Passing dashboard config variable to a globally loaded javascript file

"Typically when building a block, I would output the variables as data attributes on one of the dom elements in the blocks view, then my external javascript could read those attrib…

says ob7dev on 06/27/18 at 9:52 am, in reply to “Could anyone please translate …”

Lack of loyalty within the Concrete5 developer community.

I use to answer questions all day in the forums. But I ran out of money. lol

says ob7dev on 06/01/18 at 1:29 am, in reply to “It's a real pity but, well, go…”

Elemental Theme Tweaking / Spacing between rows/columns

Try Info Box Grid plugin to achieve the layout you're going for.

says ob7dev on 05/19/18 at 6:54 pm, in reply to “Hi, I am building a website an…”

Building a concrete5 plugin like Mouseflow

Thank you for that insight John. I've instructed my client to just sign up for mouseflow rather than trying to pull it off myself. I appreciate your "wisdom" :) ... I already have…

says ob7dev on 01/10/18 at 6:57 pm, in reply to “You need to think further abou…”

Hey everyone, My client wants me to install something called Mouseflow, used for tracking visitors mouse movements and monetizing a website. But its charged as a service, and…

says ob7dev on 01/09/18 at 6:43 am

Call to a member function addWorkflowProgressHistoryObject() on boolean

When trying to publish a page, I'm getting this weird error. Call to a member function addWorkflowProgressHistoryObject() on boolean Any ideas what it could be? Something to…

says ob7dev on 12/09/17 at 2:00 am

Anything new?

Hey all, I haven't been around since a new client hired me to study some crypto stuff for them. All my development has temporarily switched from c5 add-ons to cryptography stuf…

says ob7dev on 08/29/17 at 12:14 am

Adding fonts to theme customization

Found my answer: Supply multiple font names to the less variable like so: [code] @body-type-font-family: ~"'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"; [/code]

says ob7dev on 06/29/17 at 9:10 am, in reply to “How do I add any number of fon…”

How do I add any number of fonts to the theme customizer? If you set a font name in the less variables then that font shows up in the list, but only for the item you set the font…

says ob7dev on 06/29/17 at 5:48 am

How to check if a function returns error or not

Oh, roger that. My mistake, I was trying to pass format immediately to DateTime whether it failed or not: [code] return DateTime::createFromFormat($startFormat[$type], $dateStri…

says ob7dev on 06/29/17 at 2:14 am, in reply to “DateTime::createFromFormat ret…”

Say you pass the wrong data type to a function such as DateTime::createFromFormat, You will get an error that stops the script. Is there a way to instead check if the function re…

says ob7dev on 06/28/17 at 4:36 am

Validating a single page post

I ended up using Core::make('helper/validation/error") from a custom controller which passes the error list to the calling method or returns 1. Calling method then decides what to…

says ob7dev on 06/23/17 at 2:21 am, in reply to “I think there is also a js equ…”

Anyway to refresh package db schema without reinstalling package?

I found the cli documentation for this here: https://documentation.concrete5.org/developers/appendix/cli-commands#c5-package-update From concrete/bin I simply run [code] ./co…

says ob7dev on 06/22/17 at 11:49 pm, in reply to “In v5.6, while developing, I …”

Hi, Building a single page package that holds db.xml in the root package directory. Anytime I make a change to the db.xml file I have to reinstall the plugin to refresh it. Wh…

says ob7dev on 06/22/17 at 6:48 am

Validating a single page post

Hey MrK, Only dashboard.

says ob7dev on 06/21/17 at 9:53 pm, in reply to “Hi ob7dev, Is this a single…”

Currently I'm using javascript from the single page like this: [code] //Validate $('.quick-events-add-event').submit(function(event) { var dates = 0; var errorMessa…

says ob7dev on 06/21/17 at 8:04 pm, in reply to “can u provide me an example of…”

can u provide me an example of the $this->error method? Currently my single page is posted via form method=post, action=controller function. If validation is done on the server, …

says ob7dev on 06/21/17 at 7:42 pm, in reply to “javascript and input attribute…”

Is there a built in way to validate data submitted such as a blocks validate method? I just need to ensure a few inputs have values before the single page gets posted. Should I u…

says ob7dev on 06/21/17 at 3:34 am

Creating a database for a single page

Also would have helped if I wasn't using reserved mysql keywords for column names.

says ob7dev on 06/20/17 at 7:04 am, in reply to “I am having trouble insert ite…”

Just realized I needed to add a db.xml to my root package directory.

says ob7dev on 06/20/17 at 6:48 am, in reply to “I am having trouble insert ite…”