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[David Roth]

Sorry, typo. :-)

*Tablet PC*
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David Roth


On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 10:52 PM, Christopher French
<contact at chrisfrench.me>wrote:

> what is a table PC??
>
> On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 5:16 PM, David Roth <davidalanroth at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi Chris.
>>
>> Thanks for the info!
>>
>> Speaking of JavaScript, anyone have experience about what to do with
>> Table PC users to make JavaScript work for them? Something special to do in
>> the JavaScript? Thanks!
>>
>> David Roth
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 11:11 AM, Christopher French <
>> contact at chrisfrench.me> wrote:
>>
>>> Create a folder called js in your module folder (this is to make it
>>> easier in your xml file, and to keep things nice.)
>>>
>>> Than you create a js file in that folder name it whatever makes sense,
>>> and in your module file mod_david_table.php
>>>
>>> Add JHTML::_('script', 'nameoffile.js' 'modules/mod_david_table/js/');
>>>
>>> Please check that for typos I typed it on my phone.
>>> On Aug 1, 2012 7:40 AM, "David Roth" <davidalanroth at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thanks, Chris & Donna for your postings. Very helpful!
>>>>
>>>> I got it working as a module.
>>>>
>>>> Now that this is a big requirement for this module, but I was wondering
>>>> how do I take the JavaScript and put it in it's own file so that the module
>>>> can find it? Thanks!
>>>>
>>>> David Roth
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 4:19 PM, Christopher French <
>>>> contact at chrisfrench.me> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Your probably best to just make your own module.
>>>>>
>>>>> Make a module in joomla is very easy it is the easiest thing to make.
>>>>>
>>>>> You could just copy a module xml from another folder or download a
>>>>> hello world module.
>>>>>
>>>>> At the most basic level you could just copy an xml file from any
>>>>> module than,
>>>>>
>>>>> Put in a folder name it mod_david_table.xml open it up and change the
>>>>> info to yours
>>>>>
>>>>> Create an empty file called mod_david_table.php in the same folder and
>>>>> just copy all you html and javascript right into that file and just have no
>>>>> php. As you learn you can update your module to use templates helpers and
>>>>> caching if you want.
>>>>>
>>>>> That is better than disabling js in your wysiwg editor.
>>>>>
>>>>> Last sstep is you zip of your two files and install them
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 5:42 AM, Donna Marie Vincent <
>>>>> donnamarievincent at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> 1.  You can set your editor to *not* filter out the javascript.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 2.  It is very easy to create a simple module and put your code in
>>>>>> it.  (I have a tutorial for it but it's not updated for 2.5.  The main
>>>>>> difference is that you now need to register modules in the database in the
>>>>>> #__extensions table.)  There are probably up-to-date tutorials on YouTube
>>>>>> for doing this.  Once you see how easy it is, you won't both spending time
>>>>>> looking for extensions that fit, you'll just make your own!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>   ------------------------------
>>>>>> *From:* David Roth <davidalanroth at gmail.com>
>>>>>> *To:* NYPHP SIG: Joomla <joomla at lists.nyphp.org>
>>>>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, July 31, 2012 6:54 AM
>>>>>> *Subject:* [joomla] Converting a HTML/JavaScript page to be a module
>>>>>> in Joomla
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have a JavaScript program which does some simple calculations. It
>>>>>> emulates what you would do in a spreadsheet. It isn't fancy, but it is
>>>>>> functional and I want to make a Joomla module out of it. I didn't write a
>>>>>> CSS for this because it was intended to be used in Joomla from the start
>>>>>> and I want it to inherit the Joomla CSS that's resident.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> My first thought was, create a custom HTML module, go into HTML
>>>>>> editing mode and paste the HTML page with it's JavaScript in there.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The result is, it didn't work. It kept the HTML formatting of the
>>>>>> page, but it filtered out all the JavaScript. There are no external files
>>>>>> referencing the JavaScript and jQuery is not being used. Maybe it needs to
>>>>>> be an actual mod_david_calc and that will do it? But I must be missing
>>>>>> something else in order to do that. Can't imagine getting away from free in
>>>>>> Joomla without having to call some Joomla function to make it work. :-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So then I spent time searching and it appears some sort of special
>>>>>> treatment is needed for your own JavaScript to be available in Joomla.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Why I'm posting about this, is that I would like to get some
>>>>>> direction as to what is the best way to do this. Is there a favorite Joomla
>>>>>> extension people use to help make all this happen? Also, should it be a
>>>>>> module or can/should it be a Joomla Article for this JavaScript calc
>>>>>> program? It only needs to appear on one page. Thanks!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> David Roth
>>>>>>
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