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Custom K2 Content Module Assistance

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8 years 2 months ago #157684 by Joe Campbell

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Cool - would there be any performance benefits to using such a module vs. using the code you provided to override the K2 Content Module?

Offering the free module is nice gesture.

You could also use it as a new feature to round out the official 2.7.1 release.

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8 years 2 months ago #157685 by Krikor Boghossian

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It is exactly the same, the module is a cleaner solution with more options.

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8 years 2 months ago #157686 by Joe Campbell

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Understood - thanks

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8 years 2 months ago #157687 by Fábio Jordan

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Very cool, Krikor! That module would be very nice to replace BNR.

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8 years 2 months ago #157699 by Mohamed Abdelaziz

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I have found a solution of a simple hack, just to keep the functionality of the K2 Content Module as it is, and add to it this new feature.

The first step is to add a switch parameter to enable/disable this feature, by editing the mod_k2_content.xml file, insert these lines:

<field name="K2AutoDetectItem" type="radio" default="0" label="Auto Detect Current Item" description="">
        <option value="0">K2_NO</option>
         <option value="1">K2_YES</option>
</field>

After this line:

<field name="" type="header" default="K2_SELECT_SPECIFIC_ITEMS" label="" description=""/>

Then edit helper.php file, replace this line:

$value = $params->get('items');

with these lines:

$jinput = JFactory::getApplication()->input;
if($params->get('K2AutoDetectItem') && $jinput->get('view')=='item'){
		$value = strval(intval($jinput->get('id')));				
} else {
		$value = $params->get('items');
}

This way you can keep the module working as normal, and you can add this feature to the module instances you need by setting the Auto Detect Current Item parameter to Yes

That's just my 2 cents in this subject.

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8 years 2 months ago #157700 by Joe Campbell

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Nice solition @MohamedAbdelaziz

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8 years 2 months ago #157712 by Krikor Boghossian

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@MohamedAbdelaziz A PR is always welcome ;)

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8 years 2 months ago #157739 by Mohamed Abdelaziz

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Ok @Krikor :)
Will do.

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8 years 2 months ago #157765 by Krikor Boghossian

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Thanks mate :)

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