.
Make sure your server has permission to read this file. For example, if you created that link.inc file with only "600" permission, and the server isn't running as "you", then PHP won't be able to load this file.
#9
I added
*/
drupal_set_message('This link.inc file was loaded!');
function flag_link_panels_content_types() {
drupal_set_message('Hello! I was called!');
$items['flag_link'] = array(
to the link.inc file - checked the permissions, it was set to 644
Changed the permissions to 755 (folder is also 755)
"This link.inc file was loaded!" message did not appear in the message section
#10
Hi, D6 please! :)
#11
Great.
Now, open 'flag.module' in an editor. Locate the function flag_panels_include_directory(). Add the following line at the beginning of its body:
drupal_set_message("flag_panels_include_directory($plugin_type) was called!");Let me know what messages, if any, you now see.
#12
I added
function flag_panels_include_directory($plugin_type) {drupal_set_message("flag_panels_include_directory($plugin_type) was called!");
if ($plugin_type == 'content_types') {
And I see the message as listed when first navigating to the panels page (list) - by the time I get to the settings page it is displayed 5 times in the message box.
#13
To be more specific, on the content page:
* flag_panels_include_directory(arguments) was called!* flag_panels_include_directory(contexts) was called!
* flag_panels_include_directory(arguments) was called!
* flag_panels_include_directory(contexts) was called!
* flag_panels_include_directory(content_types) was called!
* flag_panels_include_directory(layouts) was called!
* flag_panels_include_directory(cache) was called!
#14
typehost, I want to make sure the server user can read the 'link.inc' file:
Create a new node, having the "PHP" input format.
Paste the following into its body:
<?php$file = drupal_get_path('module', 'flag') . '/includes/panels/link.inc';
if (file_exists($file)) {
print "File exists";
if (is_readable($file)) { print "...and is readable"; }
include $file;
}
else {
print "File $file doesn't exist";
}
?>
When you preview, or view, this node, you'll see "File exists...and is readable", and in the message area you'll see "This link.inc file was included!" (provided you didn't remove that message form that file). Please confirm.
#15
I received:
File sites/all/modules/flag/includes/panels/link.inc doesn't existwhich made it clear the mistake was I uploaded the file to /includes/panels (drupal core) and not to the flag module directory
changed that and received:
File exists...and is readableFlag bookmarks now showing in the add content section of panels (thanks)
only thing - getting a "missing content type - Deleted/missing content type flag_link"
I have this bookmark only set to uprofile type, same result though when biography & user node are enabled
+ "Node from User" / "Node ID" / "User uprofile 2" are my three choices for the block configuration
the settings in context are the same as the screenshot above (panels.png)
#16
Result I end up with is: Flag "" is not defined.
#17
Bumping this again as I need to solve the issue - 1) is what is the reason for the Flag is not defined result, and 2) is there still not anyway to simply print the flag link in the template of the advanced profile page?
#18
Bug(s). In Panels, it seems. The good news is that I can reproduce the problem on my system, so I'll be able to debug it. I'll report back soon.
#19
Here's the updated Panels support.
1. Undo all the changes you made to the module.
2. Apply the patch.
3. Put 'flag.panels.inc' (make sure to fix the attachment's name) in the 'includes' sub-folder of the Flag module.
(You may have to re-add the links to the Panel. I don't know if the old links will work because Panels caches things.)
#20
Nice - it is working perfectly now. I really appreciate your attention to these issues and assistance in working out the bugs. The functionality is important to our sites - many thanks.
#21
How do I do this for D6?
Created flag.panels.inc
Added patch to flag.module
Uploaded
Flags appeared on Add Content To... in Panels2. When I inserted received the error: Error: Flag "f" is not defined.
#22
How to do it in Drupal 6?
#23
I don't know, I don't have access to Drupal.
Basically, Panels 2.x for D6 was supposed to be a straight port of Panels 2.x for D5. If the patch doesn't work in D6, as comment #21 suggests, it might mean they have changed the API slightly.
#24
oh no :\ what can drupal 6 users do now? i need this feature.
hope that somebody can do this. i appreciate this very much!
#25
Same here
#26
subscribe.... D6 & Panels 3???
#27
subscribing. Trying to get this to work.
#28
also subscribing for Drupal6 & Panels3
#29
Needs work for the D6 version of panels (3.x), at this point I don't think it's worth maintaining a Drupal 5 version of this feature.
#30
has anybody else had any luck with this yet
#31
+1
#32
Moving to 2.x where all new features are being added. I don't use Panels module so I'm very unlikely to develop such a feature. Unless a community developer puts this together, this is unlikely to happen.
