Agh! Should have proofread... The module is in vendor/radiant/lib/archive_index_tags_and_methods.rb
On 11/9/07, Andrew O'Brien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I can be a little confusing at first, but for the basics of virtual > pages, I'd check out the ArchivePage types. The pages themselves are > in vendor/app/models/archive*.rb but probably the most important part > is is the module in vendor/radiant/lib/archive_index_tag which is > included in all of the virtual archive pages. > > The easiest way to do what you're trying to do would be to make two > new page types: one that's the parent of the virtual page which acts > as an index (RecipeListPage) and another that's the actual virtual > page (RecipePage). > > In RecipeListPage, you may want to override child_url and find_by_url > as in ArchivePage. > > In RecipePage, you can override find_by_url to query for the recipe > record and save it as an instance variable which will be available > later. You'll also want to override render to handle the Recipe > objects instead of rendering the PageParts like normal. You'll also > want to override virtual? to return true and probably do something > with title as well. > > Sorry if this wasn't too detailed. I'd recommend maybe stepping > through the URL matching and render code with ruby-debug if you want > to get a better idea of how things work. Here's a good tutorial on > ruby-debug: > > http://www.datanoise.com/articles/2006/07/12/tutorial-on-ruby-debug > > > -Andrew > > On 11/9/07, Chris Parrish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm about to start work on an extension where I need to create my own > > virtual page type. I'm more than a little confused about them and am > > not sure where to start. (As I leave charted waters, my map just reads: > > "There be dragons here"). > > > > Anybody able to point me to some documentation or some good sample code > > that might give me a leg up in this area? > > > > Specifically, what I'm looking to do is allow the user to create a > > virtual page that renders a list view (say, '/recipes') based on dynamic > > data in the db. But I also want this page to automatically have it's > > own virtual children rendering as an item view (like, > > '/recipes/apple-pie' & '/recipes/chicken-gumbo'). > > > > -Chris > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Radiant mailing list > > Post: [email protected] > > Search: http://radiantcms.org/mailing-list/search/ > > Site: http://lists.radiantcms.org/mailman/listinfo/radiant > > > _______________________________________________ Radiant mailing list Post: [email protected] Search: http://radiantcms.org/mailing-list/search/ Site: http://lists.radiantcms.org/mailman/listinfo/radiant
