IM Extra Fields

Plugin Description:

IM Extra Fields

GetSimple plugin based on ItemManager 2

IM Extra Fields is a GS plugin based on ItemManager 2.4.2 IM Extra Fields plugin allows to add new fields for GetSimple CMS pages and access them within your template very easily. This plugin is a kind of a mix between I18N Custom Fields and Special Pages plugins and is a very powerful tool.

For instance, it allows you to create a bunch of categories with different fields and properties. You can select them in the Pages menu under Optiones and the assigned ItemManager fields appear immediately in the content below GS default editor field.

Usage

It is recommended to add one or more (according to your needs) functions to your functions.php file in your theme/ directory. You can then call these in your template to retrieve items you need. For example, to get an item assigned to the current page, you can use this function:

/**
 * This function returns SimpleItem object assigned to the current page.
 * Function expects category id as parameter.
 *
 * @param int $category_id - Category id to which item belongs
 *
 * @return SimpleItem object | null
 */
function get_page_item($category_id) {
    $imanager = imanager();
    $mapper = $imanager->getItemMapper();
    $mapper->alloc($category_id);
    $pageId = Util::computeUnsignedCRC32(return_page_slug());
    return $mapper->getSimpleItem($pageId);
}

Now you can use this function in your template as follows:

$item = get_page_item(1);
if($item) {
    echo "<h3>$item->name</h3>";
    echo $item->your_field;
}

... where the argument 1 is the category id to which the item belongs.

If you have any further questions relating to IM Extra Fields you will find help in the ItemManager 2 Thread:

http://get-simple.info/forums/showthread.php?tid=7293

Changelog:

1.0.2
- Minimal style adjustments and GS 3.4-Alpha adaptations
- The usage of SimpleItem objects implemented

1.0.1 A new feature was added to speed up item access with very large quantities of data, see:

HIGH_DATA_CAPACITY in im_extra_fields.php file (Feature works only with ItemManager 2.3.6)

im-extra-fields_1.0.2.zip (Jul 15, 2018)
im-extra-fields_1.0.1.zip (Sep 11, 2016)