How do I create a custom layout template? Is it as simple as grabbing one of the core layout templates and then modifying it? If so, where do I put it? I'm sure this is fairly easy, just haven't done it before.
Yes, you can copy an existing layout from root/core/layouts modify it and put it into your own layouts directory in Backdrop root directory root/layouts/.
Also, you may be interested in the new flexible layout templates feature that has been added to Backdrop CMS v. 1.14 (less than one week old). This new feature allows you to create custom layout templates in the UI of Backdrop. I hope to create a video this weekend on flexible layout templates and will post a comment here once I do.
EDIT: I have posted a 10 min video tour of new features in Backdrop CMS 1.14. A significant portion of the video is about the new flexible layout templates feature.
You could, however, write a views field handler that overrides the query() method with an empty method, and that retrieves the values from the config file within the render() method. It's would not...
Posted8 hours 1 min ago by Alejandro Cremaschi (argiepiano) on:
Views, in essence, as a wrapper around a database querying layer, combined with a display/templating layer. A views "field" is basically a reference to a query/display handler that adds joins,...
Posted9 hours 6 min ago by Alejandro Cremaschi (argiepiano) on:
It does look like a good module to port. In Backdrop it would depend on Entity Plus (not entity), since E+ provides metadata wrappers. It shouldn't be too difficult to port.
Posted9 hours 13 min ago by Alejandro Cremaschi (argiepiano) on:
Rather than the tricky route, I went for MVP;
Now what I'd like to understand, is how to make these Statuses available as a Field and thereby within Views?
They are being saved...
And if I implement things in this manner, is there a parent-child ajaxian form demonstration (ala taxonomy creation)?
Not sure exactly what you have in mind, but all layout settings forms are...
Posted2 days 21 hours ago by Alejandro Cremaschi (argiepiano) on:
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Yes, you can copy an existing layout from root/core/layouts modify it and put it into your own layouts directory in Backdrop root directory root/layouts/.
For more info, see: https://api.backdropcms.org/layouts
Also, you may be interested in the new flexible layout templates feature that has been added to Backdrop CMS v. 1.14 (less than one week old). This new feature allows you to create custom layout templates in the UI of Backdrop. I hope to create a video this weekend on flexible layout templates and will post a comment here once I do.
EDIT: I have posted a 10 min video tour of new features in Backdrop CMS 1.14. A significant portion of the video is about the new flexible layout templates feature.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ra9CKywd3kA&t=9s