Showing a custom list of messages
Hi,
On the idea page i try to 'group' the status update posts, and put them on top of the comments.
I tried 2 paths, both failing due (my) lack of lithium specific API knowledge.
So i hope you guys can help me out.
Case
current situation:
[New idea]
[comment #1]
[comment #2]
[comment #3]
[Status update #1]
[comment #4]
[Status update #2]
prefered situation:
[New idea]
[Status update #1]
[Status update #2]
[comment #1]
[comment #2]
[comment #3]
[comment #4]
What did i do so far:
option 1:
<custom component>
<#assign results_list_size = 20 />
<#assign rest_query = "select * from messages where conversation.style='idea' and depth>0 and topic.id='${idea_id}' and subject matches 'Status changed' limit "+ results_list_size />
<@component id="forums.widget.message-list-panel" messages="rest_2.0:/search?q="+rest_query?url style="wide" numMessages="conv:"+results_list_size />
This works but now i get the status updates nicely in a list panel. I can't seem to find the widget that allows to show a message object to show as a message. Does it even excists?
Option 2:
<custom compontent>
<#assign statusUpdates = rest("2.0","/search?q=" + "select * from messages where conversation.style='idea' and depth>0 and topic.id='${idea_id}' and subject matches 'Status changed' limit 300"?url)/>
<#if statusUpdates.data?has_content>
<#list statusUpdates.data.items as thread>
<#attempt>
<#assign userRef = thread.author.id/>
<#assign threadID = thread.id/>
<#assign body = thread.body!""/>
<#assign postTimeFrienly = thread.post_time_friendly!""/>
<#assign new_status = ??????/>
<#assign if_edited_original_author = ??????/>
<div class="statusUpdates">
${userRef}-${threadID}-${body}-${postTimeFrienly}
</div>
</#attempt>
</#list>
</#if>The only thing i can find is the CURRENT status of the parent (the original Idea) but not to what status this post it updated to. I guess the status update 'created' a new post, but i can't seem to find how to get the status updated states.
Does any one know how to achieve this nicely? ( i can 'extract' it from the message subject, but that wouldnt be a nice solution)
This still leaves me how to get the post/edited history of a message.
I would prefer to get a solution option 1 style. if that cant do option2 would still be a nice work around.
Try this:
<#assign results_list_size = 20 /> <#assign max_image_width = settings.name.get("layout.message_body_image_max_size", "1000") /> <#assign image_resize_css = "lia-message-body-content" /> <#assign rest_query = "select * from messages where conversation.style='idea' and depth > 0 and topic.id='${idea_id}' and subject matches 'Status changed' limit "+ results_list_size /> <#assign statusUpdates = rest("2.0","/search?q=" + "select * from messages where conversation.style='idea' and depth>0 and topic.id='${idea_id}' and subject matches 'Status changed' limit 300"?url)/> <#if statusUpdates.data?has_content> <#list statusUpdates.data.items as message> <#assign rest_call = "rest_2.0:/messages/" + message.id /> <@component id="forums.widget.comment-message-view" message=rest_call maxWidth=max_image_width resizeCss=image_resize_css /> </#list> </#if>Does that work for what you are trying to do?
-Doug
