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Author as a Dataobject


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stew

Community Member, 30 Posts

28 October 2010 at 3:27am

Edited: 28/10/2010 3:29am

Hey guys,

I've hit a bit of a problem with a site I'm developing.

I have a DataObject called Staff that is managed via StaffPage (holds information on each member of staff; name, role, description, headshot, email address), outputting to the StaffPage is easy. However I'm wanting to be able to use the same information in the site's NewsPage and ArticlePage as the Author information - so at the end of each NewsPage/ArticlePage you get a wee bit of blurb about the writer.

I've been trying for most of the day to get this to work and I've managed to get a dropdown loaded up in the CMS (thanks to ssbits.com's dropdown population tutorial), however it wont save the information across - and I'm not convinced I've done it right anyway...

Here is the code in NewsPage:

<?php
/**
 * Defines the NewsPage page type
 */
class NewsPage extends Page {
	static $db = array(
		'Date' => 'Date'
	);
	
	static $has_one = array(
		'Staff' => 'Staff'
	);
	
	static $many_many = array(
	);

	function getMyObjectOptions()
	{
	    if($Pages = DataObject::get('Staff'))
	    {
	    return $Pages->map('ID', 'StaffName', 'Please Select');
	    }
	    else
	    {
	    return array('No Staff found');
	    }
	}
	
	function getCMSFields() {
		$fields = parent::getCMSFields();
		$fields->addFieldToTab('Root.Content.Main', new DatePickerField('Date', 'Date'));
		$fields->addFieldToTab("Root.Content.Main", new DropdownField(
		    'Staff',
		    'Please choose a Staff Member',
		    $this->getMyObjectOptions()
		));
		
		return $fields;
	}
	
}

 
class NewsPage_Controller extends Page_Controller {

}

Presumably someone has done this before, I'm just stuck at this point.

Thanks,

Stewart

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MarcusDalgren

Community Member, 288 Posts

29 October 2010 at 8:04pm

I'm not sure about this one since I usually don't use dropdowns but try calling it StaffID instead of Staff.

      $fields->addFieldToTab("Root.Content.Main", new DropdownField(
       'StaffID',
       'Please choose a Staff Member',
       $this->getMyObjectOptions()
      ));

StaffID is what the actual field in the database is called so that might be why it's not saving. Let me know if it works.

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stew

Community Member, 30 Posts

2 November 2010 at 3:05am

Edited: 02/11/2010 3:11am

Yeah that worked perfectly thanks!