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5 years 2 months ago #171264 by Sori

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Ok . I studied them all. I didn't understand.
Would you please give me more direction like. A. do this.. B. do that...

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5 years 2 months ago #171265 by Sori

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the print layout for the joomla article is so neat and good. but for k2 is messy. but that's the only thing good about the joomla article system.

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5 years 2 months ago #171266 by Sori

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<?php if(JRequest::getInt('print')==1): ?>
<!-- Print button at the top of the print page only -->
<a class="itemPrintThisPage" rel="nofollow" href="#" onclick="window.print();return false;">
    <span><?php echo JText::_('K2_PRINT_THIS_PAGE'); ?></span>
</a>
<?php endif; ?>

The first line is for the button.
the second line to call for the print js action.
the third for the text.
How can I force it to open a custom php tempelate?
what should write? please guide me. I am not that adept in php but understand it.

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5 years 2 months ago #171267 by Sori

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Ok I also have this:

<?php if($this->item->params->get('itemPrintButton') && !JRequest::getInt('print')): ?>
			<!-- Print Button -->
			<li>
				<a class="itemPrintLink" rel="nofollow" href="<?php echo $this->item->printLink; ?>" onclick="window.open(this.href,'printWindow','width=900,height=600,location=no,menubar=no,media=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes'); return false;">
					<span><?php echo JText::_('K2_PRINT'); ?></span>
				</a>
			</li>
			<?php endif; ?>

I understand it but what should I write in the place of printLink to open my designed template or where is printLink to edit?

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5 years 2 months ago #171274 by JoomlaWorks

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This if statement at the top is shown only on the print page. Similarly, you can extend it to an if/else statement. Anything that is in the "else" part will only be shown when you are NOT on the print page/preview. Whatever is in the "if" part though will be shown only in the print page/preview. So in there you can add whatever you want from the rest of the PHP template variables you see in item.php. On 99,9% of the times, developers use some print CSS magic to spice up the print page. There is rarely a need to have different markup, that's why we chose this approach. Trust me, it's FAR more flexible than Joomla's...

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5 years 2 months ago - 5 years 2 months ago #171279 by Sori

Replied by Sori on topic Re: Print View Override

I trust you. K2 is the best. I don't have any joomla platform without it. It is essential. I understand it.
Ok I understood what you instructed. Very helpful.
Here I copy and paste what I did for my print layout so other like me won't get lost and can use this in no time:

<?php if(JRequest::getInt('print')==1): ?> 
<!-- Print button at the top of the print page only -->
<a class="itemPrintThisPage" rel="nofollow" href="#" onclick="window.print();return false;">
	<span><?php echo JText::_('K2_PRINT_THIS_PAGE'); ?></span>
</a>
<!-- 1 Item Title --> <h2 class="PrintTitle"><?php echo $this->item->title; ?></h2>
<!-- 2 Item Author -->	<span class="PrintAuthor">
		<?php echo K2HelperUtilities::writtenBy($this->item->author->profile->gender); ?>
		<?php if(empty($this->item->created_by_alias)): ?>
		<a rel="author" href="<?php echo $this->item->author->link; ?>"><?php echo $this->item->author->name; ?></a>
				<?php endif; ?>
<!-- 3 Item Image -->
	<span class="PrintImage">
	<img src="<?php echo $this->item->image; ?>" alt="<?php if(!empty($this->item->image_caption)) echo K2HelperUtilities::cleanHtml($this->item->image_caption); else echo K2HelperUtilities::cleanHtml($this->item->title); ?>" style="width:<?php echo $this->item->imageWidth; ?>px; height:auto;" />
	</span>
<!-- 4 Item introtext -->
		<div class="PrintIntroText">
			<?php echo $this->item->introtext; ?>
		</div>
<!-- 5 Item fulltext -->
		<div class="PrintFullText">
			<?php echo $this->item->fulltext; ?>
		</div>
		<?php else: ?>

<!-- End if moved to the very end of this page -->

<!-- Start K2 Item Layout -->

What you can not see here is that I moved the

<?php endif; ?>

to the very end of the item.php file. ALso as you can see I have defined new css classes.

Thanks

Last edit: 5 years 2 months ago by Sori.

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5 years 2 months ago #171280 by Sori

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The problem now is that the "Print this page" text is also shown in the printed documents.

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5 years 2 months ago #171281 by JoomlaWorks

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It's this text obviously:

<a class="itemPrintThisPage" rel="nofollow" href="#" onclick="window.print();return false;">
	<span><?php echo JText::_('K2_PRINT_THIS_PAGE'); ?></span>
</a>

So you can either remove it entirely or simply move it elsewhere (e.g. at the bottom of the document).

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5 years 2 months ago #171284 by Sori

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No that didn't help.
I tried putting it everywhere. I still have it on the printed document.
On the original code that would go away on the printed document.

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5 years 2 months ago #171285 by JoomlaWorks

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That's because K2's print CSS makes that link hide upon printing: github.com/getk2/k2/blob/master/components/com_k2/css/k2.print.css#L10

You can keep the same class/markup as is or you can override k2.print.css by copying the file into /templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/css/.

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