Hi Micker-
Thanks for the help...
Still having trouble though
I copied the default folder and named it "articles"
Then i added two more fields to the item.xml file:
(i need date (mm-dd-yy), article title, description)
<fieldgroups>
<group>date</group>
<group>top</group>
<group>description</group>
<group>bottom</group>
</fieldgroups>
<cssitem>
<file>css/item.css</file>
</cssitem>
Then i went into item.php to adjust the fields. I found three sections that act as blank?? "subtitle1" "subtitle2" "subtitle3". I replaced the first with "Date" and erased the other two. Still not sure why "description" does not appear in table -- -it seems like it should, as it is written into the code already....
below is my edited file if you want to take a look...
Is there any chance you could paste the item.php file from your flexicontent.org site? Once i replace the image field with the date field, it will be perfect for my site. The example from your post is too different, and I am making too many mistakes.
Sorry... and thanks again.
Code:
<?php
/**
* @version 1.5 stable $Id: item.php 250 2010-06-09 08:01:27Z emmanuel.danan $
* @package Joomla
* @subpackage FLEXIcontent
* @copyright (C) 2009 Emmanuel Danan - www.vistamedia.fr
* @license GNU/GPL v2
*
* FLEXIcontent is a derivative work of the excellent QuickFAQ component
* @copyright (C) 2008 Christoph Lukes
* see www.schlu.net for more information
*
* FLEXIcontent is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU General Public License for more details.
*/
defined( '_JEXEC' ) or die( 'Restricted access' );
// first define the template name
$tmpl = $this->tmpl;
?>
<div id="flexicontent" class="flexicontent item<?php echo $this->item->id; ?> type<?php echo $this->item->type_id; ?>">
<!-- BOF buttons -->
<p class="buttons">
<?php echo flexicontent_html::pdfbutton( $this->item, $this->params ); ?>
<?php echo flexicontent_html::mailbutton( 'items', $this->params, null , $this->item->slug ); ?>
<?php echo flexicontent_html::printbutton( $this->print_link, $this->params ); ?>
<?php echo flexicontent_html::editbutton( $this->item, $this->params ); ?>
</p>
<!-- EOF buttons -->
<!-- BOF page title -->
<?php if ($this->params->get( 'show_page_title', 1 ) && $this->params->get('page_title') != $this->item->title) : ?>
<h1 class="componentheading">
<?php echo $this->params->get('page_title'); ?>
</h1>
<?php endif; ?>
<!-- EOF page title -->
<!-- BOF item title -->
<?php if ($this->params->get('show_title', 1)) : ?>
<h2 class="contentheading flexicontent">
<?php echo $this->escape($this->item->title); ?>
</h2>
<?php endif; ?>
<!-- EOF item title -->
<!-- BOF date -->
<?php if (isset($this->item->positions['date'])) : ?>
<div class="lineinfo author">
<?php foreach ($this->item->positions['date'] as $field) : ?>
<span class="element">
<?php if ($field->label) : ?>
<span class="label field_<?php echo $field->name; ?>"><?php echo $field->label; ?></span>
<?php endif; ?>
<span class="value field_<?php echo $field->name; ?>"><?php echo $field->display; ?></span>
</span>
<?php endforeach; ?>
</div>
<?php endif; ?>
<!-- EOF date block -->
<?php if (isset($this->item->positions['top'])) : ?>
<!-- BOF top block -->
<div class="infoblock <?php echo $this->params->get('top_cols', 'two'); ?>cols">
<ul>
<?php foreach ($this->item->positions['top'] as $field) : ?>
<li>
<div>
<?php if ($field->label) : ?>
<div class="label field_<?php echo $field->name; ?>"><?php echo $field->label; ?></div>
<?php endif; ?>
<div class="value field_<?php echo $field->name; ?>"><?php echo $field->display; ?></div>
</div>
</li>
<?php endforeach; ?>
</ul>
</div>
<!-- EOF top block -->
<?php endif; ?>
</div>
<?php endif; ?>
<div class="clear"></div>
<?php if (isset($this->item->positions['description'])) : ?>
<!-- BOF description -->
<div class="description">
<?php foreach ($this->item->positions['description'] as $field) : ?>
<?php if ($field->label) : ?>
<div class="desc-title"><?php echo $field->label; ?></div>
<?php endif; ?>
<div class="desc-content"><?php echo $field->display; ?></div>
<?php endforeach; ?>
</div>
<!-- EOF description -->
<?php endif; ?>
<div class="clear"></div>
<?php if (isset($this->item->positions['bottom'])) : ?>
<!-- BOF bottom block -->
<div class="infoblock <?php echo $this->params->get('bottom_cols', 'two'); ?>cols">
<ul>
<?php foreach ($this->item->positions['bottom'] as $field) : ?>
<li>
<div>
<?php if ($field->label) : ?>
<div class="label field_<?php echo $field->name; ?>"><?php echo $field->label; ?></div>
<?php endif; ?>
<div class="value field_<?php echo $field->name; ?>"><?php echo $field->display; ?></div>
</div>
</li>
<?php endforeach; ?>
</ul>
</div>
<!-- EOF bottom block -->
<?php endif; ?>
<?php if ($this->params->get('comments')) : ?>
<!-- BOF comments -->
<div class="comments">
<?php
if ($this->params->get('comments') == 1) :
if (file_exists(JPATH_SITE.DS.'components'.DS.'com_jcomments'.DS.'jcomments.php')) :
require_once(JPATH_SITE.DS.'components'.DS.'com_jcomments'.DS.'jcomments.php');
echo JComments::showComments($this->item->id, 'com_flexicontent', $this->escape($this->item->title));
endif;
endif;
if ($this->params->get('comments') == 2) :
if (file_exists(JPATH_SITE.DS.'plugins'.DS.'content'.DS.'jom_comment_bot.php')) :
require_once(JPATH_SITE.DS.'plugins'.DS.'content'.DS.'jom_comment_bot.php');
echo jomcomment($this->item->id, 'com_flexicontent');
endif;
endif;
?>
</div>
<!-- EOF comments -->
<?php endif; ?>
</div>