create an integrated folder view based on a custom content type (sample type: RichDocument)
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kingnebu
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last modified
Mar 19, 2010 11:07 AM
Use your own view to display all RichDocuments contained in a folder as one Page
Preface
The idea is to make it easier to have different topics on one page, i.e. the first page. The code below is a hacked version of folder_summary_view. The changes allows to combine different RichDocuments to appear as one visually Page, but should be easiely adaptable for other content types.
Example
RichDocuments A and B will be displayed in one page.
Note: Images, attached to a RichDocument, will appear on the right side of the coresponding RichDocuments bodytext. Other attachments will be listed in a box below the coresponding RichDocument.
Requirements
I am using RichDocument as contenttype. So this is needed to be installed.
The view template
Create a Page Template <your-plone-site>/portal_skins/custom/folder_documents_view form the ZMI.
Insert this code in folder_documents_view:
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en"
lang="en"
metal:use-macro="here/main_template/macros/master"
i18n:domain="plone">
<body>
<div metal:fill-slot="main">
<metal:main-macro define-macro="main">
<div metal:use-macro="here/document_actions/macros/document_actions">
Document actions (print, sendto etc)
</div>
<a href=""
class="link-parent"
tal:define="parent_url python:here.navigationParent(here, template_id)"
tal:condition="parent_url"
tal:attributes="href parent_url"
i18n:translate="go_to_parent_url">
Up one level
</a>
<div class="documentDescription" tal:content="here/Description">
description
</div>
<metal:listingmacro define-macro="listing">
<tal:foldercontents define="contentFilter contentFilter|request/contentFilter|nothing;
limit_display limit_display|request/limit_display|nothing;
more_url more_url|request/more_url|string:folder_contents;
contentsMethod python:test(here.portal_type=='Topic',
here.queryCatalog, here.getFolderContents);
folderContents python:here.getFolderContents(contentFilter =
{'portal_type' : ['RichDocument']}, batch = True);
use_view_action site_properties/typesUseViewActionInListings;
over_limit python: limit_display and len(folderContents) > limit_display;
folderContents python: (over_limit and folderContents[:limit_display])
or folderContents;
batch folderContents">
<tal:listing condition="folderContents">
<div metal:use-macro="here/batch_macros/macros/navigation" />
<div tal:repeat="item folderContents">
<tal:block tal:define="item_url item/getURL|item/absolute_url;
item_id item/getId|item/id;
item_title_or_id item/pretty_title_or_id;
item_description item/Description;
item_type item/portal_type;
item_type_title item/Type;
item_modified item/ModificationDate;
item_created item/CreationDate;
item_type_class python: 'contenttype-' + putils.normalizeString(item_type);
item_wf_state item/review_state|python: wtool.getInfoFor(item, 'review_state', '');
item_wf_state_class python:'state-' + putils.normalizeString(item_wf_state);
item_creator item/Creator;
item_start item/start/ISO|item/StartDate|nothing;
item_end item/end/ISO|item/EndDate|nothing;
item_object item/getObject;
">
<h1>
<span style="margin: 0;
padding: 0;
border: none !important;
text-decoration: none;"
tal:condition="not: isAnon">
<a href="/view" tal:define="url python:(item_url+'/edit')" tal:attributes="href url" >
<img src="" alt=""
tal:attributes="src string:$portal_url/pencil_icon.gif;
alt python:('edit ' + item_title_or_id);
" />
</a>
</span>
<span class="documentFirstHeading"
metal:define-macro="listitem" tal:content="item_title_or_id">
<a href="#"
tal:condition="python:item_type != 'Link'"
tal:attributes="href python:test(item_type in use_view_action, item_url+'/view', item_url+'/');">
Item Title
</a>
<a href="#"
tal:condition="python:item_type == 'Link'"
tal:content="item_title_or_id"
tal:attributes="href item/getRemoteUrl;">
External Link
</a>
</span>
</h1>
<div class="documentByLine" tal:define="creator item_object/Creator;">
<tal:name tal:condition="creator"
tal:define="author python:mtool.getMemberInfo(creator)">
<span i18n:translate="label_by_author">
by
<a href="#"
tal:attributes="href string:${portal_url}/author/${creator}"
tal:content="python:author and author['fullname'] or creator"
tal:omit-tag="not:author"
i18n:name="author">
Bob Dobalina
</a>
</span>
—
</tal:name>
<span i18n:translate="box_last_modified">
last modified
</span>
<span tal:replace="python:item_object.toLocalizedTime(item_object.ModificationDate(),long_format=1)">
August 16, 2001 at 23:35:59
</span>
</div>
<p class="documentDescription">
<span tal:omit-tag="" tal:condition="not:item_description">
</span>
<span tal:omit-tag="" tal:content="item_description">
description
</span>
</p>
<div class="imagesPreviewBox"
tal:define="images python:item_object.getFolderContents(contentFilter =
{'portal_type' : ['ImageAttachment']}, full_objects = True)"
tal:condition="nocall:images">
<div class="imagesPreviewBoxBody">
<tal:block repeat="image images">
<div class="" tal:attributes="class python:test (repeat['image'].end,
'imagesPeviewBoxImage', 'imagesPreviewBoxImage bottomDivider');">
<img tal:replace="structure python:image.tag(scale='preview')"/>
<br style="clear:both" />
<span tal:content="image/Title">
Title
</span>
</div>
</tal:block>
</div>
</div>
<div class="plain"><tal:block tal:content="structure item_object/CookedBody" /></div>
<div class="visualClear"><!-- --></div>
<div metal:use-macro="python:item_object.widget('displayImages')"/>
<div metal:use-macro="python:item_object.widget('displayAttachments')"/>
</tal:block>
</div>
<!-- Navigation -->
<div metal:use-macro="here/batch_macros/macros/navigation" />
</tal:listing>
<metal:empty metal:define-slot="no_items_in_listing">
<p class="discreet"
tal:condition="not: folderContents"
i18n:translate="description_no_items_in_folder">
There are currently no items in this folder.
</p>
</metal:empty>
</tal:foldercontents>
</metal:listingmacro>
</metal:main-macro>
</div>
</body>
</html>
Use it
Add the templates id to the Available view methods form field in <your-plone-site>/portal_types/Folder. The view is now available for every folder of your plone installation. Select it from the Display menu to us it for the actual folder. In <your-plone-site>/portal_types/Folder you can define it as the default view.
TODO
I am using it for a one-editor site. That is why <span tal:condition="not: isAnon"> works fine for me. Should be improved for community portals.
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