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13 years 3 months ago #97544
by Bruce H
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Hello,
I am new to K2 and only somewhat acquainted with Joomla in general, but need to make some improvements for a client of mine I've figured out how to override the templates with no problem and have made successful changes to the item layout.
What I'm trying to do now, is I need to add one <link> tag to the <head> section of items. I've tried to do it from my item.php override, but I'm guessing it's too late at that point to add head content. I need information from the K2 item which is why I'm trying to do this in K2. I can see that I could do it very easily in:
components/com_k2/views/item/view.html.php
but being a good developer, I would rather not modify the code directly. So my question is if there is a way to override the view code file so that I can make this change in my own copy and have it picked up by K2?
Thanks for any help on this.
I am new to K2 and only somewhat acquainted with Joomla in general, but need to make some improvements for a client of mine I've figured out how to override the templates with no problem and have made successful changes to the item layout.
What I'm trying to do now, is I need to add one <link> tag to the <head> section of items. I've tried to do it from my item.php override, but I'm guessing it's too late at that point to add head content. I need information from the K2 item which is why I'm trying to do this in K2. I can see that I could do it very easily in:
components/com_k2/views/item/view.html.php
but being a good developer, I would rather not modify the code directly. So my question is if there is a way to override the view code file so that I can make this change in my own copy and have it picked up by K2?
Thanks for any help on this.
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13 years 3 months ago #97545
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Replied by william white on topic Overriding view code
This may be a start
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13 years 3 months ago #97546
by Bruce H
Replied by Bruce H on topic Overriding view code
Thanks for the reply William. I have done the template override described in the article you pointed me to, but as I mentioned in my original post, I need to add head content and it seems that by the time the item.php is being processed, it's too late to add head content.
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13 years 3 months ago #97547
by Jiliko.net
Replied by Jiliko.net on topic Overriding view code
Hey,
You can work with the document header when you're in the item.php template file :
$document = & JFactory::getDocument();
//To add a css file :
$document->addStyleSheet(JURI::base().'mycss.css');
//To add a script file :
$document->addScript(JURI::base().'myscript.js');
//To modify the Document Header :
$tabHead = $document->getHeadData();
$tabHead[] = ...; //code for new link
$document->setHeadData($tabHead);
Make a print_r($tabHead); command to check the content of your document header.
JDocument Joomla API docuementation( 1.5)
api.joomla.org/Joomla-Framework/Document/JDocument.html
Regards,
Olivier
You can work with the document header when you're in the item.php template file :
$document = & JFactory::getDocument();
//To add a css file :
$document->addStyleSheet(JURI::base().'mycss.css');
//To add a script file :
$document->addScript(JURI::base().'myscript.js');
//To modify the Document Header :
$tabHead = $document->getHeadData();
$tabHead[] = ...; //code for new link
$document->setHeadData($tabHead);
Make a print_r($tabHead); command to check the content of your document header.
JDocument Joomla API docuementation( 1.5)
api.joomla.org/Joomla-Framework/Document/JDocument.html
Regards,
Olivier
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13 years 3 months ago #97548
by Bruce H
Replied by Bruce H on topic Overriding view code
Hi Olivier,
Ok, I will try again. Maybe I was doing something wrong. I was trying to call addHeadLink by doing pretty much what you describe here and it wasn't working. But I wouldn't be surprised if it was me.
Ok, I will try again. Maybe I was doing something wrong. I was trying to call addHeadLink by doing pretty much what you describe here and it wasn't working. But I wouldn't be surprised if it was me.
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