Difference between revisions of "Sf websites"

Latest revision as of 12:27, 11 May 2009

Description

The sf_websites is for generating a list of one or more web URLs, where query string parameters can be filled by values from a administrator-specified field. The field will need to be properly setup in field_settings.php. It is better to use an attribute field, or something without verbose text as the whole string will be sent as the search term.

Additional Fields

sf_websites takes the following extra fields:

• 'websites' - REQUIRED - this is an array containing the following values:

• • 'title' - REQUIRED - the title to be displayed as the link text
  • 'url' - REQUIRED - the base url (with other non-dynamic parameters if required, but with the dynamic parameters REMOVED)
  • 'params' - REQUIRED - an array containing:
    • 'variable' - REQUIRED - the variable name (i.e. '&search_term=')
    • 'fields' - REQUIRED - the field whose value will be used as the value of the parameter

Example Configuration

An example of sf_websites displaying a link to youTube where the search term is filled from $conf_field_common_name

$conf_mcd_website =
    array(
        'view_state' => 'max',
        'edit_state' => 'view',
        'sf_title' => 'brd_websites', 
        'sf_html_id' => 'brd_websites', // Must be unique
        'script' => 'php/subforms/sf_websites.php',
        'sf_nav_type' => 'full',
        'op_label' => 'space',
        'op_input' => 'edit',
        'websites' => array(
            array(
                'title' => 'youTube Videos',
                'url' => 'http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=&aq=f',
                'params' => array(
                    array(
                        'variable' => '&search_query=',
                        'fields' => $conf_field_common_name
                    )
                 )   
            ),    
        ),
        'fields' => array(
        )       
);