Author Topic: Simple template overrides - where to get at (Read 1375 times)

alanski · February 27, 2012, 03:25:30 am

Must say after going to the effort of creating a custom profile form it seems impossible to really template Civi output easily.

Joomla 1.7.x Civi4.1

All i want to do is reformat the label/inputs for check boxes.

It sees the whole lot is contained in a little snippet

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{$form.$n.html}

Whats the point of template exposure if you cant get to the elements?

How do I get to the label/input generation?

xavier · February 27, 2012, 05:42:34 am

Hi,

Agree, that's not useful and the php part should only give "row" data and let the template does it templating job.

This being said, debug the template and you'll get a window with all the variables assigned and you can usually rebuild the form the way you want (was the case last time I tried).

I'm assuming you know that you can change the label of a field directly via the admin interface of profiles directly?

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P.S. One workaround I'm using more and more is to have a .extra.tpl and a few lines of jquery is easier to change stuff on the form. Not technically beautiful, but works well

alanski · February 27, 2012, 11:21:40 am

Good to know I am not completely mad. Appreciate your reply.
From a standards point of view useing JQuery to manipulate the dom seems like a step backward when all I am trying to do is wrap the form checkboxe elements in the label.
I fudged it with some heavy CSS in the end but if you think that form completion rates are affected by form layouts then the ability to have a clean template is key. Its a real disappointment trying to tell a client it'll take half a day to brand and usability test their modest forms ...and then some

xavier · February 27, 2012, 12:21:14 pm

Agree about jquery manipulation

This being said, fixing the core and exposing the fields is not that complicated. Just it's no one priority enough to fix it ;(

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Donald Lobo · February 27, 2012, 03:13:19 pm

hey alan:

there is a code sprint going on in London as we speak. As you are probably aware, Civi depends on code contributions and more from the community to make things better. Might be a good opportunity for you to come up and help improve a few of the things and lies that are bugging you and make the next version better for both you and the community

lobo

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