Let's make it a CCK formatter
Manuel Garcia - July 3, 2009 - 16:57
| Project: | Node Reference Variables |
| Version: | 6.x-1.x-dev |
| Component: | Code |
| Category: | feature request |
| Priority: | normal |
| Assigned: | greg.harvey |
| Status: | active |
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Description
Hi, great initiative with this module!
I've tested it locally, and looks to be working fine =)
About the suggestion, have you thought of moving this to a CCK formatter in the future? Seems to me it could be a good way to go!
I suppose the code would have to be more stable but hey, this is really new still. Just thought I'd drop the idea just in case =)
#1
Hi. Thanks for the suggestion. I don't really know anything about CCK formatters yet, but it sounds like a perfectly sensible idea. Assigning to me. Can you suggest a module that might be a good current example of a CCK formatter for CCK 6.x-2.x?
#2
I know there are two hooks available,
hook_field_formatter_infoandhook_field_formatter, but unfortunately the documentation for d6 does not include these two yet.hook_field_formatter_info(): Declare information about a formatter.
hook_field_formatter($field, $item, $formatter, $node): Prepare an individual item for viewing in a browser.
This comment could also be useful perhaps.
My guess is better look at an example, even nodereference itself implements formatter_info, might be a good way to start.
Some other examples could be:
thickbox, and perhaps a more simple example could be imagefield
Let me know how it goes, looks to me that it's not as hard as it sounds, after seeing some examples :D
#3
I've been digging into cck formatters myself a bit, something I wanted to learn anyway, and this should get you started
<?php
/**
* Implementation of hook_field_formatter_info().
*/
function nodereference_variables_field_formatter_info() {
$formatters = array();
if (module_exists('tabs')) {
$formatters['tabs'] = array(
'label' => t('Display in tabs'),
'field types' => array('nodereference'),
'description' => t('Displays the referenced nodes in tabs using the tabs module.'),
);
}
return $formatters;
}
/**
* Implementation of hook_theme().
*/
function nodereference_variables_theme() {
$theme = array();
if (module_exists('tabs')) {
$theme['nodereference_variables_formatter_tabs'] = array('arguments' => array('element' => NULL));
}
return $theme;
}
/**
* Theme function for displaying referenced nodes in tabs
*/
function theme_nodereference_variables_formatter_tabs($element) {
$output = '';
// do your magic here
return $output;
}
?>
Something along those lines should get what we want =) ---now Im not sure wether this should be provided by CCK, or tabs or what... hope it helps!
#4
Thanks for this - great start. To be honest, I don't have an opportunity to implement it for a little while as I have to get on with delivering the site I'm working on with what I have (deadlines are tight) but I will come back to this and finish it if I get time, either before I go on holiday or when I get back. =)
#5
As someone who has struggled with this topic, this would be GREAT. I'll watch for it on the module release feed!
#6
Just for future reference when you get to doing this, I've written up an article about how to create a cck formatter, take a look, I hope I wrote it clearly enough =) There is an example module attached to the article, implementing a couple of cck formatters for nodreference, you could just use that as a template if you want.