Catalog in frontend - register user adding their "article"

I'm working on project which has, registration of new user, user can add their "article" via frontend catalog and user can edit their added "article". User must be able to do this on frontend.

So far I've done registration for users and everything works fine. The problem is that I don't know how to setup the catalog that user could add their article from frontend (It should look like contact form). I need catalog because somewhere on webpage there will be filter's page for sorting and displaying those "articles".

Help please.

The Catalog list module has a checkbox for "Enable Editing". There is also a module called Catalog edit.

Thank you for that.

Now how can I limit user that he can only add one "article" meanwhile he can edit and "repair" only his "article" which he submitted?

Argh...just can't figure it out :(

I figure out how to edit the catalog items, when I just said well let's try it. I just choose in Catalog list catalog_simple in Catalog layout and it's work perfect.

But I still can't figure it out, how to limit FE member to publish only one catalog item and how to do that user can edit only his catalog item. It should be some extra btn on webpage Edit item and on this page would be only his catalog item, but how to build smth. like that?

Thanks.

Wotanskrieg,

I do not know what to tell you, as I have never worked with frontend catalog editing. It seems that these questions are best answered by Thyon or Xtra.

There are permissions per item and catalog. However I'm not sure how it was implemented, as Xtra developed that part in detail.

Ok Ben and Thyon. I've send email to Xtra.

I've done this by adding userid filed and set it to Frontend user in catalog. Than I made it editable in catalog edit and works fine. Now I only need to figure it out that the "Edit the item details" is only shown to user by clicking, lets say, button edit item in main navigation.

I really don't know how to automate this, that the content of "Edit item" will shown only one, user item.

Ok I'm trying to do following:

I made new catalog-list (new site-structure) and is the same as the one where all items are displayed. The difference would be only in condition but I don't know the right insertag to limit item, to be shown only to user who created this item.

That would be a simple solution for me....I just need the right inserttag to limit items to user.

Thanks.

You should look into setting a condition in that catalog listing module where it only shows entries that match the id of the logged in member.

Hi Ben, I imagine in theory what should be done, but my skills of "programming" isn't well enough, so again I'm stuck with my limited knowledge :(

Hi wotanskrieg,
here you are :

Code:

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(userid={{user::id}} OR userid=0)

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That means: show only Items by this user ore Items with none user (when it was addet at the backend).

But i realy don't know how to deal with only one Item here....

regards

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Edit:
German catalog dokumentation is here: http://de.contaowiki.org/Kategorie:Catalog
Maybe Google Translate kan help, because there is also one Site for Frontend-Edit and workflow ;-)

Thank you very much, it works like charm. Next time I will use google trans :)

Any clue about limiting users adding item to 1 ?

Regards.

I found an extension that will be helpful for connecting FE users to catalog entries: http://www.contao.org/extension-list/vi ... 03.en.html

I don't know how to limit users to only have one entry, though.

Hi Ben.

I've installed this extension before and as far as I know It allows you, that user can edit only their own item which works for now....now the only problem remains limiting....:) only if Xtra would had some time :)

What if you wrapped the "add another catalog entry" link in something along these lines:

Code:

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<?php if (count($entry['data']['memberID'])): ?>
You've already added an entry
<?php else: ?>
[the link to add an entry]
<?php endif: ?>

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I haven't tested this, but it's just an idea I had.

Ben I'm trying with your code, but there is no effect I even tried ->

Code:

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<?php if (count($entry['data']['memberID']) <=1): ?>

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but in that case it only shows "You've already added an entry". (p.s. I changed memberID to userid which I have defined in column name).

the condition clause would be, since leo doesn't provide the USERID inserttag.

Code:

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myuseridfield={{user::username}}

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http://www.contao.org/insert-tags.html

if that fails, try to insert the userID directly by quering the USER object:

Code:

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<input type="text" value="<php echo $this->User->id; ?>" />

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Quote:

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Originally Posted by thyon

the condition clause would be, since leo doesn't provide the USERID inserttag.

Code:

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myuseridfield={{user::username}}

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http://www.contao.org/insert-tags.html

if that fails, try to insert the userID directly by quering the USER object:

Code:

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<input type="text" value="<php echo $this->User->id; ?>" />

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You wrote this for issue that user can edit only his items?
Cause this was solved with this condition

Code:

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(userid={{user::id}} OR userid=0)

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Now the new issue is to limit user to add only one item.

Äh.. maybe i explaned it not right.
That code:

Quote:

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(userid={{user::id}} OR userid=0)

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is for the condition in the List Module, so that Members only can see her own Items.

