Joomla Templates Club 406,261 posts

[michaelsteip Friend michaelsteipJoin date: November 2012Posts: 16Downloads:0Uploads:5 Thanks: 4 Thanked: 1 times in 1 posts]

#182413

Hello,
I am trying to get a custom Link on JA Side News on my website http://www.steip.at/testenvironment/test/final_draft/. I don’t want the Link to go to the article, I want it to go to an external Website.

How do I do this?

Thanks,
Michael

[Luna Garden Moderator Luna GardenJoin date: July 2011Posts: 2617Downloads:80Uploads:96 Thanks: 78 Thanked: 453 times in 425 posts]

#473723

Hi,
To change the link of each item of JA Side News Module, there is a way in doing so. However, by doing this, every item article only redirect to one external link.
please go to:

templatesja_mixmazhtmlmod_jasidenewsdefault.php
Find these lines:

<div class="ja-slidenews-item">

<?php if( $showimage ): ?>
<?php echo $helper->renderImage ($item, $params, $descMaxChars, $iwidth, $iheight ); ?>
<?php endif; ?>

<div class="ja-item-content">
<?php if (isset($item->date)) : ?>
<span class="ja-createdate"><?php echo JHTML::_('date', $item->date, JText::_('DATE_FORMAT_LC4')); ?></span>
<?php endif; ?>

<h4 class="item-title">
<a class="ja-title" href="<?php echo $item->link; ?>"><?php echo $helper->trimString( $item->title, $titleMaxChars );?></a>
</h4>

<?php if ($descMaxChars!=0) : ?>
<p class="item-desc"><?php echo $helper->trimString( strip_tags($item->introtext), $descMaxChars); ?></p>
<?php endif;?>

<?php if( $showMoredetail ) : ?>
<a class="readon" href="<?php echo $item->link; ?>"> <?php echo JTEXT::_("MORE_DETAIL"); ?></a>
<?php endif;?>

</div>

Replace red text with your custom link

[dpchap015 Friend dpchap015Join date: September 2011Posts: 300Downloads:75Uploads:57 Thanks: 1 Thanked: 24 times in 1 posts]

#478898

Hi, i have a similar issue. I am using Mero template.
Please see the image attached.
I wish to redirect in the following way.

10) No redirection
11) Redirect to external link1.
12) Redirect to external link2.

How do i do this. As the post says this will redirect all the articles to the same External URL if i follow @luna Garden.

---

Attachments:

1. 

[stormid Friend stormidJoin date: November 2012Posts: 7Downloads:0Uploads:3]

#478910

Hi,
I have also a problem with JA Sidenews. When I push the more detail link, the text will appear under de module and not in a new window. How can I fix this…I just want to open my new article in a new window and not under my items. Please can you help me…

---

Attachments:

1. 

[dpchap015 Friend dpchap015Join date: September 2011Posts: 300Downloads:75Uploads:57 Thanks: 1 Thanked: 24 times in 1 posts]

#478916

Is this possible.
in the code editing suggested by @luna Garden
[PHP]<h4 class=”item-title”>
<a class=”ja-title” href=”<?php echo $item->link; ?>”><?php echo $helper->trimString( $item->title, $titleMaxChars );?></a>
</h4>

<?php if ($descMaxChars!=0) : ?>
<p class=”item-desc”><?php echo $helper->trimString( strip_tags($item->introtext), $descMaxChars); ?></p>
<?php endif;?>

<?php if( $showMoredetail ) : ?>
<a class=”readon” href=”<?php echo $item->link; ?>”> <?php echo JTEXT::_(“MORE_DETAIL”); ?></a>
<?php endif;?>[/PHP]

if i replace the code [PHP]<?php echo $item->link; ?>[/PHP] with a if statement and make it look somewhat like this=>

if(article_id=1)
redirect=”#”
else
if(article_id=2)
redirect=”external link1″
else
if(article_id=3)
redirect=”external link2″
else
redirect=”<?php echo $item->link; ?>”

will this resolve my issue.?

[dpchap015 Friend dpchap015Join date: September 2011Posts: 300Downloads:75Uploads:57 Thanks: 1 Thanked: 24 times in 1 posts]

#478917

<em>@stormid 354072 wrote:</em><blockquote>Hi,
I have also a problem with JA Sidenews. When I push the more detail link, the text will appear under de module and not in a new window. How can I fix this…I just want to open my new article in a new window and not under my items. Please can you help me…
</blockquote>

You can try changing this a little more
<blockquote>Hi,
To change the link of each item of JA Side News Module, there is a way in doing so. However, by doing this, every item article only redirect to one external link.
please go to:
Code:
templatesja_mixmazhtmlmod_jasidenewsdefault.php
Find these lines:
Code:
<div class=”ja-slidenews-item”>

<?php if( $showimage ): ?>
<?php echo $helper->renderImage ($item, $params, $descMaxChars, $iwidth, $iheight ); ?>
<?php endif; ?>

<div class=”ja-item-content”>
<?php if (isset($item->date)) : ?>
<span class=”ja-createdate”><?php echo JHTML::_(‘date’, $item->date, JText::_(‘DATE_FORMAT_LC4’)); ?></span>
<?php endif; ?>

<h4 class=”item-title”>
<a class=”ja-title” href=”<?php echo $item->link; ?>”><?php echo $helper->trimString( $item->title, $titleMaxChars );?></a>
</h4>

