Grouping Module Items

I was really impressed when I first saw what Jamroom can do without even writing a single line of code.

I think "Grouping Module Items" is the most important missing function in Jamroom. Jamroom is a great place to keep/serve all these user audios, videos, articles, lessons,reviews, pictures, etc..

I can even create custom forms with custom select fields which provides my users to add their articles, lessons under certain groups/categories like "Beginner Lessons", "Advance Lessons" etc.

But when it comes to display all these items Jamroom is not so strong. I can NOT let my users to list or display these items like
www.mywebsite.com/lessons/beginner_lessons
www.mywebsite.com/lessons/advance_lessons

or filter by groups/categories.

I think ujCategories module is a perfect start for this topic but it really needs some more effort on it.



updated by @ilker: 05/22/14 07:01:05AM

In ujCategories (if you are using the default module view for your lessons), rename the module url to "lessons". Then your categories will be "beginner lessons", "advanced lessons".

If you are not using the default view, create a template named "lessons" with this in it:
where you have named your lesssons category set "lessons" in ujCategories control panel.

Navigation/Filtering by category will be provided automatically if you are still using Elastic.


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Please check my articles module which I have created via Aparna Clone. The URL or the module is articles

What I have now:

http://www.myguitarworkshop.info/articles/categories/

http://www.myguitarworkshop.info/articles/categories/10

What I need to have:

http://www.myguitarworkshop.info/articles/

http://www.myguitarworkshop.info/articles/general_music/
updated by @ilker: 04/18/14 04:37:56AM

Then try renaming the ujCategories url to "general_music" and set it up as a magic view category.

I havent tried renaming the url for a magic view, but it should work. Give it a try and let me know.


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updated by @ultrajam: 04/18/14 04:45:07AM

I am not sure what exactly you mean. But "general music" is just one of the categories under articles.

Have you checked the links below?

What I have now:

www.myguitarworkshop.info/articles/categories/
www.myguitarworkshop.info/articles/categories/10

What I need to have:

www.myguitarworkshop.info/articles/
www.myguitarworkshop.info/articles/general_music/

Then you would need to rename the ujCategories url to "articles"

That won't work if you have another module url named "articles", so you'd need to rename the ujCategories url to something else, maybe "browsearticles" or "article" and not use the magic view


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updated by @ultrajam: 04/18/14 05:00:44AM

Why not rename ujCategories to "browse"

Then you have your standard articles url showing output from your myArticles module:
www.myguitarworkshop.info/articles/

And the articles categories url showing the unfiltered output from ujCategories:
www.myguitarworkshop.info/articles/browse

And the individual categories will be
www.myguitarworkshop.info/articles/browse/general_music


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I could not make it work. But even if I did, what about if I need to use ujCategories for another module at the same time with another category set? Because I set ujCategories url as "articles" or "browsearticles"

Then you could clone the module, create templates in your skin directory, or just rename it something generic like "browse"

You are only getting categories on the id:
www.myguitarworkshop.info/articles/categories/10
not (as it should be)
www.myguitarworkshop.info/articles/categories/general_music

Your array needs to be set up like
general_music|General Music
junkyard|Junkyard

You currently have either
General Music
Junkyard
or
10|general music
11|junkyard
Which is why you are only seeing the filtered category when using the id in the url


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updated by @ultrajam: 04/18/14 05:17:42AM

Okay. I got it and somehow I can solve it. (even if it is not exactly the way I like to) But it looks like I am right to put this topic into "Suggestions" or "To Improve" section for Jamroom. I think to improve this topic will bring a big power to Jamroom.

Thank you so much for all your help and support.

Got something coming up that will address this.

/sports
/sports/golf
/sports/golf/shoes

Still in testing though. Good suggestion.

I am really glad to hear that and can't wait to try!

+1 from here


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Do you have a rough time estimation for this ?

nope. When its done, I'll test it. Once im pretty convinced it passes testing, I'll get others to test it.

Once they're happy I'll release it.

Want to help test it?

I sure want to help tests. This improvement is the only one I wait to move my existing website to Jamroom.

@sekeri Just sent you an email with instructions on how the testing system works and videos on how it works.

See if you can break it, then tell me how you broke it so i can fix it.

If you don't see it in your gmail account, check the spam box.