Adding status options

any takers?

Hi - this isn't as easy as it sounds without losing some functionality - you can add more status options to the 'statusSelect()' method in the html.helper.php file, but that would break the quick change to be able to swap the status by clicking on it like you currently can in the project overview list. You could always disable that functionality -- we can't really support this customization but you're welcome to give it a shot. Thanks.

Why does it break the quick change?

It breaks the quick change because there is a switch looking for the original status types and it will swap colors/text according to what the current status is and what the next status on the list is. Could probably write it to work no matter how many status levels there are, but it's not currently written that way.

wasn't that hard to figure out, and I'm not a programmer! =D

Add your extra options in this file

/components/com_projectlog/models/cat.php

change BOLD areas

Line 188
switch($oldstatus)
{
case JText::_('IN PROGRESS'):
$newstatus = JText::_('NEXT STATUS');
break;

case JText::_('NEW STATUS'):
$newstatus = JText::_('NEXT STATUS');
break;

case JText::_('ON HOLD'):
$newstatus = JText::_('COMPLETE');
break;

case JText::_('COMPLETE'):
$newstatus = JText::_('IN PROGRESS');
break;       

default:
$newstatus = JText::_('IN PROGRESS');
break;
}




To change in the administrator backend edit this file

/administrator/components/com_projectlog/models/projects.php

Copy and paste the same settings from the previous file. Line 218 starts the area.




To change in the category default view edit this file

/components/com_projectlog/views/cat/tmpl/default.php

line 110

switch( $p->status ){
case JText::_('IN PROGRESS'):
$statusclass = 'green';
break;
case JText::_('ON HOLD'):
$statusclass = 'orange';
break;
case JText::_('NEW STATUS'):
$statusclass = 'COLOR';
break;
case JText::_('COMPLETE'):
$statusclass = 'green';
break;
default:
$statusclass = 'green';
break;
}


COLOR in the previous can only be green, red, or orange, unless you add new definitions to the .css file.

You can make an entry in the projectlog language file for the new status options.


Don't forget to backup your files.

Glad you figured it out and thanks for posting your solution!