[OJS 2.4.8.0] Cookie Alert plug-in

Alfredo_Cosco · February 3, 2017, 8:22am

Hello
I installed the cookie plug in found at:

but the cookie block is shown only in the /manage/plugin pages, nor in the home page nor in other public pages.

Did I miss some configuration?

bozana · February 3, 2017, 9:24am

Hi @Alfredo_Cosco

Have you maybe considered asking the plugin author or in that GigHub repository?

Best,
Bozana

Alfredo_Cosco · February 3, 2017, 9:28am

Hello @bozana
I did, no reply from the author until now, the repo seems a little bit abandoned and the home page of ictineo is defaced.

Bye
A.

alirezaaa · February 4, 2017, 2:06pm

Hi,
I had the same problem. If you are not installing the plugin from the website interface, you should manually add a line to versions table.

Alfredo_Cosco · February 6, 2017, 10:53am

Thank you, it works!

ctgraham · February 6, 2017, 1:40pm

Re-running the upgrade process will also populate the versions table with the needed plugin information.

NuovaCultura · June 7, 2017, 8:57am

Hi @Alfredo_Cosco,
and thanks for this post, I was looking just for something like that.
I need to insert a plugin for Cookies Alert in a OJS Journal (version 2.4.8), because of the 2015 Informative Code : is this the right plugin?
If so, should I just download (all the list or just one of them?) from the link in the first topic? After that, I suppose I should install the new plugin from the site.
I am sorry for bother you but I am not confident with OJS and I am afraid to make worse.
Thank you very much anyway!

NuovaCultura · June 8, 2017, 10:13am

Okey, it seems to work, just uploading the plugin by FTP (I use FileZilla).
I have problems in the configuration: I need to insert HTML text with a link (a kind of “for further information visit www.site.it”), but the HTML does not work.
May someone suggest me a way to edit it in order to make it linkable?
Thank you very much.

ctgraham · June 8, 2017, 10:43am

Can you describe what file you changed and what specific change you made?

NuovaCultura · June 8, 2017, 12:54pm

Hi @ctgraham, and thanks for your attention.
Sure, this is what I did:

I need to make linkable “More Info” in order to send to further information; I would love to have a banner or something like that, but I did not find anything for OJS.
Thanks a lot for your support, I really appreciate.

Edit: Maybe I did not understand well your request, I’m sorry.
I did not change any file, just downloading as zip and uploading by FileZilla in my Plugin-Generic folder.
Then, I activated the plugin and here we are.

ctgraham · June 8, 2017, 12:59pm

The plugin is running the text you enter here through Smart’s escape filter, which prevents interpreting any HTML as HTML.

github.com

ictineo/ojs-cookiesAlert/blob/master/block.tpl#L35


 #cookiesAlert #cookieAlertButton a {
   padding: 8px;
   border-radius: 4px;
   text-decoration: none;
   text-transform: uppercase;
 }
</style>
{/literal}
<div class="block" id="cookiesAlert" style="border-radius: {$cookiesAlertStyleBd|escape} {$cookiesAlertStyleBd|escape} 0 0; background-color: {$cookiesAlertStyleBgwrapper|escape}">
 <div id="cookieAlertText">
 {$cookiesAlertText|escape}
 </div>
 <div id="cookieAlertButton">
   <a href="{$currentUrl|escape}?acceptCookies=1" style="background-color: {$cookiesAlertStyleBgbutton|escape}">{$cookiesAlertButton|escape}</a>
 </div>
</div>

You would need to change the code to all HTML entry in this field.

Are you comfortable with PHP and Smarty coding?

NuovaCultura · June 8, 2017, 1:11pm

Well, not very much I am afraid…
I usually make newsletter using premade html models: I change some parts, carefully, and it’s not too hard.
Otherwise, starting from blank page would be quite impossible for me =(

NuovaCultura · June 22, 2017, 9:12am

Hi everyone.
I have modified block.tpl (inside the plug-in folder), adding {$cookiesAlertText|escape:false}.
Then, I edited the text of the banner, entering into the plug-in, with HTML, and it works.
My last problem now is the same of that topic: I can’t find the way to let the banner show in every page of the site, it appears only in the /manage/plugin pages.
I don’t understand which line should I add and where; when you write about the “version table”, is it the config.inc.php? @Alfredo_Cosco, may you please write it in details? I am sorry to bother, it has been such a big problem for me.
Thank you in advantage =)

Alfredo_Cosco · June 22, 2017, 9:59am

Hello,
the “version” table is in the database, you have to open and edit the table with phpmyadmin.

Btw, a suggestion, test the cookies plugin using the browser windows in incognito mode ( CTRL+SHIFT+N), so the browser doesn’t care if you still stored the cookies, and the plugin is always called.

Bye,
Alfredo

NuovaCultura · June 22, 2017, 10:21am

Thanks you very much for your help (and the suggestion about incognito mode!).
I am checking the version table, inside the plugin settings (I hope this is the right place), but it is not clear to me if I should just “Insert” a line (as in the jpg) with only the name of the plugin, or “Import” the .zip.

Thank you a lot for your time and attention =)

Alfredo_Cosco · June 22, 2017, 10:38am

In you journals DB the last table is called “versions”.
You have to find the row about cookie alert plug-in and set it more or less like this:

NuovaCultura · June 22, 2017, 10:50am

I see that the Alert plug-in row is missing…
Should I create a new line?

Alfredo_Cosco · June 22, 2017, 10:52am

Yes, you can try and see what happens

NuovaCultura · June 22, 2017, 11:59am

Done, update the DB but no effects =(
The banner still appers only in the management/plugin pages =(
I do not know where to check anymore…
Thank a lot for everything, I really appreciate your help.

ctgraham · June 22, 2017, 12:19pm

The best way to populate the versions database table is to have OJS run the check for new plugins. This is done when uploading a plugin via the web interface, or is also run via the standard upgrade script.