a field badge

I think it should be done on the level of template.

Apart from Cobalt custom fields and template…

• Cobalt internal Events & Karma points? (As far as i know not unused, not displayed, yet. Why?)
• AUP integration (medals)
• Easy Social integration (badges)

This would be a good feature. I like it. can anyone suggest how to do it?

I think Status field is a nice option. Would allow quick changes in list and full view without entering the edit/save mode. There is also access rights etc.

pepperstreet I think Status field is a nice option. Would allow quick changes in list and full view without entering the edit/save mode. There is also access rights etc.

But what I can see status is more related to comments system. I dont see any options for applying it to featured option. any idea?

brianpat I dont see any options for applying it to featured option. any idea?

Nope, The regular "featured" function is not related. Maybe a valid feature request ;)

Actually, my comment was a reply to the initial question for a "field". My idea is for adding different "badges" to a record, in a faster, convenient way. Additionally, you have a lot of options for workflows and notifications. Hence the custom SQLs: You might trigger and modify the "featured" properties with it.

brianpat I dont see any options for applying it to featured option. any idea?

Additional weird idea and workaround:

If you use a custom list/full-view template, you might put the Status field inside the "featured" markup. Result: A conditional Status badge related to the core "featured" option ;)

Additional weird idea and workaround:

If you use a custom list/full-view template, you might put the Status field inside the "featured" markup. Result: A conditional Status badge related to the core "featured" option ;)

That sounds good to me, but how will I do it in terms of changing the code.

brianpat how will I do it in terms of changing the code.

Take a look into the various Cobalt templates. Search for if($item->featured)

Most likely you will find something like this:

<?php if($item->featured) echo ' success' ?>

or the following if/else for other record statuses:

<?php if($item->featured)
        {
            echo ' success';
        }
        elseif($item->expired)
        {
            echo ' error';
        }
        elseif($item->future)
        {
            echo ' warning';
        }?>

These lines do simply output (echo) different words. Those words represent the CSS class. Which is reponsible for the different color in frontend. i.e. success = light green background on table row

You might replace the entire echo with your field code. That's all.

• Either you hard-code the field with a certain ID,
• or you can make even make it flexible with a template parameter! i.e. see Docs article under "Setting Field In Parameters".
  Tip: Have a look into a Cobalt template like Gallery-pack or Events. Hence the UNSET command if you use the default field loop! Otherwise you end up with duplicated field output ;)