portfolio module

[Nick]

Hey there!
i been messing around with the portfolio module and i think it covers
almost everything i need. It would be nice to have custom fields
available instead of just the "client", etc.

Two questions now:
1. Is there a way to change the "tags" headline to "categories".It is
not very important, just nice if it can be done.
2. On the home page of the toggle site you have 3 pieces of work that
link to their individual portfolio pages. I noticed the link is
portfolio/permalink/xx. How exactly is this done through the pixie
admin panel, or is it done manualy?

I am really new to pixie but i think this is the beginning of a long
relationship.

Some features I would like to see in the next version of pixie:

I think it would be better to be able to create new pages and publish
articles on them in the same place on the admin panel rather than
going back and forth in settings and publish. It no biggie really
since you only create your pages once or twice, it would just feel
more organized.

the possibility to add static content on a dynamic page, for example
have a paragraph of text just before the blog starts, like an
introduction of some kind. I guess one could call it multiple modules
on a page.

When I found pixie i also tried the concrete5 cms, which takes a
completely different approach to how you built a page. the is no admin
panel like pixies, you update an add content directly on your pages. I
also supports multiple modules on the same page. To me it is a better
way to go about managing pages.

Lastly it would be nice to be able to edit css straight from the pixie
interface, than changing something then uploading and doing again.

Just some thoughts, tell me what you think.

Nick

[Nick]

"2. On the home page of the toggle site you have 3 pieces of work that
link to their individual portfolio pages. I noticed the link is
portfolio/permalink/xx. How exactly is this done through the pixie
admin panel, or is it done manualy? "

never mind about question number 2, i just link an image to the
archives. it was that simple....

[Scott]

Hi
Thanks for all your feedback on Pixie, I also tried concrete 5
recently and was impressed with the front-end editing, it certainly
makes sense to edit a site this way. Its a much easier process to
learn and stops the need to switch from frontend to backend all the
time. One thing I did notice with concrete 5 was that I could not find
an easy way to create blogs... it seems much better suited to small
static content sites. The reason we keep adding pages seperate is due
to the in-frequency of this being used once a site is setup....
certainly lots of options.

In answer to your question:

> 1. Is there a way to change the "tags" headline to "categories".It is
> not very important, just nice if it can be done.

You can change this easily in both Pixie and the front end... to
change it in Pixie, open up admin/lang/en_gb.php and add a line like
this:

'form_tags' => 'Categories',

To change it in the portfilio module itself, goto admin/modules/
portfolio.php and search for the word "tags" and replace it with
categories. Do not replace any of the refrences to "tags" in the
database queries though.

Cheers

Scott

[Nick]

scott thanks for your reply.

I have another question for the portfolio module.
At the moment it is possible to add clients and tags to a portfolio
item. I would like to be able to sort my portfolio items by categories
and clients and have that in two blocks in the sidebar. Since i have
no PHP knowledge the only way to manage something that comes close is
to tag each item with the category and client name and then have a tag
cloud block for the clients (which would unfortunately also show the
categories, unless there is a way to show only specific tags) and a
separate block with links of the categories manually linking them to
their specific tags (if that even makes sense to you i d be
surprised). All this because several clients have more than one item
to show.

cheers

Nick

[Scott]

Hi Nick
You could create a couple of manually updated blocks? One for clients
and one for tags? Blocks are very straight forward to make, just lumps
of HTML. Take a look here for more info:

http://www.getpixie.co.uk/support/article/block-development/

So just create a block with an unordered list like:

<ul>
<li><a href="<?php print createURL("portfolio","tag","clientname");?>"
title="View client name work">Client Name</a></li>
<li><a href="<?php print createURL("portfolio","tag","clientname1");?
>" title="View client name 1 work">Client Name 1</a></li>
<li><a href="<?php print createURL("portfolio","tag","clientname2");?
>" title="View client name 2 work">Client Name 2</a></li>
</ul>

and a similar thing for the categories you want to draw attention to.

Scott

[Nick]

Again Scott to the rescue!

I thought of that too but couldn t handle the PHP (since i dont know
the language)
thanks again for the extra quick reply. I am almost ready now with a
site for your showcase.

cheers mate

Nick

[Scott]

Hi Nick
Good to hear it, post up the URL once its ready and we will get it
featured!

Many thanks

Scott