Using the VitueMart 1.1 Popup (vmPopupLink function) - Joomla & VirtueMart Tips & How To's

The VirtueMart vmPopupLink function can come in handy when you need a simple information popup in your shop. An example could be a link to your data protection policy at registration time or on your checkout pages.

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Using the VitueMart 1.1 Popup (vmPopupLink function)

Joomla 1.5
VirtueMart 1.1

The VirtueMart vmPopupLink function can come in handy when you need a simple information popup in your shop.
An example could be a link to your data protection policy at registration time or on your product pages.

VirtueMart vmPopupLink is a built-in native function which is used to call simple page popups with the minimum of coding

It is is found in

joomla_root/administrator/components/com_virtuemart/classes/htmlTools.class.php

and can be called in your pages or templates by

vmPopupLink( $link, $text, $popupWidth=xxx, $popupHeight=xxx, $target='_blank', $title='', $windowAttributes='' )

The parameters are as follows -

$link is the url you wish to link to. This can be on your local website or external.
If you want to call just the content of a page (without your headers, navigation and footers) then use the "index2" form in your url. e.g.
```
 
$link=$mosConfig_live_site .'/index2.php?option=com_content&Itemid=74&id=49&lang=de&view=article'; 
 
```
$text is the link text that you will see on your page. This can also include images.
Also in a multi language site you can take the text from your language files e.g. $VM_LANG->_('DATA_POLICY') A code example could be so -
```
 
$text = '<img src="'.$mosConfig_live_site .'/images/padlock2.png"><b>('.$VM_LANG->_('DATA_POLICY').')</b>'; 
 
```
$popupWidth & $popupHeight are the size of the desired popup in pixels (px not needed).
```
 
$popupWidth=400;
 
$popupHeight=250; 
 
```
$target would normally be _blank, so $target='_blank';
$title is the link title attribute and can also be taken from the language files. e.g.
```
 
$title=$VM_LANG->_('DATA_POLICY');
 
```
$windowAttributes can also be included such as -
$location='location=yes,screenX=600,screenY=600';

So putting it all together we could insert the following code in our flypage template.

 
<td colspan="3"><?php
  $link = $mosConfig_live_site .'/index2.php?option=com_content&Itemid=50&id=50&view=article ';
            $text = '<img src="'.$mosConfig_live_site .'/images/joomla/padlock2.png"><b>('.$VM_LANG->_('DATA_POLICY').')</b>';
            $title = $VM_LANG->_('DATA_POLICY');
            $popupWidth=400;
            $popupHeight=250;
            echo vmPopupLink( $link, $text,$popupWidth,$popupHeight,'_blank', $title, 'location=yes,screenX=600,screenY=600' );
?></td>

There is also a short format for writing the code where the parameters are fixed.
N.B. The parameters must be entered in the order shown.

 
<td colspan="3"><?php
  echo vmPopupLink( $mosConfig_live_site .'/index2.php?option=com_content&Itemid=50&id=50&view=article ', '<img src="'.$mosConfig_live_site .'/images/joomla/padlock2.png"><b>('.$VM_LANG->_('DATA_POLICY').')</b>',400,250,'_blank', $VM_LANG->_('DATA_POLICY'), 'location=yes,screenX=600,screenY=600' );
              ?></td>

Which produces this on our product pages -
VirtueMart vmpopuplink data protection

Last Updated on Wednesday, 22 April 2009 11:42

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