[IT Department]

Hey Steve, I want to buy the Slim Plus Template, but I need to confirm one functionality. Is it possible to show the complete entry when it has a logo uploaded and only the head/title if not?

For example I have 1000 entries and 100 of them, are with a logo. In the list (all entries, searches, category filter, …) only the entries with logo should be expanded, the rest should be closed.

Is that possible?

[Steven Zahm]

@ Roy

It is possible, but not out of the box, you would have to mod the template PHP code. In very generic pseudo code it would be; if logo do not add the hide CSS class.

[IT Department]

Can you provide a code snippet for the functions.php of my Child Theme to integrate that customization? Or do I have to make a feature request, so that an option like that will be included in the future version of Slim Plus? I think it would be really a great feature for all Templates, because you can have standard and premium entries and stuff like that.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Roy

Not sure I’d be adding this to a template. You’d have to customize the template. Right now, if no logo is added, no logo will be shown.

I’m guessing you will be showing the logo in place of the image, yes?

That can be done easily by settings a shortcode option for Slim Plus. Rather than altering the code, there is another option. If you create a category named show and assign it to the entries that you want open by default, they will be.

Will that work?

[IT Department]

That sounds good. And what shortcode options will do the job?

[Steven Zahm]

@ Roy

To change the image from the photo to the logo you would use:
[connections image='logo']

Thinking about this a little more, the default for Slim Plus will be to crop and resize proportionally to best fit the specified dimensions, maintaining the aspect ratio. This is generally fine for photos, not good for logos because they will get cut off.

Probably the best thing to do is edit the card.php file. Change these lines:

$entry->getImage( array(
	'image'    => $atts['image'],
	'height'   => 120,
	'width'    => 100,
	'fallback' => array(
		'type'     => $atts['image_fallback'],
		'string'   => $atts['str_image']
		)
	)
);

to this:

$entry->getImage( array(
	'image'    => $atts['image'],
	'height'   => 120,
	'width'    => 100,
	'fallback' => array(
		'type'     => $atts['image_fallback'],
		'string'   => $atts['str_image']
		),
	'zc'       => 2,
	)
);

Now, the logos will be resized proportionally to fit entire image into the specified dimensions and add margins if required.

That should do the trick nicely. Hope that helps!

[IT Department]

I don’t understand… The name of the category has to be show? I thought that was just an example and that opening certain entries by default is done via a shortcode option? Or is it just this special name of the category that’ll do the job?

And instead of changing card.php, can’t I just upload a 1×1 pixel *.jpg as image along with the logo to the entries with logos?

• This reply was modified 12 years ago by IT Department.

[Steven Zahm]

@ Roy

No, see this FAQ. This feature is already built into the template. By adding the Show category and adding it to an entry, that entry will display open by default, rather than closed.

re: And instead of changing card.php, can’t I just upload a 1×1 pixel *.jpg as image along with the logo to the entries with logos?
I don’t understand, do you or do you not want to show the logo?

[IT Department]

Ah now I see. My, it’s that easy! That was all what I wanted.

And yes I want the logo to be shown in an entry, but that should be no problem? I would assign the “Show”-Category to all entries with logos. Or can’t Slim Plus output logos?

[Steven Zahm]

@ Roy

Yes, Slim Plus can show a logo, see this reply for the details.

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