New module: AboutPage

Hi,

Attached is a zip file for a module I have written that allows a seperate page for misc details etc.
I use it for an "About Me" type page.

Very simple to install/use:

Unpack in the modules directory, go to the site admin modules screen and install the module, configure it by putting your details in the "user message" edit box, save it and activate the module.

There will then be a "About" link in the top right links area that will display your message.

The message itself can contain BBCode or HTML formatting, but it needs the overall site settings to be set to BBCode or HTML in the General settings page.

I have tested it with G2.1 Matrix theme and PGThemes.

Hope it is of use to somebody...

thanks veryu much

you are all very welcome.

d.

Dazza, you are a genius. Small things often run the world. You just seem to know what realy matters in live!

© qwenc

I've just installed it if you want to have a look. It's not finished yet, but you can see what is ment by it.

"http://www.swissphoto.net/galerie/main.php?g2_view=core.UserAdmin&g2_subView=aboutpage.About&g2_return=%2Fgalerie%2Fmain.php&g2_returnName=Album"

gadulia

Thank you dazza and gadulia. You have both been very helpful.

Gallery version = 2.0.4 core 1.0.0.4
PHP version = 4.4.2 cgi
Webserver = Apache/1.3.33 (Unix)
Database = mysql 4.0.25-standard-log
Toolkits = Gd, NetPBM, ArchiveUpload
Operating system = Linux Hosted by 1and1

Hi

Where can I translate the name "about" which appears in the up/right corner???

Daniel

Don't we need the po file for that? Or do i miss someting.

I use poEdit windows.

aboutpage has a po dir and an GNUmakefile in it. But when i run make nl.po a got a error can't find tools/po.

How do I edit the text or image link?

Hi and thank you for your great modules about and contact owner! How can i rewrite the very long URL "main.php?g2_view=core.UserAdmin&g2_subView=aboutpage.About&g2_return=main.php%3F&&g2_returnName=Album" eg. into "about.html"? Can you implement the Gallery2 Rewriting API?

This Question is also for the great Contact Owner module...

Greetings
Michael

EDIT: Find it. Simply add to module.inc:

    /**
     * @see GalleryModule::getRewriteRules
     */
    function getRewriteRules() {
           $rule = array('comment' => $this->translate('Aboutpage'),
                         'match' => array('view' => 'aboutpage.About'),
                         'pattern' => 'about.html');
    return array($rule);
    }

Thanks for your great modules ;)

site admin / About page
there's textbox there to fill in your text.

Here's a tip for everyone:
I wanted another static page which did exactly the same thing, but with a different title, so I copied the aboutpage folder (before module install), and then went through each file replacing "about" or "About" with my own title. Then, I had my own custom static page module. You can do this as many times as will fit in the links bar.

Perfect. Easiest mod to install and configure ever.
10/10

Excuse for my bad english .
I used this great module with PGtheme.
Can i view "Contact:" section in the whole page, without sidebar section in the left ?

This is my test page http://tinyurl.com/2dseh6

Tnx in advance

Does anybody know how the font and size can be changed on the AboutPage module?
Been through all the files for this module, but no luck.

http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_formatting.asp

or

http://gallery.menalto.com/filter/tips/5

OK. I like this. It works well.

But..... How hard would it be to add an item in the URL Rewrite admin page? So you can change the URL to http://somesite.com/about instead of the lengthy URL it creates.

EDIT: Let me reword that question so it makes sense. How can I get the module to change the ABOUT link to use the short URL from the rewrite as well. I saw the above comment where it added the rewrite rules, but the link in the menus still goes to the long URL.

to remove those, remove , 'return' => 1 in function getSystemLinks in module.inc

i mean remove the text 'return' => 1 and the comma before it in the function called getSystemLinks. this answers the question above about how to omit the g2_return and g2_navId values in the URL.

GREAT

I just have try this change: It works!!!!

another question: how / where can I change the HTML TITLE:
I alway have the same title as the login

I wish something like that: <title>about page</title>

Bit late but decided to post so someone else didn't spend half the night working this out ;) (Yes, I really should get a life!)

In theme.tpl:

find

replace

with:

* Assumes your theme includes {g->head} (I'm using matrix)
* Assumes you are using URL_Rewrite to get a url of /main.php/aboutpage - otherwise replace with your own URL.
* Don't forget to create a folder named local in the directory you found theme.tpl and save the amended version there, rather than overwrite your original theme.tpl

I only installed Gallery2 less than a week ago, so feel free to shout up if this is crackers but after umpteen coffee's, this is the best I got :D

Cheers

Cool, thats much easier actually! I'll create a new module and edit it appropriately.

Thanks

P.S This also solves the sidebar issue if that's been giving anyone a headache.

2) remove core.UserAdmin in the getRewriteRules function of module.inc too.. you may need to then reactivate URL rewrite module and/or about module.

1) change the $gallery->i18n to $module->translate in About.inc. then just above that line add:

list ($ret, $module) = GalleryCoreApi::loadPlugin('module', 'about');
if ($ret) {
    return array($ret, null);
}

Is there a way the about page could just display preexisting html pages in its window, without putting the html code in there, just telling it the location of the page to display.

Sort of like frames in html. Or is there any other plugin that is able to do so?

I dont think this is what i'm realy looking for.

I would like the option to add links to the space where the Login Option is, just as the AboutPage-Plugin and then i would want it to open a external link, a Guestbook.php, an allready existing aboutme.html page. But it should open in the gallery environment, as the AboutPage-Plugin does.

I think so yes, how do i do that with your that plugin you mentioned?