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8 years 11 months ago - 8 years 11 months ago #40770 by Pumice
Pumice created the topic: Confusion from users with Notes field
I found the Notes field a bit confusing ("What is it for?" was my first thought), and now my first client to complete the Testimonial put his testimonial in the Notes fields .... and his comment in the main Testimonial data entry screen.

Perhaps there could be an option to hide the Notes field? I think this is a design case where less would be more ;)
Last Edit: 8 years 11 months ago by Pumice.

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8 years 11 months ago #40773 by vinny
vinny replied the topic: Confusion from users with Notes field
Hi - the notes field can be used for several things; for instance on our extensions testimonials, we use it to state where the testimonial came from. The Joomla Extensions Directory JED, a customer, website, etc. You can see an example of the notes field in use here .

We'd be happy to make it optional - I've added it to our 'todo' list for future releases. In the meantime you can hide the field by editing your 'com_reportcard/views/form/tmpl/edit.php' file (or create an override for that file) and comment out or delete the following:

<div class="control-group">
                            <div class="control-label">
                                <?php echo $this->form->getLabel('notes'); ?>
                            </div>
                            <div class="controls">
                                <?php echo $this->form->getInput('notes'); ?>
                            </div>
                        </div>

Let us know any questions. Thanks!
Vinny - The Thinkery
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8 years 11 months ago #40776 by Pumice
Pumice replied the topic: Confusion from users with Notes field
Thanks Vinny
Dumb question, but how do I comment out this bit of the PHP code? I tried using /** and */ but that didn't seem to work (sorry, I'm not very familiar with PHP syntax)

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8 years 11 months ago #40780 by tim
tim replied the topic: Confusion from users with Notes field
Hi Pumice- the
/* comment */
syntax is used for php code only. The code posted above is mixed HTML and PHP.

To comment it you'd probably do something like this (untested):
<!--
<div class="control-group">
<div class="control-label">
  <?php //echo $this->form->getLabel('notes'); ?>
</div>
<div class="controls">
  <?php //echo $this->form->getInput('notes'); ?>
</div>
</div>
-->

Note how the double slash is used to comment out the PHP echo statements, and the HTML block is put in an HTML comment block using
<!-- comment -->

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8 years 11 months ago #40790 by Pumice
Pumice replied the topic: Confusion from users with Notes field
Thanks TIm
That's done the trick A couple of other minor things that puzzle me, that you might be able to shed some light on:-

1. The drop down box for Category seems to show just the tip of the first category in its 'blank' form (until one clicks on it) ...

2. What is the blank box just above the editor ? Or am I imagining it? (See attached)

They could be artefacts of the Joomla theme that I'm using ?
kind regards
George
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8 years 11 months ago #40791 by tim
tim replied the topic: Confusion from users with Notes field
Hi-- those are style quirks, probably due to your template's styles overriding WF / Joomla styles. If you switch to protostar, do they still exist? If not, post a link to your site and we should be able to advise how to change the styles so they work.

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