One of our critics suggested that we should code something that would allow them to link to a review by simply typing in the restaurant's name. For instance, when writing an article about lunch spots, the critic doesn't want to hunt down a link to the Crosstown Deli review. Instead, by just typing Crosstown Deli, he wants it to turn into a link when the article is published. We could modify the code in com_content
to do this, but the other critics don't know if they want to commit to this system yet. Also, if com_content
is ever patched with updates from the Joomla! core team, we'll have to modify the code again. Instead, we will create a plug-in to search the output for review titles and automatically turn them into links. To do this, create a file named reviews.php
in the /plugins/content
folder in your Joomla! installation, and add the following code to this new file:
<?php defined( '_JEXEC' ) or die( 'Restricted access' ); $mainframe->registerEvent( 'onPrepareContent...