Field Values Display

[danoshea]

Not having a lot of experience in databases, I know the following can be done, but can Fabrik do it? Hope so as I downloaded, installed and paid for a standard subscription.

I have a database of boats with column headers such as:

id name length type price location image pdf
1 No Rush 24 Motor 300k Florida 1.jpg 1.pdf
2 Wave Rider 18 Sail 75k Virginia 2.jpg 2.pdf
3 Go Easy 16 Sail 43k Maine 3.jpg 3.pdf
4 One Way 28 Motor 145k New York 4.jpg 4.pdf

I want to do more than have the database (List) display as rows initially which I know how to do in Fabrik, such as:

image name length type price
1.jpg No Rush 24 Motor 300k
2.jpg Wave Rider 18 Sail 75k
3.jpg Go Easy 16 Sail 43k
4.jpg One Way 28 Motor 145k

I want to have the boat "name" be a link that calls a page that views most of the field values of that boat in a "View Page" type format. Example, click on "Go Easy" opens up the template page and populates with the field values of "Go Easy":

Go Easy Length- 16 feet
3.jpg image Type- Motor
Price- 43k
Location- Maine

Is this possible with Fabrik and can you point me in the right Forum, Wiki, Tutorial areas?

Thank you very much

 

[troester]

1. If you are running the recent Joomla3.3.+ you must update the installed Fabrik3.1 via GitHub (J!3.3 introduced some issues which are fixed in the GitHub).
http://fabrikar.com/forums/index.php?wiki/update-from-github/

The "View Page" format is totally basic (called "form view" if it is editable, "details view" if it readonly).
If you are creating your Fabrik list it's automatically creating a Fabrik form (+ a group + elements).
In list view you have buttons to edit and view the details in every row.

If you additionally want a "clickable" name:
Go to Fabrik elements, edit your "name" element, in "List settings" set "Link to details" = yes.
Then a click in list view on "Go Easy" will open the form containing the "Go Easy" details (editable if the user has edit rights, readonly otherwise).

WIKI: http://fabrikar.com/forums/index.php?wiki/index/
Tutorials: http://fabrikar.com/help/tutorials

 

[danoshea]

1. If you are running the recent Joomla3.3.+ you must update the installed Fabrik3.1 via GitHub (J!3.3 introduced some issues which are fixed in the GitHub).
http://fabrikar.com/forums/index.php?wiki/update-from-github/

The "View Page" format is totally basic (called "form view" if it is editable, "details view" if it readonly).
If you are creating your Fabrik list it's automatically creating a Fabrik form (+ a group + elements).
In list view you have buttons to edit and view the details in every row.

If you additionally want a "clickable" name:
Go to Fabrik elements, edit your "name" element, in "List settings" set "Link to details" = yes.
Then a click in list view on "Go Easy" will open the form containing the "Go Easy" details (editable if the user has edit rights, readonly otherwise).

WIKI: http://fabrikar.com/forums/index.php?wiki/index/
Tutorials: http://fabrikar.com/help/tutorials

 

[danoshea]

Thanks for the quick reply.

With respect to the update, in Extension Manager and under Manage, all Fabrik is version 3.1, while in GitHub it shows 3.03 to 3.04. Can I assume I have the latest version and I'm okay?

Thanks

 

[troester]

Did you update from GitHub Joomla3 branch?
After RefreshCache in ExtensionManager all Fabrik must show 3.1.1. (March2014)

 

[danoshea]

Completed as instructed. Awesome...thank you!