Some of them I have made but didn't work completely the way they were supposed to (most likely due to incorrect configurations but the coding of them did in fact work so i know they are doable)
Single link datatype - take the related links datatype and make it so that whenever you add a link it will remove any previous links. remove any extra buttons that were needed when multiple items were used. Use - when there is a part of the page that will only need to display a link and has no need for an entire rich text editor
Image label datatype - in the datatype itself choose an image (i did it as full link written out but i am sure there is a way to make this a media picker) that will display on the admin side Use - take a screenshot of the frontend of the page and highlight the area that the admin will currently be editing. this way you can use more than just a simple written label and description on individual datatypes to explain what areas will be editable and instead of a thumbnail with an area circled or something along those lines
Textbox character limit datatype - a textbox with a character limit instead of a textarea Use - sometimes you dont need a full textarea with a character limit, especially when you want text to fit in a presized design that is only meant to be a title. this works well with the single link datatype
Like i said they were pretty useful when I made them but unfortunately they wound up causing an issue with the ultimate picker which then completely stopped working when i added any of these onto an umbraco site that i was working on and I have not had time to finish developing and fixing them.
Single link datatype - We've got a new data-type in the upcoming v2 called "URL Picker", which will let you select from either a content node, or an external URL. Quite similar to what you are describing here. Although it only stores the URL, (so not the caption or new-window options).
Image label datatype - I don't really understand this one. Would need further explanation or a quick demo?
Textbox character limit datatype - I agree, there might be a need for a single-line textbox with char limit! My thought would be to extend the existing Textarea Char Limit data-type by adding an option to change the TextMode from "MultiLine" to "SingleLine". I also think there is room for other enhancements here too! (CSS styling, etc.)
oh the image label... hmm how to explain it... without the use of images... (get it?)
well think of how the regular label works right? where it is just a text seperator with no editable content for the admin but just a line with text for a description. to the right of the description where the editable content would be is just blank. so the image label would let you have an image in that area which the admin can only see and not edit when on the content page.
the way i tried to use it: i had the homepage of a site with a lot of singularly editable areas as per the design of the page. so there would be maybe 5 articles in different places all having a title, limited description, and link. that would be about 15 input areas already.
to organize it a little better i made tabs and put each section in a different tab and labeld each tab like so: left, right top left, right top right, right bottom left, right bottom right. that might make sense if you read it over a few times but i wanted it to be more understandable for an admin that may be new to the site. with this module i took a screenshot of the homepage and highlighted the area that they were editing and put it at the top of each tab rather than putting more of a text description of what each spot was.
i mean it isn't much but it was very helpful when someone had to go and explain what the issue was.
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Some of them I have made but didn't work completely the way they were supposed to (most likely due to incorrect configurations but the coding of them did in fact work so i know they are doable)
Single link datatype - take the related links datatype and make it so that whenever you add a link it will remove any previous links. remove any extra buttons that were needed when multiple items were used.
Use - when there is a part of the page that will only need to display a link and has no need for an entire rich text editor
Image label datatype - in the datatype itself choose an image (i did it as full link written out but i am sure there is a way to make this a media picker) that will display on the admin side
Use - take a screenshot of the frontend of the page and highlight the area that the admin will currently be editing. this way you can use more than just a simple written label and description on individual datatypes to explain what areas will be editable and instead of a thumbnail with an area circled or something along those lines
Textbox character limit datatype - a textbox with a character limit instead of a textarea
Use - sometimes you dont need a full textarea with a character limit, especially when you want text to fit in a presized design that is only meant to be a title. this works well with the single link datatype
Like i said they were pretty useful when I made them but unfortunately they wound up causing an issue with the ultimate picker which then completely stopped working when i added any of these onto an umbraco site that i was working on and I have not had time to finish developing and fixing them.
Hi mfeola,
Thanks for your suggestions...
Single link datatype - We've got a new data-type in the upcoming v2 called "URL Picker", which will let you select from either a content node, or an external URL. Quite similar to what you are describing here. Although it only stores the URL, (so not the caption or new-window options).
Image label datatype - I don't really understand this one. Would need further explanation or a quick demo?
Textbox character limit datatype - I agree, there might be a need for a single-line textbox with char limit! My thought would be to extend the existing Textarea Char Limit data-type by adding an option to change the TextMode from "MultiLine" to "SingleLine". I also think there is room for other enhancements here too! (CSS styling, etc.)
If you would like to submit any code for uComponents, you can do so here: http://ucomponents.codeplex.com/SourceControl/UploadPatch.aspx The project co-ordinators will review it and let you know.
Cheers, Lee.
oh the image label... hmm how to explain it... without the use of images... (get it?)
well think of how the regular label works right? where it is just a text seperator with no editable content for the admin but just a line with text for a description. to the right of the description where the editable content would be is just blank. so the image label would let you have an image in that area which the admin can only see and not edit when on the content page.
the way i tried to use it: i had the homepage of a site with a lot of singularly editable areas as per the design of the page. so there would be maybe 5 articles in different places all having a title, limited description, and link. that would be about 15 input areas already.
to organize it a little better i made tabs and put each section in a different tab and labeld each tab like so: left, right top left, right top right, right bottom left, right bottom right. that might make sense if you read it over a few times but i wanted it to be more understandable for an admin that may be new to the site. with this module i took a screenshot of the homepage and highlighted the area that they were editing and put it at the top of each tab rather than putting more of a text description of what each spot was.
i mean it isn't much but it was very helpful when someone had to go and explain what the issue was.
Hey mfeola,
Ah-ha! I get it now. Good idea!
Feel free to send over any code (via CodePlex) - we'll review it... and we'll let you know.
Thanks, Lee.
Alright i sent over some code. Good luck
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