JEvents breadcrumbs integration?

[Geraint]

A good idea - its on the list.

[skeg64]

I managed to hack up this solution:

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/*
* Handle the breadcrumbs
*/

global $mainframe;
global $rowtitle;

$currview   = JRequest::getCmd('view');
$task   = JRequest::getCmd('task');
$year = JRequest::getCmd('year');
$month = JRequest::getCmd('month');

$pathway =& $mainframe->getPathway();

switch ($task) {
   case 'month.calendar': //we are viewing a specific month calendar
      if($currview == 'month') break; //we are viewing the default month view
      $monthstring = date("M", mktime(0, 0, 0, $month, 1, $year));
      $pathway->addItem($monthstring . ' ' . $year, '');
      break;
   case 'icalrepeat.detail': //we are viewing an event detail
      $monthstring = date("M", mktime(0, 0, 0, $month, 1, $year));
      $pathway->addItem($monthstring . ' ' . $year, 'index.php?option=com_jevents&task=month.calendar&month='. $month . '&year='. $year);
      $pathway->addItem($rowtitle, '');
      break;
case 'year.calendar': //we are viewing a yearly calendar
      $pathway->addItem($year, '');
      break;
}

I put this in defaultviewhelperfooter.php and made the $rowtitle variable global. It only works for monthly and yearly calendar views and event detail views, as I don't use any others.

This outputs the breadcrumbs as described, but perhaps a better way would be to show Home > Jevents > Year > Month > Event title.

P.S. I know this is hacky!

[Geraint]

This is nice - and a good idea to put it in the footer helper.

Did you do this as a template override of the helper function? If you did then this customisation will not be lost when you upgrade.

Simply copy the modified file to templates/YOUR TEMPLATE/html/com_jevents/helpers/

Geraint

[chrisdavies71]

How would i go about doing this in Joomla 1.6?

[Geraint]

The same code will work in Joomla 1.6 but you would need to put it into templates/YOUR TEMPLATE/html/com_jevents/helpers/defaultviewhelperfooter16.php

[chrisdavies71]

Hi Geraint,

The code does not seem to work in 1.6. It causes the following error:

Fatal error: Call to a member function getPathway() on a non-object in /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/htdocs/templates/rt_panacea_j16/html/com_jevents/helpers/defaultviewhelperheader.php on line 40.

I have chosen to put it in the header but that should not make any difference should it? It did not in J1.5.

I have done some research and I believe it has something to do with global $mainframe not being used in J1.6.

I have changed that bit of code to the following based on info on the joomla website:

$app = JFactory::getApplication();
$pathway = $app->getPathway();

This no longer throws up the error but it screws up the page layout and does not add the event title into the breadcrumbs. See sceenshot attached

Many Thanks for all your help

CHRIS

[chrisdavies71]

I have managed to sort out the layout problems but still not able to get it to display the event title as per the screenshot

Cheers

CHRIS

[Geraint]

In the event detail if statement block you can add this:

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$row=$view->data['row'];
$title = $row->title;


then use the $title in the breadcrumb

[chrisdavies71]

Hi Geraint,

I am still struggling with this, what i have got so far is:

in defaultviewhelperheader16.php

$pathway->addItem(ucwords($title), '');

I'm not sure where exactly the other bit of code should go. Any chance you could give me a file and approx line number.

Many Thanks

CHRIS

[chrisdavies71]

Hi Geraint,

Any ideas on this?

Many Thanks

CHRIS