README

Very simple way to add a slideshow or other set of featured images/links to a page. Includes easy markup for Foundation's Orbit component.

Requirements

• Silverstripe 3.1+ (may work with 3.0, but hasn't been tested)
• Compatible with but does not require Zurb Foundation

Features

• Add HasFeaturedItems extension to any page type
• A featured item contains an image and links to:
  • an external url
  • an internal page
  • a video (youtube or vimeo)
• LinksToVideo extension can be used on any dataobject to make linking to and embedding videos really easy - just enter the url and it parses out the video ID and gives you the correct embed code.
• Include FeaturedItems template to get instant markup for use with Zurb Foundation's Orbit and Reveal components
• Could easily be adapted to work with any slideshow component.

Usage

You need to add the “HasFeaturedItems” extension to any page type that should have them. You can do this via yaml config like so (this would go in a .yml file in mysite/_config):

Page:
  extensions:
    - HasFeaturedItems

(replace Page with HomePage or XYZPage or whatever if you don’t want it on all types of pages)

Then in the page template just add:

<% include FeaturedItems %>

If you’re using Zurb Foundation you’re good to go. If not you may need to change up the markup in that FeaturedItems template.

Developer(s)

• Mark Guinn mark@adaircreative.com

Contributions welcome by pull request and/or bug report. Please follow Silverstripe code standards.

License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2013 Mark Guinn

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