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Help with mod.module_name.php

Eric Barnes — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 16:10:40 GMT

I am working on creating a module and I have created a mod file named mod.ice.php. Inside this I just put the most basic stuff and here is an example:

if ( ! defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access allowed');

class Ice {

    function Ice()
    {
        $this->EE =& get_instance();
    }

    function products()
    {
        $variables[] = array(
            'test' => 'This is a test from method',
        );
            
        $output = $this->EE->TMPL->parse_variables($this->EE->TMPL->tagdata, $variables); 
        
        return $output;
    }
} 

Then in the template file:

{exp:ice:products}
{test}
{/exp:ice:products} 

No matter what I keep getting an internal EE error:

The following tag cannot be processed:

{exp:ice:products}

Please check that the ‘ice’ module is installed and that ‘products’ is an available method of the module

The module is installed and products is an available method. It is like the mod file isn’t being instantiated at any point. Does anyone have any ideas on what I could be doing wrong or what I can and check to figure this out?

LG .htaccess Generator eliminates needed index.html, style sheet path rules—how to resolve?

ekrock2 — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 07:36:26 GMT

Hi - I’ve installed EE commercial 1.6.9 and added the (unsupported) LG .htaccess Generator v1.0.0. Everything was working fine until I added a new Template Group for the first time after installing LG .htaccess Generator.

Adding the new Template Group caused the LG .htaccess Generator to run and update the .htaccess file (as it should). However, that eliminated the below two custom additions I’d made to the .htaccess file as described in http://expressionengine.com/wiki/Remove_index.php_From_URLs/:

# During build - redirect root to static index page
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/$
RewriteRule $ http://www.voximate.com/index.html [R=302,L] 

# Fix queries for actions, urls and css in EE
# From http://expressionengine.com/wiki/Remove_index.php_From_URLs/
# NOTE: THIS MUST BE HERE, NOT AT END OF FILE, TO SUCCEED.
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^(ACT=.*)$ [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^(URL=.*)$ [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^(CSS=.*)$ [NC]   
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php\?&%{QUERY_STRING} [L] 

Realizing the problem, as a temporary workaround, I downloaded the updated .htaccess file and manually added the above code back in. This caused the placeholder index.html to work as it had before. But oddly, the style sheet links didn’t seem to resume working; I still had to hardcode the path to the style sheets in my EE templates as a workaround.

Here’s what I’m trying to accomplish:
1) have a temporary index.html while I’m building my blog
2) use LG .htaccess Generator to eliminate index.php/ from the URLs
3) have my actions, urls and css work (which I *believe* requires the “Fix queries for actions, urls and css in EE” (but I could be wrong)

How do I accomplish that?

Will sticking the two custom rules at the very top of the .htaccess file, prior to this line:
#—LG .htaccess Generator Start—
... cause them both to work and not be overwritten when LG .htaccess Generator is triggered?

Sorry for the newbie question; I’m not an .htaccess or PHP hacker by trade.

Thanks for any insight,

EE Newbie

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Problems with mailing list confirmation link

co-creative — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 02:35:23 GMT

The problem is

The email confirmation link that is sent when I use Freeform mailing list Parameter does not work
http://www.mary-knoxville.com/index.php?ACT={AID:Mailinglist:authorize_email}&id=7iqvif5Y7t

But when I test using the ee mailing list sign up it works
http://www.mary-knoxville.com/index.php?ACT=4&id=R64xSCxKtn

any ideas?

Category model and api channel categories

Eric Barnes — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 16:43:35 GMT

I am in the process of building a module and I noticed that the category model and api channel categories essentially have the same methods “category_tree” for getting out a list of categories. I wanted to ask if one is preferred over the other? From my research I do not see the model used any and wouldn’t want to use it if it is going to deprecated.

working with Channels (channel_data fields)

Jayson Ng — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 14:02:17 GMT

so I have script running and it imports new channel entries to the channel_titles table.

my question is what is the best way for me to work with the custom fields associated with those specific channels? how do I associated each field_id_X and field_ft_x and field_dt_x with its proper fields? (and what do those stand for anyway?) is there a function I could use? maybe in the Channel module?

thanks!

adding a css file

Jayson Ng — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 03:40:36 GMT

hello all!

how do I add a custom CSS file to the control panel section of a module? :O

thanks,
Jayson

ExpressionEngine 2 SEO module

dstechroom — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 16:06:02 GMT

Hi all -

We’ve developed a fairly simple EE2 SEO Module that we’d like to release to the wild to get feedback on (bugs, feature requests, documentation needs, anything!).

Current Features:
1) Add title, keywords and a description for any entry via a new SEO tab.
2) Set a default title, description or keywords for entries
3) Prepend / Append text to all title tags (can be overridden with template tag)
4) Set visibility to robots via robots meta tag (noindex,nofollow vs other options)
5) Canonical meta tag to reduce duplicate content flags in search engines

Files can be downloaded via github: http://github.com/dsurgeons/ExpressionEngine-SEO (use the Download Source button on the top right).

There is some basic usage in the READ ME doc found there.

Installation:
1) Download source files
2) Add files to folder: system/expressionengine/third_party/seo
3) Install the module via the Add-ons > Modules are in your EE admin area

Let us know what you think!

New module: Bitly for EE

Bjørn Børresen — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 18:13:39 GMT

When converting the Headlines theme to EE I needed something that could turn the entry links into shortened URLs for tweeting so I made this module:

http://github.com/bjornbjorn/Bitly-for-EE

You bitlyfy any URL like this:

{exp:bitly bitly_login='YOUR_BITLY_LOGIN' bitly_api_key='YOUR_BITLY_API_KEY' url='http://www.verylonkurlhere.com/blabka-blabla-blabla'} 

An additional feature with Bitly for EE is that it will cache the shortened URLs so that the bit.ly API is only contacted once for every unique URL.

Download:
http://github.com/bjornbjorn/Bitly-for-EE/zipball/master

EE 2.0 - Module AJAX - Invalid GET Data

Michael Witwicki — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 14:28:39 GMT

Hey folks,

Running into a bit of a brick wall here. Working on a module which uses AJAX in the control panel to update the users content. However, any time I make an AJAX call with a question-mark or semi-colon as part of the query string (fully URL encoded mind you), I get the response: Invalid GET Data.

Anyone have a workaround for this without hacking the core of EE? This is a pretty issue which will keep developers from being able to do any real interesting AJAX in the CP.

Thanks in advance for the help.

ExpressionEngine 2 and Slideshow images module

Andrea Gelati — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 09:36:27 GMT

Hi,

I need to add a Slideshow module for some images in my web site based on EE 2. I need to make something like the slideshow used in http://www.apple.com/iphone/ web page.

In details I need to load it from channel entries.

Some one have an idea?

Thanks

Andrea