XF 2.2 Addon template modification

[Anatoliy]

So I'm building my first addon that will deal with too long thread titles. So far it can find threads with title length longer than 70 characters and list them.
What I want to do next is to bulk fix them by removing " | Board title" from their titles. So I created a PAGE_CONTAINER template modification that will replace

<title><xf:title formatter="%s | %s" fallback="{$xf.options.boardTitle}" page="{$pageNumber}" /></title>

with

<title>
<xf:if is="$noBoardTitle">
<xf:title formatter="%s" fallback="{$xf.options.boardTitle}" page="{$pageNumber}" />
<xf:else />
<xf:title formatter="%s | %s" fallback="{$xf.options.boardTitle}" page="{$pageNumber}" />
</xf:if>
</title>

The question - what would be the best field for storing the "mark" that thread title is too long?
Probably an extra column in xf_threads table, but frankly I'm too afraid to touch xf tables. )
What about a thread custom field? I could create it from ACP so it looks safe. Or it will require an extra query when rendering a thread page?

Will be appreciate for any advice.
Thanks in advance.

 

[Paul B]

What version string and ID is in addon.json?

You should be prompted to enter the new version when using bump.
If not, use --force.

 

[Anatoliy]

"version_id": 1000011,
"version_string": "1.0.0 Alpha 1",

 

[Anatoliy]

ok, now I got it. I just run php cmd.php xf-addon:build-release again and it put Alpha 1 zip next to Alpha. )
so next time after changes I bump version first and then build-release.

Thanks for your help!

 

[Kruzya]

I'm kind of scared because zip still has name Alpha and not Alpha 1 as I would expect

Are you runned xf-addon:build-release after bumping a version?

 

[Anatoliy]

Are you runned xf-addon:build-release after bumping a version?

well, now I did. )

 

[Anatoliy]

Yeehaa! )

 

[Anatoliy]

Thank you guys! I feel pretty, oh so pretty... )))

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[Ozzy47]

Yeehaa! )

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That’s pretty cool, congratulations.

 

[Anatoliy]

That’s pretty cool, congratulations.

Thank you!

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[Anatoliy]

So I want to move even further and to teach my template modification to bulk fix too short titles (< 20 characters) by modifying a title from Thread title | Board title to Thread title | Forum Title | Board title. But I have no idea what should go to formatter="%s | %s". Please advise.

<title>
    <xf:if is="{{strlen($pageTitle ?: '') > 47}}">
        <xf:title formatter="%s" fallback="{$xf.options.boardTitle}" page="{$pageNumber}" />
    <xf:elseif is="{{strlen($pageTitle ?: '') < 20}}" />
        <xf:title formatter="%s | %s" fallback="{$xf.options.boardTitle}" page="{$pageNumber}" />
    <xf:else />
        <xf:title formatter="%s | %s" fallback="{$xf.options.boardTitle}" page="{$pageNumber}" />
    </xf:if>
</title>

 

[Anatoliy]

I built Alfa 3, that also shows total of threads with titles < 20 characters. 6k+
Even with " | My Board Title" they are < 43. And all those SEO gurus say it should be 50-70. So yeah, I want to make that bulk fix badly.

So I tried that dump var, however I didn't find forum title or node title variable, only node_id. But I found breadcrumbs. )
The code

<xf:elseif is="{{strlen($pageTitle ?: '') < 20}}" />
        <xf:title formatter="%s | {$breadcrumbs.1.value} | %s" fallback="{$xf.options.boardTitle}" page="{$pageNumber}" />

works on a thread page. However on forum pages it shows a title with emptiness in the middle (Forum Title | | Board Title).

How to fix that?

 

[XFA]

If you are having the thread entity access, then you can use {$thread.Forum.Node.title} to get the forum title.

Forum and Node are entity relations.