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[David Roth]

Hi Stephen.

I just e-mailed the developer to ask what part of the Joomla core
would need to be modified.

This is what the developer told me previously:

"The user inputs disappeared when you click the Print icon because
that print icon comes standard with a Joomla article. The "Google
Directions ToHere" plugin is an addon to the Joomla article. It does
not come with the Joomla core - and naturally Joomla core does not
know that it has to fill in the "Coming From" field which the user has
entered when it pop up the print screen. That's why that field is
empty.
    To automatically populate that field requires a change to the
Joomla core - which I don't think you will want to do that.
    You can try other plugins in joomla.org. I think all will have the
same effect - because all that Joomla print icon does is to pop up
that Joomla print screen."

David

On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 5:09 PM, Stephen Britton <sbritton at gmail.com> wrote:
> You should not have to modify core files. I wonder if this is something that
> could be fixed with an HTML over-write?
>
> I still think that there is a way to print it out. This plug-in writes to an
> article file.
>
> Try to find out what core files need to be changed.
>
> On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 3:52 PM, David Roth <davidalanroth at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Linda.
>>
>> This looks good, since it opens a new tab and the user then has access
>> to all of what Google has to offer in the way of maps and it takes
>> care of the printing. I don't like the idea of taking the user off the
>> web page, but in reality most users would be more familiar with
>> dealing directly with Google maps.
>>
>> I'm still twisting over the suggestion of the developer that the
>> Joomla Core would have to be modified. If NASA wanted to use Joomla as
>> a back-end to manage all of Mission Control, yeah, then modifying the
>> Joomla Core would be acceptable. But to print directions, there had to
>> be another solution. Thanks!
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> David
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 3:06 PM, Linda Amiaga <llamiaga at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> > David,
>> >
>> > I'm not sure but perhaps my website does what you need.  I
>> > used the Googlemaps Plugin.  I have not upgraded this site
>> > yet from Joomla 1.5, but will be doing it shortly.
>> >
>> >
>> > http://www.tempsunlimited.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=62&Itemid=59
>> >
>> > Linda
>> >
>> > ________________________________
>> > From: David Roth <davidalanroth at gmail.com>
>> > To: NYPHP SIG: Joomla <joomla at lists.nyphp.org>
>> > Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 2:47 PM
>> > Subject: Re: [joomla] Googledirections by kksou.com - printing problem
>> >
>> > Hi Steve.
>> >
>> > Thanks for the reply.
>> >
>> > Not a blank page, just the map without the directions for the user
>> > that is displayed on the page. I got a reply from the developer since
>> > my posting, who said it would require modifying Joomla core for this
>> > to work with the print icon. I'm wondering now if there might be
>> > another option though.
>> >
>> > Thanks for the information and suggestions. Have fun at Joomla Day New
>> > England, I can't get away to attend.
>> >
>> > Best regards,
>> >
>> > David
>> >
>> > On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 10:30 AM, Stephen Britton <sbritton at gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >> Hi David,
>> >>
>> >> Unfortunately, I don't have a quick answer. I have never used the
>> >> Google
>> >> Directions plugin, but it sounds great and I might use it in an
>> >> upcoming
>> >> project. I am not sure how it works, but I will guess that it displays
>> >> content in the component region.
>> >>
>> >> I am curious. When you print, does it print out a blank page or just
>> >> text
>> >> without images? What is the printed output?
>> >>
>> >> I have some ideas on how you might fix the issue.
>> >>
>> >> Printing in Joomla is largely controlled by the component.php and
>> >> print.css
>> >> files. Some templates do not have these files. Make sure that your
>> >> template
>> >> does. Check the print.css file and make sure that the graphics have not
>> >> been
>> >> turned off. You might see CSS code like this "img {display:none;}" If
>> >> so,
>> >> remove this code and see how it works.  You might also want to
>> >> temporarily
>> >> remove all the code from the print.css file and see what prints out.
>> >>
>> >> Then I would ask the template vendor if they have any ideas on how to
>> >> fix
>> >> it. As I mentioned, printing in Joomla is limited to the components
>> >> area.
>> >> If
>> >> the content from this plugin is displayed in this region, there should
>> >> be
>> >> a
>> >> way to print it out.
>> >>
>> >> I would also check the Joomla developer and docs area for information
>> >> on
>> >> the
>> >> component.php file. I recall that Andrew Eddy has written some articles
>> >> about using this file.
>> >>
>> >> Let me know if you find a solution. I am heading up to Joomla Day New
>> >> England. Maybe I'll see you there.
>> >>
>> >> All best,
>> >>
>> >> Steve
>> >>
>> >> On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 4:41 AM, David Roth <davidalanroth at gmail.com>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> I'm using the extension by kksou for Googledirections. It works well,
>> >>> you can put in your address and it uses Google maps to show directions
>> >>> to a pre-set address. The problem is when you click on the Joomla
>> >>> print icon to print the map with the directions, the text directions
>> >>> don't print. It behaves as if the user didn't enter their own address.
>> >>>
>> >>> It appears by putting in this example in an article:
>> >>> {googleDir_tohere width=320 height=360 dir_width=275 home_addr="123
>> >>> Main Street, Anytown NY 10036" home_label="Wayne Manor"}
>> >>>
>> >>> Is there some Joomla behavior about this I am missing? Or is this a
>> >>> bug in kksoy Googledirections?
>> >>>
>> >>> Anyone have another Joomla extension or method to do this that you are
>> >>> happy with? Thanks!
>> >>>
>> >>> David Roth
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>> >>
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Stephen Britton
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>> >>
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> --
> Stephen Britton
> Technology Consultant
> sbritton at gmail.com
> Twitter: @StephenBritton
> ph: 914-661-0040
>
> "Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself." -
> George Bernard Shaw
>
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