news 2.5 frontend

[jd447]

hello everyone,

-i would like to know, if it's possible de choose a category when submitting a news from the front end user interface?
i tried that: {news action="fesubmit" category='articles}, without success. i also tried to change the code in the FE template, without success.

-as well, is it possible to publish it directly from the FEU? (goes first into draft on my tests)

btw, works perfectly on 1.2 RC1. no bugs found (yet )

thanks,
jd

[bbomer]

jd447,

I have been testing the new News module as well and have found that the variables and tags have not yet been fully implemented.  I am using the FEU to submit news as well and while it is extremely functional as it is implemented, not all the "bells and whistles" have been added (or at least they aren't documented anywhere).

Sorry I can't be of any real help.

[jd447]

ok... if it's just a matter of patience, that's fine!
i'm looking fwd to the final version!

but actually, what i'm trying to do is:

- a website on which people can self register, then have their own blog... and finally have the last posts of each blog on the homepage.

i was hoping to do that with the latest news module (doesn't seem to be possible yet), but maybe someone has another idea for that. anyone?!

jd

[calguy1000]

I did find some things with the frontend editing.  They will NOT be fixed for 1.2 as their just not critical enough at this point to hold back the release.

I will be adding some features to News in the upcoming days and releasing a new version at that time.

[OCStingFan]

This is precisely the issue I am interested in...how to select Categories on the FE news form. I am new to CMSMS but it keeps on impressing me the more I learn about how it is set up and the ease with which features can be implemented.

I was wondering about creating a modified template for the FE form, but alas do not understand the code well enough. I don't know how to make the Categories appear in a drop-down list to select from. Likewise the publish/draft option. If these are intended to be in the default feadmin function, I hope this will be added soon.

I have 10 users set up in the back end to add/modify news, but I am wondering if they could just use the front-end page (selecting themself as author) rather than logging in to the back end, since they really don't need to work with any other tools. Any insights or clarification of how that would work would be appreciated.

Thanks.

[cyberman]

Have you made a look at new News module 2.6 - help section?

[OCStingFan]

The 2.6 help says:

(optional) category="category" - Only display items for that category. Use * after the name to show children. Multiple categories can be used if separated with a comma. Leaving empty, will show all categories.

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First of all, I'm not sure what "leaving empty" means precisely: is it {....category=""} ? That didn't seem to do anything as far as displaying all categories.

I have used this parameter with a single Category specified. It doesn't show the Category name on the front end, but the news item does get assigned to the correct category when you see it in the back end. When using an asterisk on a Parent, Children categories are not displayed, and in the back end the news item gets assigned to the default news category, not even the Parent.

For displaying the Category name(s), it seems like something needs to be added to the Form Template in the news module. The default Sample form template doesn't seem to have anything there for Category display. Can someone with the appropriate skills figure this out?

I have a great CMSMS website set up for a private school, and I want each teacher to use the Submit News form and select their grade level as a category. It would be best to use a common page and have them select a category, rather than creating a page for each of them.

Thanks.

[calguy1000]

The {news action='fesubmit' category='blah'} thing works to set the category for that one specific article submission, it doesn't support the wildcard specification.  leaving empty {news action='fesubmit'} will result in the default category being used (I think).

I did not have time to add the ability to select a category, into news.  quite honestly, or the inclination (I don't need it for the purpose I'm using it for), and was too busy with umpteen other modules.

The fesubmit thing doesn't support the user defined field stuff either.

[wmaster]

I was wondering about creating a modified template for the FE form, but alas do not understand the code well enough. I don't know how to make the Categories appear in a drop-down list to select from. Likewise the publish/draft option. If these are intended to be in the default feadmin function, I hope this will be added soon.

Does somebody has a solution for the publish/draft option on the FE ??

wmaster

[cyberman]

Does somebody has a solution for the publish/draft option on the FE ??

You can predefine status of fesubmitted articles in News admin > Options ...

[wmaster]

cyberman,

You can predefine status of fesubmitted articles in News admin > Options ...

Can you be a little bit more specific for this newbee, because I can't find it ... 

wmaster

[wmaster]

cyberman,

I know why I couldn't find it, because I didn't have the latest news module installed (2.5.1 insted of 2.6)

Thanks for your reply!

I want to do the same with the calendar mudule (insert items / data with FEU) is this possible?

{news action='fesubmit'}

... but then for calendar??

wmaster