[joomla] Converting a HTML/JavaScript page to be a module in Joomla
David Roth
davidalanroth at gmail.com
Fri Aug 3 00:05:31 EDT 2012
(Not as confused as I am :-) )
I got a little more detail. It turns out, this user is using a IE 7. I
tested it on an old Windows XP and I had the same problem. The symptom is
when the user clicks on Submit it doesn't do anything.
It might have something to do with using this onclick in JavaScript code:
<input type=button value="Submit" onclick="myform(this.form)">
Since this turned out not to be Joomla template related, I won't follow
this up here. Thanks!
David Roth
On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 10:55 PM, Christopher French
<contact at chrisfrench.me>wrote:
> I am confused I think tablets all support javascript.
>
> On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 7:53 PM, David Roth <davidalanroth at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Sorry, typo. :-)
>>
>> *Tablet PC*
>> *
>> *
>> David Roth
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 10:52 PM, Christopher French <
>> contact at chrisfrench.me> wrote:
>>
>>> what is a table PC??
>>>
>>> On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 5:16 PM, David Roth <davidalanroth at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Chris.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for the info!
>>>>
>>>> Speaking of JavaScript, anyone have experience about what to do with
>>>> Table PC users to make JavaScript work for them? Something special to do in
>>>> the JavaScript? Thanks!
>>>>
>>>> David Roth
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 11:11 AM, Christopher French <
>>>> contact at chrisfrench.me> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Create a folder called js in your module folder (this is to make it
>>>>> easier in your xml file, and to keep things nice.)
>>>>>
>>>>> Than you create a js file in that folder name it whatever makes sense,
>>>>> and in your module file mod_david_table.php
>>>>>
>>>>> Add JHTML::_('script', 'nameoffile.js' 'modules/mod_david_table/js/');
>>>>>
>>>>> Please check that for typos I typed it on my phone.
>>>>> On Aug 1, 2012 7:40 AM, "David Roth" <davidalanroth at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks, Chris & Donna for your postings. Very helpful!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I got it working as a module.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Now that this is a big requirement for this module, but I was
>>>>>> wondering how do I take the JavaScript and put it in it's own file so that
>>>>>> the module can find it? Thanks!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> David Roth
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 4:19 PM, Christopher French <
>>>>>> contact at chrisfrench.me> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Your probably best to just make your own module.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Make a module in joomla is very easy it is the easiest thing to make.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> You could just copy a module xml from another folder or download a
>>>>>>> hello world module.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> At the most basic level you could just copy an xml file from any
>>>>>>> module than,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Put in a folder name it mod_david_table.xml open it up and change
>>>>>>> the info to yours
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Create an empty file called mod_david_table.php in the same folder
>>>>>>> and just copy all you html and javascript right into that file and just
>>>>>>> have no php. As you learn you can update your module to use templates
>>>>>>> helpers and caching if you want.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> That is better than disabling js in your wysiwg editor.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Last sstep is you zip of your two files and install them
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 5:42 AM, Donna Marie Vincent <
>>>>>>> donnamarievincent at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 1. You can set your editor to *not* filter out the javascript.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 2. It is very easy to create a simple module and put your code in
>>>>>>>> it. (I have a tutorial for it but it's not updated for 2.5. The main
>>>>>>>> difference is that you now need to register modules in the database in the
>>>>>>>> #__extensions table.) There are probably up-to-date tutorials on YouTube
>>>>>>>> for doing this. Once you see how easy it is, you won't both spending time
>>>>>>>> looking for extensions that fit, you'll just make your own!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> ------------------------------
>>>>>>>> *From:* David Roth <davidalanroth at gmail.com>
>>>>>>>> *To:* NYPHP SIG: Joomla <joomla at lists.nyphp.org>
>>>>>>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, July 31, 2012 6:54 AM
>>>>>>>> *Subject:* [joomla] Converting a HTML/JavaScript page to be a
>>>>>>>> module in Joomla
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I have a JavaScript program which does some simple calculations. It
>>>>>>>> emulates what you would do in a spreadsheet. It isn't fancy, but it is
>>>>>>>> functional and I want to make a Joomla module out of it. I didn't write a
>>>>>>>> CSS for this because it was intended to be used in Joomla from the start
>>>>>>>> and I want it to inherit the Joomla CSS that's resident.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> My first thought was, create a custom HTML module, go into HTML
>>>>>>>> editing mode and paste the HTML page with it's JavaScript in there.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The result is, it didn't work. It kept the HTML formatting of the
>>>>>>>> page, but it filtered out all the JavaScript. There are no external files
>>>>>>>> referencing the JavaScript and jQuery is not being used. Maybe it needs to
>>>>>>>> be an actual mod_david_calc and that will do it? But I must be missing
>>>>>>>> something else in order to do that. Can't imagine getting away from free in
>>>>>>>> Joomla without having to call some Joomla function to make it work. :-)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> So then I spent time searching and it appears some sort of special
>>>>>>>> treatment is needed for your own JavaScript to be available in Joomla.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Why I'm posting about this, is that I would like to get some
>>>>>>>> direction as to what is the best way to do this. Is there a favorite Joomla
>>>>>>>> extension people use to help make all this happen? Also, should it be a
>>>>>>>> module or can/should it be a Joomla Article for this JavaScript calc
>>>>>>>> program? It only needs to appear on one page. Thanks!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> David Roth
>>>>>>>>
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