Appendix B "View" files
"View" files contain the statements to render the web pages. In addition, FladsClassifieds stores the main stylesheet file together with the "View" files.
How to create a new set of "View" files
Follow the steps below to create your own set of "View" files :
- create a subdirectory in the "View" file directory. For
example,
system/application/views/my_theme/
- add a "blank"
index.htmlfile in your subdirectory (to do that, copy the
system/application/views/theme0/index.htmlfile to createsystem/application/views/my_theme/index.html, for example).
- create your specific "View" files in your subdirectory. For example,
system/application/views/my_theme/style.css,
system/application/views/my_theme/header_ads.php,
system/application/views/my_theme/footer_ads.php,
etc.
- in the
system/application/config/Fl_viewconfig.phpfile, add your own "View" subdirectory in the$config['Fl_view_dir_list']variable. For example,
$config['Fl_view_dir_list'] = array('', 'theme0/', 'my_theme/');
- in the Administer
website configuration page / Display Settings
section / View directory setting, select the
my_theme/item.
Important:
Once you have created your own set of "View" files, do not forget
to
adapt them when you apply a FladsClassifieds upgrade.
How to customize the display of advertisements
FladsClassifieds allows you to customize the "View" files used for posting/editing an advertisement and the "View" files used to display advertisement list and advertisement details.
Those files are the following:
system/application/views/Fl_ads/post1.php(used to display the post/edit an advertisement form)system/application/views/Fl_ads/post2.php(used to display the post/edit an advertisement form)system/application/views/Fl_ads/post3.php(used to display the post/edit an advertisement form)system/application/views/Fl_ads/ads_body.php(used to display the list of the advertisements in a category)system/application/views/Fl_ads/ads_details_body.php(used to display advertisement details)
In addition, 2.), 4.) and 5.) can be made specific to a
category. For example, system/application/views/Fl_ads/ads_body_75.php will be used only for category whose ID is 75.
Note:
Category specific "View" files are considered first. For example, suppose you have set your "View" files in thesystem/application/views/my_theme directory. Then, when
FladsClassifieds displays advertisements for category whose ID is 75, it will search the
"View" files in the order shown below
and it will use the first file it finds:- category specific "View" file in the
system/application/views/my_themedirectory, i.e.
system/application/views/my_theme/Fl_ads/ads_body_75.php - category specific "View" file in default directory, i.e.
system/application/views/Fl_ads/ads_body_75.php - generic "View" file in the
system/application/views/my_themedirectory, i.e.
system/application/views/my_theme/Fl_ads/ads_body.php - generic "View" file in default directory, i.e.
system/application/views/Fl_ads/ads_body.php
Note:
If a "View" file in the default "View" directory (system/application/views/Fl_ads/) suits you,
you do not have to copy it in your "View" directory.
