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Inactive User's avatar
Inactive User
13 years ago

Editing Blog Component

(Assuming we have already had added to our environment a custom profile field, location)... On a blog post, is there a way to add a profile field's information (such as location) to the line displayi...
  • AdamN's avatar
    AdamN
    13 years ago

    Unfortunately you're not going to be able to accomplish this with a text change alone, since this type of customization requires pulling in dynamic content. You'll need a custom component for retreiving the user's profile location, and then displaying the content. This custom component will replace the "message-header' component on the "Blog Message" page. Because the "message-header" contains a few different elements (such as the author info, date, and subject), you'll need to account for those as well.

     

    This is a very crude example component, but hopefully will get you started in the right direction:

    <#assign userLocation = rest("/users/id/${env.context.message.author.id?c}/profiles/name/userlocation").value />

<@component id="subject" />
<@component id="author" />
| ${userLocation} |
<@component id="post-date" />

     This doesn't have any error handling for the REST API call, so that may be something you'd want to add in. You may also need to use "restadmin" instead of "rest" depending on the permissions of that particular custom profile field. Some text string changes may needed as well get the exact result you're looking for.

     

    I hope this helps!

     

     

     

     

Inactive User's avatar
Inactive User

I think I understand what you're saying but here's my problem... I want to edit the 'Location' text portion (in the picture) of the blog message. Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but there isn't a way to edit a Lithium component as far as Freemarker goes. (I know you can edit the text using the Toolbelt, which is what I was hoping to use). Thanks for your help. I appreciate it.

 

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AdamN's avatar
AdamN
Khoros Oracle
13 years ago

Unfortunately you're not going to be able to accomplish this with a text change alone, since this type of customization requires pulling in dynamic content. You'll need a custom component for retreiving the user's profile location, and then displaying the content. This custom component will replace the "message-header' component on the "Blog Message" page. Because the "message-header" contains a few different elements (such as the author info, date, and subject), you'll need to account for those as well.

 

This is a very crude example component, but hopefully will get you started in the right direction:

<#assign userLocation = rest("/users/id/${env.context.message.author.id?c}/profiles/name/userlocation").value />

<@component id="subject" />
<@component id="author" />
| ${userLocation} |
<@component id="post-date" />

 This doesn't have any error handling for the REST API call, so that may be something you'd want to add in. You may also need to use "restadmin" instead of "rest" depending on the permissions of that particular custom profile field. Some text string changes may needed as well get the exact result you're looking for.

 

I hope this helps!

 

 

 

 

  • Inactive User's avatar
    Inactive User
    13 years ago

    Alright. Thanks for you help. I appreciate it. On follow-up, is it possible to get the code for the existing module to use? That would be simpler than creating it from scratch.

     

    Thanks.

    • AdamN's avatar
      AdamN
      Khoros Oracle
      13 years ago

      Unfortunately, the standard components are created using the native programming language of our core application, which isn't compatible with the custom components that use Freemarker instead.

       

      The sample component I gave combines the key parts of the component you'd be replacing, though, so there shouldn't be much (if anything) that you need to recreate yourself. If you haven't already, I'd suggest checking out the sample code in your staging environment to see what changes you'd need to make.

      • Inactive User's avatar
        Inactive User
        13 years ago
        Oh wow. Okay, I misunderstood. I didn't realize those components were actually legitimate. I'm going to have to go edit some more code... Is there a list of those somewhere?

        Thanks for the help.