Document list in tables

Carlos, hi yes this is something mla does. I got it working on my site using a custom template / style and then coding in the pages to display the relevant sub-sets of docs.

mine is not working currently due to the dreaded ERROR: Invalid mla_gallery tax_query = ‘my_gallery_title=”2016’ which is how I passed custom table titles to the template section.

Thanks, Carlos, for your question and for the two images that illustrate your goals. As @downtonpc added, MLA will support the “table” display using a custom Markup template. You can find an example in the “A table-based Style and Markup template example” section of the Settings/Media Library Assistant Documentation tab.

The document Title, Description and (file) size are available as “Attachment-specific substitution parameters for the markup template Item part” (see the Documentation). Your fourth column calls for ICON/document icon – do you mean the same icon shown in the Media/Assistant submenu table, e.g., for PDF documents? That will take a bit more work, but can be done.

Your second example calls for CATEGORY/document category. This can be displayed using the terms prefix and the taxonomy slug. For example, you can code [+terms:attachment_category+] for the Att. Categories taxonomy.

The “MLA Gallery Examples” section in the Documentation tab gives examples for your other application features: pagination, a search box and category list. If you want to use the search box to find taxonomy terms the mla_search_fields=terms parameter will do that; see the “Keyword(s) Search” section in the Documentation. The Category list can be displayed using the [mla_tag_cloud] shortcode, as in the “Tag Cloud and Gallery” example. You can use a custom template to alter the cloud display if you need to.

That should get you started on templates and shortcodes for your application. If you give me more details on the ICON/document icon value you want I can be more specific.

I am marking this topic resolved, but please update it if you have specific questions about adapting the examples to your own application. Thanks for your interest in the plugin.

Carlos,

Hi here’s a link to page which partially addresses your first request https://downtonparishcouncil.gov.uk/main-council/agendas-and-minutes

If you see my other post you’ll see the code I use but not that the mla_gallery is now all on 1 line.

I think you’ll need to update the template ROW to display the additional info you require.

Paul

Carlos,

Paul’s post refers to “my other post” – you will find that other post here:

Custom title yields Invalid mla_gallery tax_query ERROR

Here is another topic that includes more details about creating custom templates:

PDF Feed alignment and numbering results

For your first example, you would add the row of column titles to the “Open:” template section and use something like this in the “Item:” section:

<td>[+title+]</td><td>[+description+]</td><td>[+file_size+]</td><td>[+thumbnail_content+]</td>

The thumbnail_content substitution parameter is the “document icon” if you add size=icon to your [mla_gallery] shortcode.

Let me know if you have any problems or further questions about developing the template and shortcode you need for you application.

Hi David and Paul, thank you so much for your answers!

I was able to accomplish what I described in example 1, however, I’m a having a little bit of trouble with example two in the following parts:

– The file size shows in bytes. Is it possible to display the file size in kilobytes, megabytes, etc?
– The search results are based on file names. Is there any way to make the search limited to only the file title (the title given in the media library) and show only files that are associated to an attachment_category? (I dont want uncategorized files showing up in the search results)

Thank you so much for your time!

Thanks for your update with the good news regarding your progress.

You asked “Is it possible to display the file size in kilobytes, megabytes, etc?” Here is an earlier topic that shows how to use the hooks provided by the [mla_gallery] shortcode to format the file size in various formats:

Display file size (kb or MB) trough mla-hooks.php in /plugins directory

You asked “Is there any way to make the search limited to only the file title (the title given in the media library)“? It’s not clear to me how you are composing the search in your application. Can you give more information on how you are doing a search by file name?

The [mla_gallery] “Keyword(s) Search” parameter can be used to select items based on the item Title value; try something like:

[mla_gallery s="a title" mla_search_fields="title"]

You asked if search results can “show only files that are associated to an attachment_category? Filtering search results to a particular attachment_category value is easy. Do you mean ANY value, i.e., one or more values must be assigned to the item? If so, I will give that some thought.