Sorting EZ_Page Footer links into columns?

[bumba000]

Hi All,
Just curious to know if there is a way (from the admin) to have the ez_pages in the footer show up in three or four predetermined columns?

For example:
Sales Pages sort = 1 ( there are 5 of them )
Informational Pages sort = 2 ( there are 3 of them )
External Link Pages sort = 3 ( there are 5 of them ).

So the front side out put would be:

Col-One | Col-Two | Col-Three
sale 1 | Info 1 | link 1
sale 2 | Info 2 | link 2 etc. . .
sale 3
sale 4
sale 5


Thanks,
John

[kobra]

Not from the admin but a coded standard ul will list vertically

	<ul>
	<li><a href="xxxxxx">Text</a></li>
	<li><a href="xxxxxx">Text</a></li>	 
	<li><a href="xxxxxx">Text</a></li>
	<li><a href="xxxxxx">Text</a></li>
	</ul>

[bumba000]

Hey Kobra,
Thanks for the quick reply! That is my plan in the end for styling. The problem is getting the ezpage links to go into the footer, in three separate columns. Which column they are placed in is based on their sort order.

I'm working on a fix for this but there is a problem with my code. Pretty green when it comes to the php still but am giving it a bash.

This is from includes/templates/mytemp/templates/tpl_ezpages_bar_footer.php

<?php
include(DIR_WS_MODULES . zen_get_module_directory('ezpages_bar_footer.php'));

 if (sizeof($var_linksList) >= 3) { 
$i = 0;

while(!$var_linkList->EOF) {
$i++;
$ezpContain = array('','','',);
switch($i) {
    case 1:
        $ezpContain[0] .= $var_linkList;
        break;
    case 2:
        $ezpContain[1] .= $var_linkList;
        break;
    case 3:
        $ezpContain[2] .= $var_linkList;
        $i = 0;
        break;

}// closes switch($i)
 

} // closes while (!$var_linkList->EOF . . .

} // closes if (sizeof($var_linkList . . . 

?>

<table><tr>

<td><?php
for ($i=1, $n=sizeof($ezpContain[0]); $i<=$n; $i++) {  ?>

  <a href="<?php echo $ezpContain[0][$i]['link']; ?>"><?php echo $ezpContain[0][$i]['name']; ?></a>
  
<?php } // end FOR loop ?>

</td>

<td><?php
for ($i=1, $n=sizeof($ezpContain[1]); $i<=$n; $i++) {  ?>

  <a href="<?php echo $ezpContain[1][$i]['link']; ?>"><?php echo $ezpContain[1][$i]['name']; ?></a>
  
<?php } // end FOR loop ?>

</td>

<td><?php
for ($i=1, $n=sizeof($ezpContain[2]); $i<=$n; $i++) {  ?>

  <a href="<?php echo $ezpContain[2][$i]['link']; ?>"><?php echo $ezpContain[2][$i]['name']; ?></a>
  
<?php } // end FOR loop ?>

</td>

</tr></table>

[kobra]

That is contained/required by tpl_footer.php and other control in modules/ezpages_bar_footer.php

[bumba000]

Okay, I have a solution! I had to modify the modules ezpages_bar_footer.php and the includes ezpages_bar_footer.php as well.

This is from lines 27, 28 & 29 in the modules

 $page_query_list_footer[$rows]['id'] = $page_query->fields['pages_id'];
      $page_query_list_footer[$rows]['name'] = $page_query->fields['pages_title'];
      $page_query_list_footer[$rows]['altURL'] = ''; 

I replaced it with

 $page_query_list_footer[$rows]['id'] = $page_query->fields['pages_id'];
      $page_query_list_footer[$rows]['name'] = $page_query->fields['pages_title'];
      $page_query_list_footer[$rows]['sort'] = $page_query->fields['footer_sort_order'];
      $page_query_list_footer[$rows]['altURL'] = ''; 

Here is a new includes

<?php
   
  include(DIR_WS_MODULES . zen_get_module_directory('ezpages_bar_footer.php'));
?>
<?php if (sizeof($var_linksList) >= 1) { ?>



<table><tr><td>
<?php for ($i=1, $n=sizeof($var_linksList); $i<=$n; $i++) { 
if($var_linksList[$i]['sort'] == 1){ 
?>
  <a href="<?php echo $var_linksList[$i]['link']; ?>"><?php echo $var_linksList[$i]['name']; ?><?php echo $var_linksList[$i]['sort']; ?></a>
  <?php  }  } // end FOR loop // end if ?>
</td>


<td>
<?php for ($i=1, $n=sizeof($var_linksList); $i<=$n; $i++) { 
if($var_linksList[$i]['sort'] == 2){ 
?>
  <a href="<?php echo $var_linksList[$i]['link']; ?>"><?php echo $var_linksList[$i]['name']; ?><?php echo $var_linksList[$i]['sort']; ?></a>
  <?php  }  } // end FOR loop // end if ?>
</td>


<td>
<?php for ($i=1, $n=sizeof($var_linksList); $i<=$n; $i++) { 
if($var_linksList[$i]['sort'] == 3){ 
?>
  <a href="<?php echo $var_linksList[$i]['link']; ?>"><?php echo $var_linksList[$i]['name']; ?><?php echo $var_linksList[$i]['sort']; ?></a>
  <?php  }  } // end FOR loop // end if ?>
</td>


<td>
<?php for ($i=1, $n=sizeof($var_linksList); $i<=$n; $i++) { 
if($var_linksList[$i]['sort'] > 3){ 
?>
  <a href="<?php echo $var_linksList[$i]['link']; ?>"><?php echo $var_linksList[$i]['name']; ?><?php echo $var_linksList[$i]['sort']; ?></a>
  <?php  }  } // end FOR loop // end if ?>
</td>

</tr></table>




<?php } ?>

[gjh42]

Just for fun...
/includes/templates/mytemp/templates/tpl_ezpages_bar_footer.php

  include(DIR_WS_MODULES . zen_get_module_directory('ezpages_bar_footer.php'));
//sort links into ul lists according to first digit of sort order
//allows ordering links within columns - use 101, 102, 201, 202...
if (sizeof($var_linksList) >= 1) { 
  for ($list_col=1; $list_col<=9; $list_col++) { 
    $col_links = 0;
    $col = '<ul class="ezpagesFooterCol">';
    for ($i=1, $n=sizeof($var_linksList); $i<=$n; $i++) { 
      if(substr($var_linksList[$i]['sort'], 0, 1) == $list_col){ 
        $col .= '<li><a href="' . $var_linksList[$i]['link'] . '">' . $var_linksList[$i]['name'] . $var_linksList[$i]['sort']/*<--why is this here?*/ .'</a></li>';
        $col_links = 1;
      }
    } 
    $col .= '</ul>';
    if ($col_links == 1) echo $col;
  } // end FOR loop
} // end if ?> 

Not tested yet - you would want to style .ezpagesFooterCol {} for width, float, etc.

[bumba000]

Thanks Glenn. Very efficient. I'll be there someday.

John