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  Automatically add text to an article in Joomla! If you want to add standard text ("This text has been added automatically by Joomla!") to the end of each article that is submitted from the front end, follow these steps:   Automatically add text to an article in Joomla! If you want to add standard text ("This text has been added automatically by Joomla!") to the end of each article that is submitted from the front end, follow these steps:
    
− # Create a template override for the file <code><joomla_root>/components/com_content/views/article/tmpl/form.php</code> + # Create a template override for the file <pre><joomla_root>/components/com_content/views/article/tmpl/form.php</pre>
− #* Create a folder called <code><joomla_root>/templates/<your template>/html/com_content/article<code>. For example, for the "beez" template this folder is called <code><joomla_root>/templates/beez/html/com_content/article</code>. + #* Create a folder called <pre><joomla_root>/templates/<your template>/html/com_content/article</pre>For example, for the "beez" template this folder is called <pre><joomla_root>/templates/beez/html/com_content/article</pre>.
− #* Copy the standard <code>form.php</code> file from the components folder above to the templates folder. Note: If you already have a form.php file in this folder, don't copy the file. Just edit it as indicated below. + #* Copy the standard <pre>form.php</pre> file from the components folder above to the templates folder. Note: If you already have a form.php file in this folder, don't copy the file. Just edit it as indicated below.
  # Edit the copy of the file you made in the override folder as follows. Find the line <source lang="javascript">   # Edit the copy of the file you made in the override folder as follows. Find the line <source lang="javascript">
      var text = <?php echo $this->editor->getContent( 'text' ); ?></source> This is line 49 in the 1.5.8 version of this file. Change this to the following:         var text = <?php echo $this->editor->getContent( 'text' ); ?></source> This is line 49 in the 1.5.8 version of this file. Change this to the following:



LeahGrrl at 13:15, 7 December 2010
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− This tip tells you how to change Joomla! to automatically add text to an article. Say, for example, that you want to have some standard text ("This text has been added automatically by Joomla!.") added to the end of each article that is submitted from the front end. Here is how you can do this. + Automatically add text to an article in Joomla! If you want to add standard text ("This text has been added automatically by Joomla!") to the end of each article that is submitted from the front end, follow these steps:
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  # Create a template override for the file <code><joomla_root>/components/com_content/views/article/tmpl/form.php</code>   # Create a template override for the file <code><joomla_root>/components/com_content/views/article/tmpl/form.php</code>
  #* Create a folder called <code><joomla_root>/templates/<your template>/html/com_content/article<code>. For example, for the "beez" template this folder is called <code><joomla_root>/templates/beez/html/com_content/article</code>.   #* Create a folder called <code><joomla_root>/templates/<your template>/html/com_content/article<code>. For example, for the "beez" template this folder is called <code><joomla_root>/templates/beez/html/com_content/article</code>.
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              $this->article->text .= $addToText;               $this->article->text .= $addToText;
  	}   	}
−     echo $this->editor->getContent( 'text' ); ?> </source> This is checking that the text to be added is not already in the article. If it is not, then it is added to the article. Obviously, you would change the text in the variable <code>$addToText</code> to whatever you need. +     echo $this->editor->getContent( 'text' ); ?> </source> This is checking that the text to be added is not already in the article. If it is not, then it is added to the article.  
  + Don't forget to change the text in the variable <code>$addToText</code> to whatever you need.
    
  That's it. Now, when you edit an article from the front end, this text will automatically be added. Note that this change does not affect editing from the back end. Also, since this is done as a template override, it only affects pages that use the overridden template.   That's it. Now, when you edit an article from the front end, this text will automatically be added. Note that this change does not affect editing from the back end. Also, since this is done as a template override, it only affects pages that use the overridden template.



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Dextercowley: new tip on adding text automatically when editing in the front end
2009-01-06T23:25:04Z
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This tip tells you how to change Joomla! to automatically add text to an article. Say, for example, that you want to have some standard text ("This text has been added automatically by Joomla!.") added to the end of each article that is submitted from the front end. Here is how you can do this.

# Create a template override for the file <code><joomla_root>/components/com_content/views/article/tmpl/form.php</code>

#* Create a folder called <code><joomla_root>/templates/<your template>/html/com_content/article<code>. For example, for the "beez" template this folder is called <code><joomla_root>/templates/beez/html/com_content/article</code>.

#* Copy the standard <code>form.php</code> file from the components folder above to the templates folder. Note: If you already have a form.php file in this folder, don't copy the file. Just edit it as indicated below.

# Edit the copy of the file you made in the override folder as follows. Find the line <source lang="javascript">

   var text = <?php echo $this->editor->getContent( 'text' ); ?></source> This is line 49 in the 1.5.8 version of this file. Change this to the following: 

<source lang="javascript">  

   var text = <?php 

	$addToText = '<p>Joomla! automatically added this text.</p>'; 

	if (strpos($this->article->text, $addToText) == 0) {

           $this->article->text .= $addToText;

	}

   echo $this->editor->getContent( 'text' ); ?> </source> This is checking that the text to be added is not already in the article. If it is not, then it is added to the article. Obviously, you would change the text in the variable <code>$addToText</code> to whatever you need.



That's it. Now, when you edit an article from the front end, this text will automatically be added. Note that this change does not affect editing from the back end. Also, since this is done as a template override, it only affects pages that use the overridden template.



For more information on template overrides, see the tip [[How to override the output from the Joomla! core]].



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Add text to an article using template overrides - Revision history

Hutchy68: edit tags to tags for better page layout

LeahGrrl at 13:15, 7 December 2010

Batch1211 at 09:47, 20 September 2010

Batch1211 at 14:42, 17 September 2010

Batch1211 at 14:39, 17 September 2010

Dean IconWeb: Automatically add text to an article moved to Add text to an article using template overrides: The article uses template override

Dextercowley: new tip on adding text automatically when editing in the front end

Hutchy68: edit `tags to tags for better page layout`