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Mission Post Summary

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This extension provides a summary text box for long mission posts. A TL;DR Extension.

reecesavage

Compatibility

Nova 2.7
This add-on may work with Nova 2.7, but members of the community haven’t confirmed
Nova 2.6
This add-on may work with Nova 2.6, but members of the community haven’t confirmed

Version Info

1.0.1

Last updated

Install instructions

Mission Post Summary - A Nova Extension

This extension provides a summary text field for long mission posts. A TL;DR Extension.

This extension requires:

Installation

  • Install Required Extensions.
  • Copy the entire directory into applications/extensions/nova_ext_mission_post_summary.
  • Add the following to application/config/extensions.php: - Be sure the jquery line appears before nova_ext_mission_post_summary 
$config['extensions']['enabled'][] = 'nova_ext_mission_post_summary';

Setup Using Admin Panel - Preferred

  • Navigate to your Admin Control Panel
  • Choose Mission Post Summary under Manage Extensions
  • Create Database Columns by clicking "Create Column" for each column. Once all columns are added the message "All expected columns found in the database" will appear.

Installation is now complete!

Manual Setup - If not using the method above.

  • Run the following commands on your MySQL database:
ALTER TABLE nova_posts ADD COLUMN nova_ext_mission_post_summary TEXT NULL DEFAULT NULL;
ALTER TABLE nova_missions ADD COLUMN mission_ext_mission_post_summary_enable int(11) DEFAULT 0;

Installation is now complete!

Usage

  • Create or Edit a mission.
  • Check Summary Field Enable.
  • Enter other values as normal.
  • Click submit.

Labels and Configuration

The admin control panel for this extension allows the admin to change:

  • Labels to suit your games.
  • Enable or disable including the summary field in post emails.
  • The Number of lines to show in the text box when authoring a mission post. Default 5.

Issues

If you encounter a bug or have a feature request, please report it on GitHub in the issue tracker here: https://github.com/reecesavage/nova-ext-mission-post-summary/issues

License

Copyright (c) 2021 Reece Savage.

This module is open-source software licensed under the MIT License. The full text of the license may be found in the LICENSE file.

Release notes

  • v1.0.0 - Initial Release
  • v1.0.1 - Fixed issue with custom table prefixes.

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