Thank you Alejandro! I will search for the recommended approaches to customizing/modifying/extending the CE plugin.
Regards, Dondi. On Jan 29, 1:06 pm, Alejandro <[email protected]> wrote: > 1) off course you can, in BaseController you have > > def get_recent_footer_content > @recent_clippings = Clipping.find_recent(:limit => 10) > @recent_photos = Photo.find_recent(:limit => 10) > @recent_comments = Comment.find_recent(:limit => 13) > @popular_tags = popular_tags(30, ' count DESC') > @recent_activity = User.recent_activity(:size => 15, :current => > 1) > end > > if you want to show them in the footer, you just have to render > @recent_clippings, if you want them in the home page body, you can put > this line: > > @recent_clippings = Clipping.find_recent(:limit => 10) > > in get_additional_homepage_data of BaseController and render it. > > 2) Every model can be modified, there are some posts in this group > talking about that. > > 3) Just add a menu entry pointing to yourdomain/clippings. > > Good luck! > > On Jan 29, 12:35 am, Dondi <[email protected]> wrote: > > > OK. I just figured it out. Very Cool! Now I have some questions: > > > 1. Can clippings be promoted to the front page like How To, Questions > > or News Posts? > > 2. Can the clippings model be modified to add additional fields, or to > > rename existing fields/labels? > > 3. Can Clippings be added to the menu? > > > Thanks! > > > Dondi wrote: > > > Hello. I just started exploring Community Engine. All of the features > > > make sense to me -- except for "clippings". I have reviewed the demo > > > site, documentation and forum posts but can't find an explanation. Can > > > someone please enlighten me? Thanks, > > > > Dondi. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CommunityEngine" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/communityengine?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
