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Image parameter for Section and other Cobalt Items - Icons webfont

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pepperstreet VIP
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11 Jun 2013 07:04

During a quick test with NextEnd's Accordion Menu, I noticed that Cobalt has no image parameter for the root-category (Section). Although categories have a regular image parameter and upload.

Sample use cases

  • simple usage (no fiddling with HTML description and editor. "Gefrickel-Free" ;) )
  • re-use as icons in category filter
  • re-use in 3rdParty modules like "Accordion Menu".
    (currently it is parsing the whole description field for the first IMG-tag)

Suggestion / Ideas

  • image parameter and upload like in sub/categories
  • optional icon/webfont parameter and class.
    (Could also be used for other Cobalt items i.e. fields, groups etc. See related links!)

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Last Modified: 25 Jun 2015

Tags Cobalt 9

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Konstantin
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11 Jun 2013 08:13

You can find image setting in Options tab in Category configuration.

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pepperstreet VIP
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11 Jun 2013 09:23

._. :O..:O ..

I was looking in Section (Root Category) only! My fault...

BTW, shouldn't it have an image parameter, too? Just for completeness. And also for 3rdparty modules, which might use this image.

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pepperstreet VIP
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11 Jun 2013 09:45

Please, see topic edit and second thought for additional idea.

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Sergey
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12 Jun 2013 05:07

Where to use it? If in menu then menu has its own parameter. If in template, then we have to think.

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pepperstreet VIP
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13 Aug 2013 18:03
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pepperstreet VIP
Total posts: 3,837
25 Jan 2015 20:09

Sergey Where to use it? If in menu then menu has its own parameter. If in template, then we have to think.

Everywhere in Cobalt ;)

  • Field label/icon
  • Field Groups
  • Module parameters i.e. Statistics
  • Template parameters i.e. SectionMenu, User's Menu etc.
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pepperstreet VIP
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25 Jan 2015 20:32

EDIT Jan 2015:
Added some related links to "IconPicker's" in initial post.

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pepperstreet VIP
Total posts: 3,837
24 Jun 2015 00:23

FYI - here is a rather old video and font feature in a popular WP theme. It comes with a default web-iconfont... but it also offers an upload of custom fonts from Fontello.com! Pretty cool, easy and useful. I would suggest a similar feature for Cobalt global config ;)

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Sergey
Total posts: 13,748
25 Jun 2015 08:49

Yes, that is cool.

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