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TOPIC: SOLVED Show File Description On Listing Page

SOLVED Show File Description On Listing Page 11 years 8 months ago #24558

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I was able to successfully modify the default.php file to have direct download when you click in the link in the list. I would like to show the file description under the title of the file. This would give a very nice compact layout thus not needing a detail page at all.

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Show File Description On Listing Page 11 years 8 months ago #24561

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There's no default feature that would enable you to display the descriptions in the file listing. This can be achieved using template overrides though, the process is explained here:

www.rsjoomla.com/support/documentation/v...plate-overrides.html

The files listing's layout is controlled in the following file:

/components/com_rsfiles/views/rsfiles/tmpl/default.php
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Show File Description On Listing Page 11 years 8 months ago #24573

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I have done some overriding (remove unwanted columns) but I don't know the PHP code to pull in the description. I tried
<?php echo $this->file->filedescription; ?>
But it shows nothing :(
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Show File Description On Listing Page 11 years 8 months ago #24583

It's not safe to assume that a simple modification like changing "$file->fileversion" to "file->filedescription" will actually display the file's description instead of the file's version.

If you would like to receive a list of all the available file information, please add the following PHP statement at the end of your template override file:

<?php
print_r($this->file);
die();
?>

Accessing the page again will produce a list of all the information that is available to you to use with $this->file ("fileversion" and "type" will also be present in the list).

Please remember to remove copy the output from the above PHP statement, and afterwards to remove it from the override file.
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Show File Description On Listing Page 11 years 8 months ago #24666

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I added that code at the end in the default.php file and uploaded it to
/templates/main/html/com_rsfiles/rsfiles
But it strips my template away and shows the same list without descriptions?

Please help. I simply need the file description shown under each file title on the listing page.
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Show File Description On Listing Page 11 years 8 months ago #24675

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The great people of RSJoomla helped me! I wanted to share the answer for others who need this as well.

You are correct, this can be achieved through template overrides. The file you need to perform the override for can be found under the following path:

\components\com_rsfiles\views\rsfiles\tmpl\default.php

Please look for the following code:
<a href="<?php echo JRoute::_('index.php?option=com_rsfiles&layout=download&path='.$item->fullpath.$this->itemid); ?>" class="<?php echo $thumbnail->class; ?>" title="<?php echo $thumbnail->image; ?>">
<?php } ?>
<i class="icon-file"></i> <?php echo (!empty($item->filename) ? $item->filename : $item->name); ?>
</a> 
 
<?php echo $item->isnew.' '.$item->popular; ?>
<?php } else { ?>
<a href="<?php echo JRoute::_('index.php?option=com_rsfiles&folder='.$item->fullpath.$this->itemid); ?>" class="<?php echo $thumbnail->class; ?>" title="<?php echo $thumbnail->image; ?>">
<i class="icon-folder"></i> <?php echo (!empty($item->filename) ? $item->filename : $item->name); ?>
</a>

around lines 57-66

and replace it with this one:
<a href="<?php echo JRoute::_('index.php?option=com_rsfiles&layout=download&path='.$item->fullpath.$this->itemid); ?>" class="<?php echo $thumbnail->class; ?>" title="<?php echo $thumbnail->image; ?>">
<?php } ?>
<i class="icon-file"></i> <?php echo (!empty($item->filename) ? $item->filename : $item->name); ?>
</a> 
<p><?php echo($item->filedescription);?></p>
<?php echo $item->isnew.' '.$item->popular; ?>
<?php } else { ?>
<a href="<?php echo JRoute::_('index.php?option=com_rsfiles&folder='.$item->fullpath.$this->itemid); ?>" class="<?php echo $thumbnail->class; ?>" title="<?php echo $thumbnail->image; ?>">
<i class="icon-folder"></i> <?php echo (!empty($item->filename) ? $item->filename : $item->name); ?>
</a>

The variable used to get the file description is the following:


$item->filedescription
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