[SOLVED] Create a Second Article Tab

Hi,

I want to display archived articles for each author under their profile. So is it possible to create a second articles tab, where the only difference is that State=2, instead of 1?

You'd have to modify CB Articles, duplicate the tab code, make the needed change to the query then add a new tab in the database to point to your new tab class. In short there's no easy way to do what you're wanting. Plugin tabs are not designed to be duplicated.

Hi Kyle,

Here's what I did, even before posting here

1. Create a duplicate cbarticles plugin named "plug_cbarticlesa"
2. Renamed the php and xml files to cbarticles.php and cbarticles.xml
3. Changed two lines in the cbarticlesa.xml file:
line 3 - <name>CB ArticlesA</name>
line12 - <filename plugin="cbarticlesa">cbarticlesa.php</filename>
4. Created a new DB plugin named "Cb ArticlesA", with element named cbarticlesa and folder plug_cbarticlesa
5. Created a new articles Tab in DB that's an exact duplicate of the original one.
6. I have also updated the query in the articlesa model to State=2.

What am I missing?

All of the class names in the plugin need to be changed or they'll conflict. This includes the template files as well. Probably easier to just edit the existing CB Articles, copy the cbarticlesTab class, rename it, edit it, then create a new database entry that points to the new plugin class.

Hi,

I'm sorry I'm not understanding what you mean by "copy the cbarticlesTab class". What specific file/line? and hows that different from what I described in my penultimate post?

I'm sorry I'm not understanding what you mean by "copy the cbarticlesTab class". What specific file/line?

components/com_comprofiler/plugin/user/plug_cbarticles/cbarticles.php

and hows that different from what I described in my penultimate post?

You copied and renamed the files, but didn't adjust the class names. You can't have 2 classes named the same in PHP (unless namespaced, but it's not namespaced).