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[AlexB]

I'm trying to add live text to the banner slide. I have followed the tutorial here:

http://kb.x-cart.com/display/XDD/Adding+new+property+to+a+product

I've added two fields to the model:

PHP Code:

<?php
// vim: set ts=4 sw=4 sts=4 et:
namespace XLite\Module\My\Module\Model;

class BannerRotationSlide extends \XLite\Model\BannerRotationSlide implements \XLite\Base\IDecorator
{
    /**
     * @Column (type="string", length=1024)
     */
    protected $title;

    /**
     * @Column (type="string", length=1024)
     */
    protected $subtitle;
}

So far, I created the new model, and it's updated the database correctly when I redeploy the store.

But I can't seem to get the new fields to show up in the admin area. This is my view file:

//BannerRotationSlide.php

PHP Code:

<?php
// vim: set ts=4 sw=4 sts=4 et:


namespace XLite\Module\My\Module\View\Model;


class BannerRotationSlide extends \XLite\View\Model\BannerRotationSlide implements \XLite\Base\IDecorator
{
    public function __construct(array $params = array(), array $sections = array())
    {
        parent::__construct($params, $sections);

        $this->schemaDefault += array (
            'title' => array(
                self::SCHEMA_CLASS    => 'XLite\View\FormField\Input\Text',
                self::SCHEMA_LABEL    => 'Title',
                self::SCHEMA_REQUIRED => false,
            ),
            'subtitle' => array(
                self::SCHEMA_CLASS    => 'XLite\View\FormField\Input\Text',
                self::SCHEMA_LABEL    => 'Subtitle',
                self::SCHEMA_REQUIRED => false,
            ),
        );
    }
}

So, first question is am I editing the correct file, BannerRotationSlide.php? If so, what am I doing wrong here?

[totaltec]

I have not read through your code, or looked at the files to see what the correct code is. But one thing to always check is the run directory.

Are your module directories showing up in the run directory after rebuild? Is your file showing up? Is it extending/modifying the class correctly? If not then you may have namespace or filename issues, module might not be enabled, etc.

It may not be your code, you need to ensure that the basics are working first.

[AlexB]

Ah, yes, the BannerRotationSlide.php file is there, but the BannerRotation.php file extending the view model is not. I will double check, but my classes look the same as the example code (with the relevant bits changed). Any ideas why that isn't getting copied over?

[cflsystems]

You call both classes

class BannerRotationSlide

That's your error

[qualiteam]

There is no \XLite\View\Model\BannerRotationSlide class. "View\Model\*" classes are for pages where you edit a single object. In case of banner slides there is no such a page and all slides are managed on a single page.

I believe you should look into decorating this class:
\XLite\View\ItemsList\BannerRotationImages

[AlexB]

None of this is working so far. To clarify, I can see the columns in the database, so decorating /Model/BannerRotationSlide.php works to create the database. It also allows me to add the following in my banner rotation body.tpl and show the results:

PHP Code:

{* vim: set ts=2 sw=2 sts=2 et: *}

{**
 * Banner rotation widget template
 *
 * @author    Qualiteam software Ltd <info@x-cart.com>
 * @copyright Copyright (c) 2011-2015 Qualiteam software Ltd <info@x-cart.com>. All rights reserved
 * @license   http://www.x-cart.com/license-agreement.html X-Cart 5 License Agreement
 * @link      http://www.x-cart.com/
 *}

<div id="banner-rotation-widget" class="carousel carousel-fade banner-carousel">
  {displayCommentedData(getCommentedData())}

  <!-- Indicators -->
  <ol class="carousel-indicators" IF="{isRotationEnabled()}">
    {foreach:getImages(),i,image}
      <li data-target="#banner-rotation-widget" data-slide-to="{i}"></li>
    {end:}
  </ol>

  <div class="carousel-inner" role="listbox">
    {foreach:getImages(),image}

      <a href="{image.bannerRotationSlide.getLink()}" class="item">
          <h1>{image.bannerRotationSlide.getTitle()}</h1>
          <h2>{image.bannerRotationSlide.getSubtitle()}</h2>
        <img src="{image.getFrontURL()}" alt="{image.getAlt()}" >
      </a>
    {end:}
  </div>
</div> 


What I can't seem to get working is to have those two extra fields show up in the admin area in Catalog/FrontPage/BannerRotation

[qualiteam]

By decorating the \XLite\Model\BannerRotationSlide you add the custom columns to the database table. This also lets you read data from these columns in your templates.

You also tried to decorate \XLite\View\Model\BannerRotationSlide. As I said there is no such a class, that's why you code doesn't work - you modify something that doesn't exist. There would be such a class if X-Cart had a page for editing a single banner. But there is no such a page and all banners are managed on a single page.

I suggest you to look into decorating this class: \XLite\View\ItemsList\BannerRotationImages. I'm not sure 100%, but I believe that this is the class that controls what fields should be shown in the table of banner slides when you edit them.