Article quote in module...

[thetraveler]

Hello,

I'm not a coder so I'm hoping someone can explain how I could have a textbox for an "article quote" when submitting news:

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Then display it as a module on the article page:

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I read over how to create a module tutorial but was quickly lost. If someone could help me out I'd appreciate it. :)

Thanks.

[The Geek]

Try this: Copy the references module, rename it, edit it and change the $title='references'; line to $title='Quote'.

Think that should do what you're after... if not, let me know.

[thetraveler]

Ok I'm getting very close to making this work. Do I need to change any of the ['custom_refs'] in quote.php (formerly references.php)?

Also won't I need to copy/rename the references template to change the module title from "References" to "Article Quote"?

Thanks for your help on this. At least I'm starting to understand the code a little more than I did. :)

[The Geek]

To be safe, I would change 'custom_refs' instances to 'custom_quote' and create a new template named GARS_custom_quote with the references HTML in it.

Hope this helps!

[thetraveler]

Yes that did it! After I changed the template call in quote.php...**poof** like magic I had my new module!

Thanks so much! :)

[The Geek]

Not a problem. Glad you did it. If you get an inkling - post it in the add ons section - Id like to get as many modules out there as possible.

Thanks again