#33
also subscribing for D6 & Panels 3
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I circumvented the problem by amending node.tpl.php of my theme:
- inserting
<?phpprint flag_create_link('bookmarks', $node->nid);
?>
- create a pane with node > node links
#34
There is actually a quite easy solution for this, however, not as easy as directly from panel. Here is what you do:
- create a view that displays a flag link for the corresponding node
In my case, I have a node type for a video page on my site and have three flags: like, bookmark, report
Below is the views export for a) only one flag (in my case the like flag) and b) for all three of my flags
$view = new view;$view->name = 'test_flags_link';
$view->description = '';
$view->tag = '';
$view->view_php = '';
$view->base_table = 'node';
$view->is_cacheable = FALSE;
$view->api_version = 2;
$view->disabled = FALSE; /* Edit this to true to make a default view disabled initially */
$handler = $view->new_display('default', 'Defaults', 'default');
$handler->override_option('relationships', array(
'flag_content_rel' => array(
'label' => 'flag',
'required' => 0,
'flag' => 'like',
'user_scope' => 'current',
'id' => 'flag_content_rel',
'table' => 'node',
'field' => 'flag_content_rel',
'relationship' => 'none',
),
));
$handler->override_option('fields', array(
'ops' => array(
'label' => '',
'alter' => array(
'alter_text' => 0,
'text' => '',
'make_link' => 0,
'path' => '',
'link_class' => '',
'alt' => '',
'prefix' => '',
'suffix' => '',
'target' => '',
'help' => '',
'trim' => 0,
'max_length' => '',
'word_boundary' => 1,
'ellipsis' => 1,
'strip_tags' => 0,
'html' => 0,
),
'empty' => '',
'hide_empty' => 0,
'empty_zero' => 0,
'link_type' => 'toggle',
'exclude' => 0,
'id' => 'ops',
'table' => 'flag_content',
'field' => 'ops',
'relationship' => 'flag_content_rel',
),
));
$handler->override_option('arguments', array(
'nid' => array(
'default_action' => 'default',
'style_plugin' => 'default_summary',
'style_options' => array(),
'wildcard' => 'all',
'wildcard_substitution' => 'All',
'title' => '',
'breadcrumb' => '',
'default_argument_type' => 'node',
'default_argument' => '',
'validate_type' => 'none',
'validate_fail' => 'not found',
'break_phrase' => 0,
'not' => 0,
'id' => 'nid',
'table' => 'node',
'field' => 'nid',
'validate_user_argument_type' => 'uid',
'validate_user_roles' => array(
'2' => 0,
),
'relationship' => 'none',
'default_options_div_prefix' => '',
'default_argument_user' => 0,
'default_argument_fixed' => '',
'default_argument_php' => '',
'validate_argument_node_type' => array(
'panel' => 0,
'profile' => 0,
'story' => 0,
'uprofile' => 0,
'video' => 0,
),
'validate_argument_node_access' => 0,
'validate_argument_nid_type' => 'nid',
'validate_argument_vocabulary' => array(
'1' => 0,
'6' => 0,
'2' => 0,
'3' => 0,
'4' => 0,
'5' => 0,
),
'validate_argument_type' => 'tid',
'validate_argument_transform' => 0,
'validate_user_restrict_roles' => 0,
'validate_argument_node_flag_name' => '*relationship*',
'validate_argument_node_flag_test' => 'flaggable',
'validate_argument_node_flag_id_type' => 'id',
'validate_argument_user_flag_name' => '*relationship*',
'validate_argument_user_flag_test' => 'flaggable',
'validate_argument_user_flag_id_type' => 'id',
'validate_argument_php' => '',
),
));
$handler->override_option('access', array(
'type' => 'none',
));
$handler->override_option('cache', array(
'type' => 'none',
));
$handler = $view->new_display('block', 'Block', 'block_1');
$handler->override_option('block_description', '');
$handler->override_option('block_caching', -1);
$view = new view;$view->name = 'test_flags_link';
$view->description = '';
$view->tag = '';
$view->view_php = '';
$view->base_table = 'node';
$view->is_cacheable = FALSE;
$view->api_version = 2;
$view->disabled = FALSE; /* Edit this to true to make a default view disabled initially */
$handler = $view->new_display('default', 'Defaults', 'default');
$handler->override_option('relationships', array(
