sschreier / sschreiercreateblogposts
create blog posts
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Language:Twig
Type:shopware-platform-plugin
Requires
- shopware/core: ~6.6.0
- shopware/storefront: ~6.6.0
README
An extension to create blog posts. The blog post is created as a product and the blog list view as a category. The content of the blog post is controlled by a product page layout. In addition, the blog post is automatically found in the search and displayed in the search results. An rss feed is located at the path /rss, so under http://your-domain.de/rss.
how to use it
blog category settings
- create a category under "Catalogues" and "Categories"
- switch to the area "Custom fields" of the tab "General"
- activate the checkbox "is a blog post category" in the area "blog post settings"
use custom sorting
- switch to the area "Category listing" of the tab "Layout"
- activate the switch "Use custom sortings" in the tab "Sorting"
- remove unnecessary sortings
- tip: create a sorting based on the product release date
disabling the filters you don't need
- switch to the area "Category listing" of the tab "Layout"
- deactivate the switch "Filter by manufacturer" in the tab "Filter"
- deactivate the switch "Filter by rating" in the tab "Filter"
- deactivate the switch "Filter by price" in the tab "Filter"
- deactivate the switch "Filter for free shipping" in the tab "Filter"
- tip:
- create a property for the author and use it for a filter
- create a property for tags and use it for a filter
author settings
- create an author under "Catalogues" and "Manufacturers" if you want to display authors
blog post settings
tab "General"
- set the title of the blog post in the field "Name" in the area "General information"
- select the author of the blog post at the field "Manufacturer" in the area "General information" if you want to display the author
- set the teaser of the blog post for the category listing in the field "Description" in the area "General information"
- set the value of the fields "Price (gross)" and "Price (net)" to 0 in the area "Prices"
- set the value of the field "Stock" to 0 and activate the switch "Clearance sale" in the area "Deliverability"
- select the blog category at the field "Categories" in the area "Visibility & structure"
- select the teaser image at the field "Cover" in the area "Media"
- set the release date of the blog post in the field "Release date" in the area "Labelling" if you want to display the release date
tab "Specifications"
- add properties to the blog post in the area "Properties" to filter by them, such as the author, a tag or the month and year of the release date
- switch to the "Custom fields" area of the tab "Specifications"
- activate the checkbox "is a blog post" in the area "blog post settings"
- activate the checkbox "show in rss feed" in the area "blog post settings"
tab "Layout"
- assigning a product page layout for the content of the blog post
tab "SEO"
- set custom meta information for the blog post if necessary, for example a custom SEO path to the blog post
tab "Cross Selling"
- assigning assigned products to the blog post
product page layout settings
- create a product page layout under "Content" and "Shopping Experiences"
- remove the cms block Image gallery and buy box
- remove the cms block Product description & reviews
- remove the cms block Cross Selling if you don't want to display assigned products
example 1: all images assigned to the blog post are displayed in an image gallery, followed by the content of the blog post, which is located in the field "Description"
- select the cms element "Image gallery" from the block category "Images"
- in the tab "Image gallery", select "product.media" under "Data mapping"
- select the cms element "Text" from the block category "Text"
- in the tab "Content", select "product.description" under "Data mapping"
example 2: the content of the blog post is maintained completely via the CMS
- add cms elements with text and images
Possible Configurations for the blog list view
- select the number of side by side product boxes in mobile view
- select the number of side by side product boxes in tablet view
- select the number of side by side product boxes in desktop view
- select the release date format
- set the text of the read more button for the blog posts via snippet
- select, if the teaser images of the blog posts should be shown
- set the background color of the area that will be displayed if no teaser image has been assigned
- set the opacity value of the background color of the area that will be displayed if no teaser image has been assigned
- select the alignment of the content of the area that will be displayed if no teaser image has been assigned
- set the padding value in pixels of the area that will be displayed if no teaser image has been assigned
- set the color of the headline in the area that will be displayed if no teaser image has been assigned
- set the font size of the headline in the area that will be displayed if no teaser image has been assigned
- set the line height of the headline in the area that will be displayed if no teaser image has been assigned
- set the color of the text in the area that will be displayed if no teaser image has been assigned
- set the font size of the text in the area that will be displayed if no teaser image has been assigned
- set the line height of the text in the area that will be displayed if no teaser image has been assigned
- set the number of lines from which the text will be truncated
Possible Configurations for the search results
- select, if the read more button for the blog posts should be shown
Possible Configurations for the blog post detail page
- select the release date format
- set the text before the name of the author via snippet
Possible Configurations for the rss feed
- set a custom url of the blog post category
- set a custom language abbreviation
- set the title of the rss feed via snippet
- set the description of the rss feed via snippet
- set the copyright notice of the rss feed via snippet
- set the number of characters from which the description of a blog post should be truncated
Available snippets
- sschreier.createblogposts.listing.boxProductDetails
- sschreier.createblogposts.detail.textBeforeManufacturerName
- sschreier.createblogposts.rssfeed.title
- sschreier.createblogposts.rssfeed.description
- sschreier.createblogposts.rssfeed.copyright
How to install the extension
via zip and console (recommended)
- Download the latest SschreierCreateBlogPosts-master.zip.
- Unzip the zip file and rename the folder to SschreierCreateBlogPosts.
- Move the folder to the project folder custom/plugins/ .
- Connect to the console via ssh:
bin/console plugin:refresh
bin/console plugin:install --activate SschreierCreateBlogPosts
via composer
- Add the repository URL to the composer.json of the project
"repositories": [
...,
{
"type": "vcs",
"url": "https://github.com/sschreier/SschreierCreateBlogPosts"
}
],
- Connect to the console via ssh and install the plugin via the command
composer require sschreier/sschreiercreateblogposts
bin/console plugin:refresh
bin/console plugin:install --activate SschreierCreateBlogPosts
via https://packagist.org
- Connect to the console via ssh and install the plugin via the command
composer require sschreier/sschreiercreateblogposts
bin/console plugin:refresh
bin/console plugin:install --activate SschreierCreateBlogPosts
via zip upload
- Download the latest SschreierCreateBlogPosts-master.zip.
- Unzip the zip file and rename the folder to SschreierCreateBlogPosts.
- Zip the folder to SschreierCreateBlogPosts.zip.
- Upload the zip in the Shopware Administration.
- Install & Activate the extension.
extension update (zip)
- Download the latest SschreierCreateBlogPosts-master.zip.
- Unzip the zip file and rename the folder to SschreierCreateBlogPosts.
- Zip the folder to SschreierCreateBlogPosts.zip.
- Upload the zip in the Shopware Administration.
- Update the extension.