Direct Tab Links (split from another thread)

Showcase only has one frontend route now (named 'showcase'), so you can get rid of the category and member ones as they are not even used. Those other routes were removed several versions ago (back in the 1.x series).

showcase-category does not exist anymore
showcase-member does not exist anymore

As far as I know, Showcase is the only addon released that uses a combination of both Tab Container and Navigation tabs together on a single page (it started out with just tab container and as the addon grew, it required navigation tabs to handle things like associated discussion thread that can't be done via a tab container).

When viewing an ITEM itself on any of the 5 CONTENT Tabs and the image gallery, those tabs will NOT have a "route" URL as they are using what is called a TAB CONTAINER that switches content pains via javascript (not ajax). When viewing any of the other content pages that belong to an item like the discussion thread, reviews etc (other than the 5 content tabs and the image gallery), they WILL have URLS, cause those tabs are navigation tabs (not tab container links) that actually are sending an HTTP request to the server and the controller renders an new page.

In other words, there are TWO completely different tabs systems on a given showcase item. Part of them (the 5 content tabs and the image gallery tab) are part of a CONTAINER SYSTEM. the other Tabs are called Navigation tabs cause they are actually taking you to another PAGE. The ONLY time the content tabs have URLS are on the other ITEM pages (like the Thread view, reviews view and those are specially coded to take you to the item page and open the tab).

Hope I explained that so you understand. I know it can be confusing to people cause all they see is a "tab" and think that all "tabs" do the same thing and that couldn't be further from reality. A Navigation Tab is nothing more than a graphic representation of a LINK. Tab Containers are actually functional in that when you click on a tab, it unhides the content for that tab inside the corresponding tab container and hides the the previous content (basically sets it to display:none).

In the next MAJOR version of showcase, I am probable going to get rid of the Content Tabs (Tabs 1-5 and the image gallery) and make people use the custom field OWN TAB for creating tabs (and the image gallery will be its own rendered page just like the Reviews Tab for example. Then I won't have to explain the difference between the TWO completely different tab systems that SC Items have (which sucks, cause it IS very powerful and extremely flexible for customization).

 

btw, if you UPGRADE to the newer version, I've change the links on the tab containers to include the ROUTE (even tho its not even used). You are running an older version before I made that change.

 

Ya, I'd probably wait until the offseason as there are A LOT of changes lol. The URLs for Tab Container's don't even matter, its the ID that counts.. ie, #timages will open the Image Gallery tab. I could hard code xenforo.com into it and they'd still work cause it could care less about the URL, it only reads and uses the ID

As far as direct links, YES, you CAN (just like I explained in my reply). If on a showcase page that is not rendered as the Tab Container ie, the Thread or the Review (those are actual rendered pages), THOSE have the direct links to go to the showcase page and open the specific TAB. However, once ON that page, the URLS to tabs 1-5 DO NOT MATTER, so they are not even there (in your version). The only thing that matters when viewing the item IN Tab Container mode are the #id's..

Lets use your site as an example..

Here is a direct link to a player profile: http://www.nzwarriors.com/player-profiles/jordan-baldwinson.24/
Here is a DIRECT link to that same profile, but will open to the Image Gallery: http://www.nzwarriors.com/player-profiles/jordan-baldwinson.24/#timages

You can direct open ANY content tab by appending the ID to the end to the Item URL (as long as the TAB exists)

http://www.nzwarriors.com/player-profiles/jordan-baldwinson.24/#tab1
http://www.nzwarriors.com/player-profiles/jordan-baldwinson.24/#tab2
http://www.nzwarriors.com/player-profiles/jordan-baldwinson.24/#tab3
http://www.nzwarriors.com/player-profiles/jordan-baldwinson.24/#tab4
http://www.nzwarriors.com/player-profiles/jordan-baldwinson.24/#tab5

I've changed this in the NEWER versions so that even when viewing the Tab Container, the FULL URL displays (even tho its not even functionally used). The URL DOES NOT MATTER and doesn't change how it functions in the least bit.

 

That is why I specifically said

On that particular item, you are only using Tab 1, Tab 3, Tab 4 and the Image Gallery Tab.

The Tabs ID's are standard in showcase. They are: #tab1, #tab2, #tab3, #tab4, #tab5 (for the 5 content tabs) and #timages (for the Image Gallery Tab).

 

I've already explained, the version you are using doesn't display the FULL URL on the CONTAINER TABS. I only recently added the full URLs. You have TWO choices. You can either UPGRADE the addon which HAS the full URLs so that you can right click on copy (that is their ONLY purpose as it servers NO functionality what so ever) OR you You can EDIT your item template and add the full URL to the 5 content tabs and the image gallery tab.

EXAMPLE

without full URL... you can see that the href only has the #id in it (as that is ALL the tab container needs)

HTML:

<li class="scTab1"><a href="#tab1">{$category.tab1_name}</a></li>

with full URL... you can see that I simply added the xen:link for the item infront of the #id. This will display the direct URL that you can copy/paste (as that is all it would be used for lol)

HTML:

<li class="scTab1"><a href="{xen:link showcase, $item}#tab1">{$category.tab1_name}</a></li>

You will have to do this for the li's for the 5 content tabs and the image gallery tab. The template syntax on the version you are running might look a bit different but you still only need to add the xen:link part to them. If you find it difficult, send me an inbox posting your nflj_showcase_item template and I will edit it for you.

 

btw, I split this out to its own support thread as it doesn't have anything to do with that sticky thread.

 

OK.. offer stands tho, if something goes wacky, just send me the template and I will do it for you.