FondOf_Contentful

Magento Contentful Integration

Description

Central features of Contentful are:

• Render predefined content type
  • as page by router
  • by widget (coming soon)
• Assign template files to content types
• Caching API results
• Caching HTML output

Installation

Via modman

Open the command line and run the following commands

cd PATH_TO_MAGENTO_ROOT
modman init
modman clone [email protected]:fond-of/magento-module-fondof-contentful.git

Via composer

Open the command line and run the following commands

cd PATH_TO_MAGENTO_ROOT
composer require fondof/magento-module-fondof-contentful

Via archive

• Download the ZIP-Archive
• Extract files
• Copy the extracted Files to PATH_TO_MAGENTO/

By using modman or composer the setting "allow symlinks" must be enabled. After the module is installed, the cache has to be cleared.

How-tos

How to assign template files to specific content types

If you have the file "local.xml" in your theme, edit the default section in it.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<layout version="0.1.0">
    <default>
        ...
        
        <reference name="fondof_contentful_navigation_item_renderers">
            <action method="addContentTypeRenderer">
                <contentType>contentTypeApiIdentifier</contentType>
                <blockType>fondof_contentful/content_type_renderer_xxx</blockType>
                <template>fondof/contentful/content_type_api_identifier.phtml</template>
            </action>
        </reference>
    </default>
</layout>

As an alternative, you can also overwrite the layout file "fondof_contentful.xml" (copy to app/design/frontend/your_package/your_theme/layout/). Use the block declaration of "fondof_contentful/content_type_renderer" for assigning templates to specific content types.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<layout version="0.1.0">
    <default>
        <block type="fondof_contentful/content_type_renderer" name="fondof_contentful_content_type_renderer">
            <action method="addContentTypeRenderer">
                <contentType>contentTypeApiIdentifier1</contentType>
                <blockType>fondof_contentful/content_type_renderer_xxx</blockType>
                <template>fondof/contentful/content_type_api_identifier_1.phtml</template>
            </action>
            ...
            <action method="addContentTypeRenderer">
                <contentType>contentTypeApiIdentifierN</contentType>
                <blockType>fondof_contentful/content_type_renderer_xxx</blockType>
                <template>fondof/contentful/content_type_api_identifier_n.phtml</template>
            </action>
        </block>
    </default>

    <fondof_contentful_page_view>
        <reference name="root">
            <action method="setTemplate"><template>page/1column-full.phtml</template></action>
        </reference>

        <reference name="content">
            <block type="fondof_contentful/page" name="fondof_contentful_page"/>
        </reference>
    </fondof_contentful_page_view>

    <fondof_contentful_index_index translate="label">
        <label>FOB Contentful Home Page</label>

        <reference name="root">
            <action method="setTemplate"><template>page/1column-full.phtml</template></action>
        </reference>

        <reference name="content">
            <block type="fondof_contentful/page" name="fondof_contentful_page"/>
        </reference>
    </fondof_contentful_index_index>
</layout>

How to access a content model in template

The block "FondOf_Contentful_Block_Content_Type_Renderer_Default" provides the method "getContent". By calling this, you have full access to the content model.

How to resize images from contentful

Add the parameter w (for width) or h (for height) to the url of image which should be resized. For example:

URL	Width	Height
http://url-to-image/example.jpg?w=100	100px	auto
http://url-to-image/example.jpg?h=100	auto	100px
http://url-to-image/example.jpg?w=100&=100	100px	100px

How to render a sub content

If you want to render a sub content, use the method "getContentHtml" of the block "FondOf_Contentful_Block_Content_Type_Renderer_Default".

<?php $content = $this->getContent(); ?>
<div ...>
    ...
    <?php echo $this->getContentHtml($content->getTeaser()); ?>
    ...
</div>