Modify Joomla Tags Result Page

Question

I want to show my article intro text and item image with link to the full article in the result page for Joomla Tags.

Is there a way to do this, or how can I modify the code to get the expected results?

I tried to add in components\com_tags\views\tag\tmpl\default_items.php <?php echo $this->item->introtext; ?> but it does not work there as in other cases. I do not know php well enough, so would like to know if there are other suggestions.

Thanks

Answer 1

Try this(tested and worked in Joomla 3.3.0):

Put this code:

<?php
//introtext
echo $item->text;
//image
$images  = json_decode($item->core_images);
echo '<img src="'.$images->image_intro.'">';
//get category name by id
$db = JFactory::getDbo();
$id = $item->core_catid;
$db->setQuery("SELECT cat.title FROM #__categories cat WHERE cat.id='$id'");
$category = $db->loadResult();
echo '<p>'.$category.'</p>';
?>

into this file:

templates/yourtemplate/html/com_tags/tag/default_items.php

that should be copied from:

components\com_tags\views\tag\tmpl\default_items.php

between this two lines

<?php foreach ($items as $i => $item) : ?> //Line 63 <?php endforeach; ?>

You can use any of this variables(<?php echo $item->useonefromthelist; ?>) to modify the tag output:

type_alias
content_item_id 
core_content_id
match_count 
tag_date
core_title
core_alias
core_body
core_state
core_access 
core_metadata
core_created_user_id 
core_created_by_alias 
core_created_time 
core_images 
core_modified_time 
core_language 
core_catid 
core_publish_up 
core_publish_down 
content_type_title 
router 
author 
author_email 
link 
displayDate
event
text
core_params

How i get this list?

<pre>
<?php print_r($item); ?>
</pre>

Answer 2

1stly, directly editing the template override in situ is not recommended.

Google html overrides for more info but in short, for the case above:

• copy the tmpl folder from components\com_tags\views\tag to templates/yourtemplate/html/com_tags/
• rename it to tag

You can edit it there where it won't get overwritten after an update.

For what you want to do above I think you'll find this more complicated than you think. What output would you want where a tag is linked to more that one article? What I would do here is have a look at modifying a module that already does most of what you want. Something like the "Similar Tags" module. It would be easier to make a modified version of that and call that into the tag result page.

Answer 3

This solution worked very well for myself. The intro text was still too long so I shortened it to 300 characters. See below. I added the main code in the first answer above right after the h3 tag and then just modified the intro text portion. I didn't use the category name. I added the link to the main article in the read more link and also for the ...

Here is the total code I used in Joomla 3.6, including the h3 tag...

<h3>
<a href="<?php echo JRoute::_(TagsHelperRoute::getItemRoute($item->content_item_id, $item->core_alias, $item->core_catid, $item->core_language, $item->type_alias, $item->router)); ?>">
<?php echo $this->escape($item->core_title); ?>
</a> 
</h3>

<?php
//image
$images  = json_decode($item->core_images);
echo '<p><img class="intro-image" src="'.$images->image_intro.'"></p>';                  
//introtext
$limit =300;
if (strlen($item->text) > $limit) {
echo (substr($item->text, 0, $limit)) ?> <a href="<?php echo JRoute::_(TagsHelperRoute::getItemRoute($item->content_item_id, $item->core_alias, $item->core_catid, $item->core_language, $item->type_alias, $item->router)); ?>">...</a>
<?php
}
else {
echo $item->text;
}
?>
<p>
<a class="read-more" href="<?php echo JRoute::_(TagsHelperRoute::getItemRoute($item->content_item_id, $item->core_alias, $item->core_catid, $item->core_language, $item->type_alias, $item->router)); ?>">Read more</a>
</p>