Site Preferences

Site preferences offer a way to manage custom front-end settings in the backend. You define all settings in a separate configuration file inside your workspace, preferences.site.php. This way all preferences can be tracked with Git in case you share your workspace with co-workers.

Site preferences allow the creation of multiple fieldsets shown on the preference page in the backend. Each fieldset can contain multiple instances of the following field types:

• input fields,
• text areas,
• select boxes,
• checkboxes and
• help texts

The extension will return all settings as parameters on the front-end.

Section Preferences

As of version 1.3, it's possible to associate settings with sections by defining the section handle in the fieldset array. These preferences will additionally be editable in a custom drawer in the specified section's index.

Default Configuration:

<?php
	$settings = array(

		###### FIELDSET: SITE PREFERENCES ######
		array(
			'name' => 'Site Preferences',
			'sections' => array('section-handle'),
			'fields' => array(
				array(
					'name' => 'textarea',
					'label' => 'This is a textarea',
					'type' => 'textarea',
					'value' => '',
				),
				array(
					'name' => 'input',
					'label' => 'This is an input field',
					'type' => 'input',
					'value' => '',
				),
				array(
					'name' => 'selectbox',
					'label' => 'Select something',
					'type' => 'select',
					'values' => 'this, is, a, selection, list',
					'value' => '',
				),
			)
		),
		########

		###### FIELDSET: MORE PREFERENCES ######
		array(
			'name' => 'More preferences',
			'sections' => array(),
			'fields' => array(
				array(
					'type' => 'help',
					'value' => 'This is just another group of settings added to the preference page. You can edit all fields and fieldset in the &lt;code&gt;preferences.site.php&lt;/code&gt; file inside your &lt;code&gt;workspace&lt;/code&gt;.',
				),
				array(
					'name' => 'checkbox',
					'label' => 'Yes, I\'ve read that!',
					'type' => 'checkbox',
					'value' => 'checked',
				),
			)
		),
		########
	);
	

Example Parameter output

$sp-site-preferences-textarea
$sp-site-preferences-input
$sp-site-preferences-selectbox
$sp-more-preferences-checkbox

<params>
	<sp-site-preferences-textarea />
	<sp-site-preferences-input />
	<sp-site-preferences-selectbox />
	<sp-more-preferences-checkbox>Yes</sp-more-preferences-checkbox>
</params>