Hello all.
I'm having a good amount of difficulty in getting a style plugin to work and I was hoping I might get a little guidance from you good folks.
Working from the instructions at http://groups.drupal.org/node/10129, I put together the following.
first, in the module cp_helper.module:
<?php
function cp_helper_views_api() {
$api = array(
'api' => 2,
'path' => drupal_get_path('module', 'cp_helper').'/views'
);
return $api;
}
?>I then created views/cp_helper.views.inc:
<?php
function cp_helper_views_plugins()
return array(
'row' => array(
'cp_thumbs' => array(
'title' => t('CP Thumbnails'),
'help' => t('Displaying each node as a thumbnail'),
'handler' => 'views_view_row_cp_thumbs',
'parent' => 'cp_helper',
'theme' => 'views_view_row_cp_thumbs',
'uses fields' => FALSE,
'uses options' => FALSE,
)
),
);
}
function template_preprocess_views_view_row_cp_thumbs(&$vars) {
krumo('i got here');
}
?>and views/views_plugin_row_cp_thumbs.inc:
<?php
class views_plugin_row_cp_thumbs extends views_plugin_row {
function init(&$view, &$display, $options = NULL) {
krumo('view handler init');
}
function render() {
krumo('view handler render');
return theme($this->theme_functions(), $this->view, $this->options, $rows);
}
}
?>I also created views/views-view-row-cp-thumbs.tpl.php..
Anyway, so with the above I can successfully select CP Thumbnails as a row style for my view. However, rendering the view returns zilch. Those krumo debug statements, the only one that gets hit is the one in hook_views_plugins. I have also determined that views_plugin_row_cp_thumbs.inc never gets included, nor is template_preprocess_views_view_row_cp_thumbs never invoked.
I know that the query is returning valid results, the only thing the view outputs is a multiple page pager.
It would be very helpful actually if there were a functioning style plugin module that I could learn from. Been trying to figure out whats going on in views.module but it's too smart for my tired old brain to decypher. ;)
I would appreciate any tips.. Been banging my head on this one.
Many thanks
Reuben
Comments
Also wanted to mention, I
Also wanted to mention, I keep getting these errors throughout the site:
Why is it trying to include cp_helper/cp_helper.views.inc? I can't figure it out.. It actually is including the proper cp_helper/views/cp_helper.views.inc, at the same time this error is thrown up, strangely.
I think you have to configure
I think you have to configure the options path and theme path in the hook_views_plugins():
<?phpfunction cp_helper_views_plugins() {
$path = drupal_get_path('module', 'cp_helper') . '/views';
return array(
'row' => array(
'cp_thumbs' => array(
'title' => t('CP Thumbnails'),
'help' => t('Displaying each node as a thumbnail'),
'handler' => 'views_view_row_cp_thumbs',
'path' => $path,
'parent' => 'cp_helper',
'theme' => 'views_view_row_cp_thumbs',
'theme path' => $path,
'uses fields' => FALSE,
'uses options' => FALSE,
)
),
);
}
?>