Cchost/customize/Navigation Tabs - Revision history

Fourstones at 12:34, 14 November 2008

2008-11-14T12:34:28Z

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 {{lowercase}}
 [[Image:cchost-tabs.png]]
+=Overview=
-The command that controls navigation tabs is '''view''' and the parameter is the name of the tab set followed the name of the tab to be
+The command that controls navigation tabs is '''view''' and the parameter is the name of the tab set followed the name of the tab to be selected:
 http://ccmixter.org/view/media/picks
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 http://ccmixter.org/view/media/extras/stats
-Command is "view",  tab set is "media", selected tab in "media" is "extras" which invokes the subtab set called "ccmixter_extras", select tab within that is "stats" (which maps to a command "viewfile/stats" which displays the file mixter-files/pages/stats.php)
+Command is "view",  tab set is "media", selected tab in "media" is "extras" which invokes the subtab set called "ccmixter_extras", select tab within that is "stats" (which maps to a command "docs/stats" which displays the file mixter-files/pages/stats.php)
 When you don't specify ANYTHING
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 '''view/media/home''' - again, command is '''view''' to bring up the '''media''' tab set and select the '''home''' tab
 All this may bring up the question: "How come when I enter a command OTHER than '''view''' I still get a nav tab set?"
-That's because the skin itself is (essentially) performing the '''view''' command on the default tab set. The '''view''' command exists so that
+That's because the skin itself is (essentially) performing the '''view''' command on the default tab set. The '''view''' command exists so that there is an explicit way to say to the system: "Do the selected view tab and nothing else."
 there is an explicit way to say to the system: "Do the selected view tab and nothing else."

Fourstones at 17:54, 7 November 2008

2008-11-07T17:54:15Z

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Fourstones at 16:52, 7 November 2008

2008-11-07T16:52:22Z

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	Then the system will look at the 'Homepage' setting under ''Manage Site''->''Settings'' to figure out what to display. ccMixter has that set to		Then the system will look at the 'Homepage' setting under ''Manage Site''->''Settings'' to figure out what to display. ccMixter has that set to
	'''view/media/home''' - again, command is '''view''' to bring up the '''media''' tab set and select the '''home''' tab		'''view/media/home''' - again, command is '''view''' to bring up the '''media''' tab set and select the '''home''' tab

			All this may bring up the question: "How come when I enter a command OTHER than '''view''' I still get a nav tab set?"

			That's because the skin itself is (essentially) performing the '''view''' command on the default tab set. The '''view''' command exists so that
			there is an explicit way to say to the system: "Do the selected view tab and nothing else."

Fourstones: New page: Image:cchost-tabs.png The command that controls navigation tabs is '''view''' and the parameter is the name of the tab set followed the name of the tab to be selected: http://ccmixte...

2008-11-07T16:49:23Z

New page: Image:cchost-tabs.png The command that controls navigation tabs is '''view''' and the parameter is the name of the tab set followed the name of the tab to be selected: http://ccmixte...

New page

[[Image:cchost-tabs.png]]

The command that controls navigation tabs is '''view''' and the parameter is the name of the tab set followed the name of the tab to be
selected:

http://ccmixter.org/view/media/picks

In this case the tabset name is ''media'' the tab to select is ''picks''. If you leave off the selected tab, the default is the first tab:

http://ccmixter.org/view/media

is the same as

http://ccmixter.org/view/media/home

For ultimate flexibility is it theoretically possible to switch out the top main navigation bar by specifying another tab set:

<nowiki>http://ccmixter.org/view/alt_tabs</nowiki> (this is a 404 because ccM doesn't have such a tab set name)

It's not considered good interface practice but we didn't want to restrict it just because it's a bad idea.

However you can create tabs sets that are used as 'subtabs' that you hook up in '''admin/tabs'''. When selecting the tab type you select ''subtab'' and enter the name of the subtab set. The URL is then extended to include the subtabs and the selected tab with there:

http://ccmixter.org/view/media/extras/stats

Command is "view", tab set is "media", selected tab in "media" is "extras" which invokes the subtab set called "ccmixter_extras", select tab within that is "stats" (which maps to a command "viewfile/stats" which displays the file mixter-files/pages/stats.php)

When you don't specify ANYTHING

http://ccmixter.org

Then the system will look at the 'Homepage' setting under ''Manage Site''->''Settings'' to figure out what to display. ccMixter has that set to
'''view/media/home''' - again, command is '''view''' to bring up the '''media''' tab set and select the '''home''' tab