Accessing to variables

[svillanueva]

Hello,

I would like to show the editorial board in the left sideBar. To do this, I need to access to the variables of the groups memberships (since we work in Masthead) in order to show them in the correct format. The problem I found is that these variables are only available when accessing the editorialTeamBoard.tpl, where I guess the class AboutHandler appears and initialize the variables. Somehow, I would like to call that class or, the methods of that class in order to retrieve the values and then be able to work with the variable $groups in header.tpl.

I've read that some variables are accesible from anywhere (for example currentLocale, siteTitle, etc....), is it possible to add the groups variable to work with it in header.tpl as the other variables? Or there is another way to do that?



Regards,

Sergi Villanueva.

[asmecher]

Hi Sergi,

To make variables anywhere, add them to the constructor for classes/template/TemplateManager.inc.php -- e.g. where metaSearchDescription is set, near line 111. You should be able to adapt the necessary code from AboutHandler.inc.php in the editorialTeam function.

Regards,
Alec Smecher
Public Knowledge Project Team

[svillanueva]

Hi Alec,

I'm a little bit confused with this issue. The idea is to initialize the variables in the constructor for classes/template/TemplateManager.inc.php and then, work with them in the editorialTeam function on AboutHandler? Which variables should I need, $groupDao, $groupMembershipDao, $allGroups, $teamInfo, $groups ? I just want to show the name of the group, names and surnames of every boarder and the link to the bio.



Thannks again!

Sergi Villanueva.

[asmecher]

Hi Sergi,

You should only have to modify TemplateManager. You'll need to get the GroupDAO and GroupMembershipDAO using the DAORegistry, then fetch group and membership data using those DAOs and assign it to the template manager so that it can be used in any template. I'd suggest looking at the OJS Technical Reference (available from the documentation page) for more info on DAOs and communicating with templates.

Regards,
Alec Smecher
Public Knowledge Project Team

[svillanueva]

Thanks for your answer, I finally got it. I'm not sure whether is the best way or not but I adapted part of the code of the editorialTeam function in AboutHandler.inc.php for the TemplateManager and added the function editorialTeamBio adapting it too, in order to see the bio information when I click on a boarder. It works, but do you see any problems on these changes?




Regards,

Sergi Villanueva.