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sekeri
sekeri
@ilker
10 years ago
334 posts
Okay I know I can use select and chained select fields in my custom forms which is perfect.

Then what I need is to use these select and chain select fields to reach these items.

Let me explain; For example I have a chained select to submit a review and I submit a review for an instrument with a chained select like Reviews-> Electric Guitar-> Fender-> XXXmodel

My question here is;
Is it possible to have a Menu item Reviews and then sub items like Electric Guitar Reviews-> Fender Reviews-> and the list of the models

What is the best way to do this with Jamroom ?

Please check
http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/fender/index.html
to see what I mean.

Similarly I also want to divide my articles section by topic and reach each topic separately.
updated by @ilker: 05/20/14 02:21:33AM
michael
@michael
10 years ago
7,715 posts
'best way' is such a subjective term.

If it was me, i would create a smarty function to build the menu list
function smarty_function_xxMymodule_menu($params, &$smarty)
{
//do a search for menu items
//group menu items into nested array
//return nested array OR send the nested array to a template for formatting, then return the html
}

and call it from where you want to put it in your templates with this command:
{xxMymodule_menu}

if you want to pass in any parameters, just do it
{xxMymodule_menu active_tab="Fender"}

and that will show up in your $params array. you can use it
If it was me, i would create a smarty function to build the menu list
function smarty_function_xxMymodule_menu($params, &$smarty)
{
switch($params['active_tab']){
 case'Fender':
   // do something
   break;
}
}
sekeri
sekeri
@ilker
10 years ago
334 posts
Actually, I was wondering if I can do it with just some customizing. Bu it looks like it is not possible with the existing modules at the moment.

Maybe you can think about creating a brand new module for this purpose :)

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