Display Bookmark, Follow and Compare Button on List Page and Record Page without login

It is possible. It the template you can find place wheer those buttons are displaied and add condition to display the same buttons (just copy/paste HTML markup and edit it) that will show tooltip or somethign like this.

For examplee those buttons in a template in

<?php if($this->user->get('id')):?>

so add another condition with

<?php if(!$this->user->get('id')):?>

Thanks Sergey, would it be possible for you to incorporate this flag in cobalt admin backend? This should be a must functionality for cobalt. I hope you wont disappoint me.

I changed, but I have now two problems.

1) I can see only compare button, but not other button such as favourites and follow - How can I display them and when user clicks them they will be diverted to Login Page. If user is already logged in then it will beheave as usual. 2) The other problem is compare button is not static, means if you put ur cursor, then only shows, otherwise it doesnot. How can I alsways show this compare button all the time?

I also noticed that after changnging as per the suggestion, I do not see all these options on list pagen after you log in. So the above logic does not work.

brianpat Thanks Sergey, would it be possible for you to incorporate this flag in cobalt admin backend?

What do you mean? Create such a parameter for templates?

brianpat I changed, but I have now two problems.

You changed that? Or you added new condition?

Sergey

brianpat Thanks Sergey, would it be possible for you to incorporate this flag in cobalt admin backend?

What do you mean? Create such a parameter for templates? yes which will control this.

brianpat I changed, but I have now two problems.

You changed that? Or you added new condition?

i changed the syntax as per your suggestion, i just replaced it to <?php if(!$this->user->get('id')):?>, but now i cant even see the buttons when you logged in

I suggested not to change but add new condition. What you have already in template works nice. You only need to add dummy buttons when user is nto logged in. So you have to add somethign like this.

<?php if(!$this->user->get('id')):?>
   <a href="/ http://site/login " class="btn btn-micro">
       <img src="/media/bookmark.png">
   </a>
<?php endif; ?>

Of course path to picture is worng. this is just an idea. So when user logged in he see block that is there now and when not logged in he see this block with dummy buttons.

Thanks, I got your points. But then how can I show compare button on both occasion, like to show compare button when user is not logged in and also to show compare button when user is logged in?

Also how can I show the static compare button means will be there all the time whether you put your cursor to that record or not. Now it is showing only when you put your cursor. The problem with this now is the compare button does not display within the record area on list page. It displays bit above and when you put the cursor, it disappears. Probably it is a bug.

Group all conditions in one btn-group class. First show compage button then conditions

.btn-group
   compare
   if user
       button for logget in user
   if !user
       button for non logged in user.

brianpat The problem with this now is the compare button does not display within the record area on list page. It displays bit above and when you put the cursor, it disappears. Probably it is a bug.

This is depends on your Joomla template. Give me the link to see.

I follwed the approach, but I have now one issue with it.

I created the button compare but, it is showing with extra spaces.

Here is the code:

<?php if(!$this->user->get('id')):?>
    <a href="/index.php?option=com_users&view=login">
        <img alt="Follow" src="/<?php echo JURI::root(TRUE)?>/media/mint/icons/follow.gif" data-original-title="Follow this property and get Notification, You need to Login to do it" rel="tooltip">
    </a>
    <a href="/jlatest/index.php?option=com_users&view=login">
    <img alt="Bookmark" src="/<?php echo JURI::root(TRUE)?>/media/mint/icons/bookmark.gif" data-original-title="Save this Property and Track, You need to Login to do it" rel="tooltip">
    </a>
    <?php echo HTMLFormatHelper::compare($item, $this->submission_types[$item->type_id], $this->section);?>
<?php endif; ?>

I found out that this is due to the class btn-min in html.php in cobalt library on line number 433

return sprintf('<a class="btn btn-co-control btn-mini%s" id="compare_%d" type="button" onclick="Cobalt.CompareRecord(%d, %d);">%s</a>',

Any idea how can I fix this?

Since it is added in the core files, I would suggest to fix it in your template...:

Either keep the current output and try to change the appearance with CSS.
Maybe you can add an extra CSS class to your button group? So, you can target the specific inner button class... and override its style.

Or by PHP before you output the compare button. Most likely preg_replace or simpler str_replace should work.

You can override CSS properties you do not like. Or replace btn-mini like this

<?php 
$btn = HTMLFormatHelper::compare($item, $this->submission_types[$item->type_id], $this->section);
echo str_replace('btn-mini', '', $btn);
?>

will i place it on html.php? I dont want to change this core file.

brianpat will i place it on html.php? I dont want to change this core file.

Nope. Just in your custom template. See your previous code snippet where you output the compare button...

<?php echo HTMLFormatHelper::compare($item, $this->submission_types[$item->type_id], $this->section);?>

Replace it with the 2 lines from Sergey.

The difference and logic is:

• First line puts the whole compare-button code in $btn,
• Second line removes the CSS class (replaces the btn-mini with nothing '' ).
• Outputs your button (echo)

it still does not work. It shows little bigger background button. no idea why?

i got it fixed by adding the whole class name by the following

<?php 
                            $btn = HTMLFormatHelper::compare($item, $this->submission_types[$item->type_id], $this->section);
                            echo str_replace('btn btn-co-control btn-mini', 'nothing', $btn);
                            ?>

I have another question. Can I display compare button on record page?

brianpat I have another question. Can I display compare button on record page?

No.

Sergey No.

I am surprised. Why not?

I am also very much surprised. dont understand why this is designed this way/