<?php if ($descMaxChars!=0) : ?>
<p class=”item-desc”><?php echo $helper->trimString( strip_tags($item->introtext), $descMaxChars); ?></p>
<?php endif;?>

<?php if( $showMoredetail ) : ?>
<a class=”readon” href=”<?php echo $item->link; ?>”> <?php echo JTEXT::_(“MORE_DETAIL”); ?></a>
<?php endif;?>

</div>
Replace red text with your custom link</blockquote>

Try changing this line
<a class="ja-title" href="<?php echo $item->link; ?>">
to

<a target="_new" class="ja-title" href="<?php echo $item->link; ?>">

[stormid Friend stormidJoin date: November 2012Posts: 7Downloads:0Uploads:3]

#478923

No it doesn’t work…

When I look at the demo site from JA_University the module works fine, but in my site it doesn’t…I don’t now why. I also use this module in anouther template (Mendozite) and I have the same problem there. Maybe I didn’t configure it right?

[Ninja Lead Moderator Ninja LeadJoin date: November 2014Posts: 16064Downloads:310Uploads:2864 Thanks: 341 Thanked: 3854 times in 3563 posts]

#479074

<em>@stormid 354072 wrote:</em><blockquote>Hi,
I have also a problem with JA Sidenews. When I push the more detail link, the text will appear under de module and not in a new window. How can I fix this…I just want to open my new article in a new window and not under my items. Please can you help me…
</blockquote>
I would need to take a closer look at your site. I tried to access this link on your attachment file but no success: cbkontwlkkel.tmp.remote.nl, please send me url on your site

[evacm Friend evacmJoin date: December 2012Posts: 7Downloads:12Uploads:0 Thanks: 8]

#488047

Hi,
I have the same problem as stormid. With JA Sidenews on Mixmaz template. Clicking the title the article appears under the whole module on the home page but not in a new layout with only the final article.
Could you help me?
Thank you.

[Ninja Lead Moderator Ninja LeadJoin date: November 2014Posts: 16064Downloads:310Uploads:2864 Thanks: 341 Thanked: 3854 times in 3563 posts]

#488126

<em>@evacm 366515 wrote:</em><blockquote>Hi,
I have the same problem as stormid. With JA Sidenews on Mixmaz template. Clicking the title the article appears under the whole module on the home page but not in a new layout with only the final article.
Could you help me?
Thank you.</blockquote>

You can try this way

In Joomla, if you want to view article individually, that article must be assigned to a menu item.

Pls create a new menu item (or use an existing one) and assign article (or category that article belongs to) to this new menu item and also make sure that you don’t assign any module to this menu item.

Let me know if it helps.

1 user says Thank You to Ninja Lead for this useful post

1. evacm

[evacm Friend evacmJoin date: December 2012Posts: 7Downloads:12Uploads:0 Thanks: 8]

#488165

That was it.
Thank you Ninja Lead.

[humerf Friend humerfJoin date: December 2013Posts: 2Downloads:0Uploads:1]

#516160

<em>@Ninja Lead 366599 wrote:</em><blockquote>You can try this way

In Joomla, if you want to view article individually, that article must be assigned to a menu item.

Pls create a new menu item (or use an existing one) and assign article (or category that article belongs to) to this new menu item and also make sure that you don’t assign any module to this menu item.

Let me know if it helps.</blockquote>

Is there any way to link to an internal URL or a a category-overview?
I want to use the look of mero-homepage-grid to link to 3 main-categories (K2) of main menu.
See rudimentary screenshot

This means, I cannot use Luna Gardens solution because I don’t want any Sidenews-content to be linked to one URL.
http://www.joomlart.com/forums/topic/ja-side-news-redirect-to-custom-link/

I would also not fear of messing around in code, because this would be a one-time-work.
Or is it possible to use another module and just the look of JA Sidenews?
I am not a pro, but I guess no!?

thx for any help in advance.

---

Attachments:

1. 

[Luna Garden Moderator Luna GardenJoin date: July 2011Posts: 2617Downloads:80Uploads:96 Thanks: 78 Thanked: 453 times in 425 posts]

#516277

Hello,

You can try this:
1. Go to file:

modulesmod_jasidenewshelper.php
find this line:

$item->link = urldecode(JRoute::_(K2HelperRoute::getItemRoute($item->id . ':' . urlencode($item->alias), $item->catid . ':' . urlencode($item->categoryalias))));
then change to:

$item->link = urldecode(JRoute::_(K2HelperRoute::getCategoryRoute($item->catid . ':' . urlencode($item->categoryalias))));

$item->title = $item->categoryname;

and find these lines:

$item->link = JRoute::_(ContentHelperRoute::getArticleRoute($item->slug, $item->catslug));
change to:

$item->link = urldecode(JRoute::_(K2HelperRoute::getCategoryRoute($item->catid . ':' . urlencode($item->categoryalias))));
$item->title = $item->categoryname;
Those change will take affect to JA Sidenew on your site.
2. go to file:
templatesja_merohtmlmod_jasidenewssidenews_content.php
Remove this line:

<?php echo $helper->trimString( strip_tags($item->introtext), $descMaxChars); ?>

Remember to back up your file before processing

[humerf Friend humerfJoin date: December 2013Posts: 2Downloads:0Uploads:1]

#516432

thanks your answer!
I’ll give it a try!

[Author]

Posts