[CMS] Section widget modification

[alan92rttt]

I want to modify the contents of the section widget. I have found the code I'd want to change in sectionnavext.php.

But, I don't want to make the change there are it would make upgrades harder.

My thought was to modify the template where the getPageView() function from the file is called but I can't find it.

Can anyone point me in the right direction?


In case anyone is wondering I want to add specific content pages to the section nav.

[Edwin Brown]

The getPageView() function is called in the controller, not in a template. You definitely don't want to edit that. It's very difficult to answer your question without knowing what you want to do. Generally I would discourage people from changing the section widget- that's got some pretty complex javascript. If you absolutely have to add something to that then you're going to have to do some combination of (1) finding a hook you can use and creating a plugin, and (2) making a template that can render the results.

[alan92rttt]

What I want is to have a link on the section nav that will take the user directly to a content page rather then the Generic page that displays section headers.

I tried copying the resulting html from the section widget and making a new widget from that but the CSS does not come out right and I missed some of the Javascript. I could easy modify the SQL to gather the few pages I want added but then I have to do that each time I upgrade the forum.

[scubasteve3]

Hi Alan, were you able to figure this out? I am also interested in something similar. I am trying to show the section header titles on the main content page. So it should look as follows:
Front Page:
1. Section 1
A. Article 1
B. Article 2
2. Section 2
A. Article 1
B. Article 2

[alan92rttt]

I just made my own widget and hard coded the HTML. I never got the javascript to work the way the stock on does but I get the functionality I needed.