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chronoconnectivity in a module

gemlog 07 Jan, 2010
I tried a few different combinations of iframes, modules and plugins. Usually they failed because of css.

My firefox under linux shows it correctly now and also IE 6(!),7 and 8 using http://ipinfo.info/netrenderer/index.php

The combination I ended up using was mod_customcontent which loads an uncategorized article containing only this one line:

{component}index.php?option=com_chronoconnectivity&connectionname=Grooming_Report{/component}


The idea was to make it the least typing for the groomers as none of them can type. But then I didn't want to use up all that screen real-estate showing checkboxen later.

The site will end up here (eventually):
http://www.snowvalleynordics.com/

Hope that helps someone.

[attachment=1]groomreport0.png[/attachment]
[attachment=0]groomreport.png[/attachment]
gemlog 02 Oct, 2010
Yes, thanks for noting that. I used 'Plugin Include Component'.
ozneilau 02 Oct, 2010
Thanks for sharing this!

This method does not work perfectly with recent Rockettheme templates. Unfortunately the width spills out beyond the module area. A similar extension "Component Loader" which has also worked for me in the past (see http://www.chronoengine.com/forums/index.php?option=com_chronoforums&cont=posts&f=14&t=18055) does not fix the problem either.

Instead of Chronoconnectivity, and to get around the Rockettheme issue, I ended up using a Custom HTML module with Sourcerer enabled, inserting code to extract what I wanted out of the database and display it in the module like this:


{source}
<?php
$db =& JFactory::getDBO();
$query="SELECT * FROM jos_chronoforms_Properties WHERE FeatureProperty='Yes' AND ActiveListing = 'Yes'";
$db->setQuery($query);
$result=$db->loadObject();
?>
{/source}
{source}<?php echo $result->Field1; ?>{/source}
{source}<?php echo $result->Field2; ?>{/source}


Neil
ozneilau 14 Sep, 2011
There is always something new to learn with Joomla and I have found an easier way to place ChronoConnectivity in a module as follows:

In Module Manager, click on "New", select "Wrapper" and click on "Next".

For the URL parameter, insert the link to your ChronoConnectivity page, appending "&tmpl=component" to the end so the component is displayed without all the other modules etc. For example:

http://your.domain.name.com/index.php?option=com_chronoconnectivity&connectionname=YourConnectionName&tmpl=component

Substitute your own values for your.domain.name.com and YourConnectionName.

Remember to set the other parameters as required and click on "Save".

Simple!

Neil
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