'flag_content_rel' => array(
'label' => 'like',
'required' => 0,
'flag' => 'like',
'user_scope' => 'current',
'id' => 'flag_content_rel',
'table' => 'node',
'field' => 'flag_content_rel',
'relationship' => 'none',
),
'flag_content_rel_1' => array(
'label' => 'bookmark',
'required' => 0,
'flag' => 'bookmarks',
'user_scope' => 'current',
'id' => 'flag_content_rel_1',
'table' => 'node',
'field' => 'flag_content_rel',
'relationship' => 'none',
),
'flag_content_rel_2' => array(
'label' => 'report',
'required' => 0,
'flag' => 'report',
'user_scope' => 'current',
'id' => 'flag_content_rel_2',
'table' => 'node',
'field' => 'flag_content_rel',
'relationship' => 'none',
),
));
$handler->override_option('fields', array(
'ops' => array(
'label' => '',
'alter' => array(
'alter_text' => 0,
'text' => '',
'make_link' => 0,
'path' => '',
'link_class' => '',
'alt' => '',
'prefix' => '',
'suffix' => '',
'target' => '',
'help' => '',
'trim' => 0,
'max_length' => '',
'word_boundary' => 1,
'ellipsis' => 1,
'strip_tags' => 0,
'html' => 0,
),
'empty' => '',
'hide_empty' => 0,
'empty_zero' => 0,
'link_type' => 'toggle',
'exclude' => 0,
'id' => 'ops',
'table' => 'flag_content',
'field' => 'ops',
'relationship' => 'flag_content_rel',
),
'ops_1' => array(
'label' => '',
'alter' => array(
'alter_text' => 0,
'text' => '',
'make_link' => 0,
'path' => '',
'link_class' => '',
'alt' => '',
'prefix' => '',
'suffix' => '',
'target' => '',
'help' => '',
'trim' => 0,
'max_length' => '',
'word_boundary' => 1,
'ellipsis' => 1,
'strip_tags' => 0,
'html' => 0,
),
'empty' => '',
'hide_empty' => 0,
'empty_zero' => 0,
'link_type' => '',
'exclude' => 0,
'id' => 'ops_1',
'table' => 'flag_content',
'field' => 'ops',
'relationship' => 'flag_content_rel_1',
),
'ops_2' => array(
'label' => '',
'alter' => array(
'alter_text' => 0,
'text' => '',
'make_link' => 0,
'path' => '',
'link_class' => '',
'alt' => '',
'prefix' => '',
'suffix' => '',
'target' => '',
'help' => '',
'trim' => 0,
'max_length' => '',
'word_boundary' => 1,
'ellipsis' => 1,
'strip_tags' => 0,
'html' => 0,
),
'empty' => '',
'hide_empty' => 0,
'empty_zero' => 0,
'link_type' => '',
'exclude' => 0,
'id' => 'ops_2',
'table' => 'flag_content',
'field' => 'ops',
'relationship' => 'flag_content_rel_2',
),
));
$handler->override_option('arguments', array(
'nid' => array(
'default_action' => 'default',
'style_plugin' => 'default_summary',
'style_options' => array(),
'wildcard' => 'all',
'wildcard_substitution' => 'All',
'title' => '',
'breadcrumb' => '',
'default_argument_type' => 'node',
'default_argument' => '',
'validate_type' => 'none',
'validate_fail' => 'not found',
'break_phrase' => 0,
'not' => 0,
'id' => 'nid',
'table' => 'node',
'field' => 'nid',
'validate_user_argument_type' => 'uid',
'validate_user_roles' => array(
'2' => 0,
),
'relationship' => 'none',
'default_options_div_prefix' => '',
'default_argument_user' => 0,
'default_argument_fixed' => '',
'default_argument_php' => '',
'validate_argument_node_type' => array(
'panel' => 0,
'profile' => 0,
'story' => 0,
'uprofile' => 0,
'video' => 0,
),
'validate_argument_node_access' => 0,
'validate_argument_nid_type' => 'nid',
'validate_argument_vocabulary' => array(
'1' => 0,
'6' => 0,
'2' => 0,
'3' => 0,
'4' => 0,
'5' => 0,
),
'validate_argument_type' => 'tid',
'validate_argument_transform' => 0,
'validate_user_restrict_roles' => 0,
'validate_argument_node_flag_name' => '*relationship*',
'validate_argument_node_flag_test' => 'flaggable',
'validate_argument_node_flag_id_type' => 'id',
'validate_argument_user_flag_name' => '*relationship*',
'validate_argument_user_flag_test' => 'flaggable',
'validate_argument_user_flag_id_type' => 'id',
'validate_argument_php' => '',
),
));
$handler->override_option('access', array(
'type' => 'none',
));
$handler->override_option('cache', array(
'type' => 'none',
));
$handler = $view->new_display('block', 'Block', 'block_1');
$handler->override_option('block_description', '');
$handler->override_option('block_caching', -1);