The Members can always only edit there Items when you use the UserID Field :)

So it's just a little usability of the page when the Members don't get 'you can't edit this' when they try to edit an Item of an other Member.

regards

Quote:

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Originally Posted by MacKP

Äh.. maybe i explaned it not right.
That code:

Quote:

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(userid={{user::id}} OR userid=0)

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is for the condition in the List Module, so that Members only can see her own Items.

The Members can always only edit there Items when you use the UserID Field :)

So it's just a little usability of the page when the Members don't get 'you can't edit this' when they try to edit an Item of an other Member.

regards

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That's right! :)

Argh, why is so hard to limit users by adding only one item ?:) I prefer developing some extension for this ;)

Does anyone know how to add "Field description" so that is shown bellow the field in Frontend where you edit or add new item?

Anyone ? I only need to put some text under input...like Explanation in form generator.

Ok I will ask in another way....

in catalog_edit, the edit fields are generated like that

Code:

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<?php echo $this->field; ?>

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I figure it out that is "token" from form generator in FormTextField.php

How can I manually add edit filed to catalog_edit.php?

It is possible to display page ID in Format title string. I've try with {{env::page_id}} or {{env::page_name}} but no effect.

I have a question.
I have a two catalogs with fields:

No 1:
user - useridfield
client - text
and some others

No 2:
user - useridfield
client - select and the source table is table No 1, and Option value column is column "client"
and some others

and what I need to do while i want taht users can only add records to No 2 catalog with possibility to select client name from previously added records only by them to catalog No 1?

If I post in filter client=1 i any user can chose from records added by user with id 1, but when I write user={{user::id}} its not working :(

P.S. Sorry for my terrible english.

try with this ->

Code:

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userid={{user::id}} OR userid=0

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I tried this already but this don't want to work :/
Can I filter items in select tag using inser tags??

You created a new field in catalog named userid ?

You created a new field in catalog named userid and type Frontend user? Than you must in Catalog Edit choose userid too, but don't displayed in catalog list...

This are my catalogs:
No.1
http://imgur.com/MMPBJ.png
No.2
http://imgur.com/9hWKv.png
and in No.2 klient field look like this:
http://imgur.com/mwBgJ.png
but its not working.
When I for example write in Filter items: uzytkownik=1 i have all positions added by user with id=1, and uzytkownik=uzytkownik_wpis dont want to work :/

I have enabled useridfield in both.

As i wrote in this post before (Page 3 on top) this is the condition you search for:

Code:

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(userid={{user::id}} OR userid=0)

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So plz read the threads before you ask ;-)

And the condition is for the catalog-LIST-module. The filter has a checkbox that it will do it with the condition at the list.. so that would be the way you has to do it.

regards

I read this and im using it with list module, and its working.
But I need to do something when user is adding new record to catalog he should see only these position that he previously added in other catalog.
That is why i want to do it in field filter:
http://imgur.com/gYHFV.png
but if i make it like this:
(uzytkownik={{user::id}} OR uzytkownik=0) [uzytkownik is word for userid]
then i dont get any results:
http://imgur.com/clNeA.png

Pleas help me if you know what im doing wrong.

I've never used catalog, but your query doesn't make sense.
username might equal 'uzytkownik', but id is always a number. Also you cant reverse it like that, or you're asking a field called uzytkownik if it has a value of whatever you assign

uzytkownik is a field with user id [int].
And it works in condition for catalog LIST module.
So its not a field type problem but im doing something wrong with filter option.

But what?

[Edit: nvm ;)]

oops, i thought you meant uzytkownik was the users name :oops:
dont know sorry

Hey ArturMaly,
sorry.. i hadn't understand it right.
Now i get it.

This feature is not implementet yet and will not work.
So please open a new Ticket there -> http://code.google.com/p/typolight-catalog/issues/list

regards

NVM
I already done that, but thanks.

Hi to all... I have the same Issue of wotanskrieg.
But in my case I don't have to limit the submission of new catalog items.
Here I have to limit each frontend user to edit his own (and only) catalog's item which is a sort of personal page.

The problem is almost solved, since I have limited the list of editable items adding a condition to the listing module so it appears to be modifiable only one catalog item (the condition I've used in sql syntax of the listing module is different because I used

Code:

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email="{{user::email}}"

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The problem is that in this way I can only limit to one the visible editable item, but if a crafty user chenge the url alias is able to modify even other catalog items. How to prevent this?
My idea is to modify the edit page and printing it via php only if the previous condition is true (email=="{{user::email}}) but how to implement this?

I installed the extension suggested by Ben:

Quote:

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Originally Posted by Ben

I found an extension that will be helpful for connecting FE users to catalog entries: http://www.contao.org/extension-list/vi ... 03.en.html

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But I saw this extension limit the editing to a member group rather than an one member... the ideal thing would be modify this extension making in it my condition email="{{user::email}}?
Anyone can help me?
Thanks.