Turn off links on News Show?

Hello,

Is there a way to turn off the links part to a news show? Or is there a way to use the news show without linking to an item, i.e. just use the images?

Cheers,
Eoin

Generally would you like to only disable links, or also hover effect etc?

Both would be the best

First thing you need to know is those are changes to module core files, so if you will decide to upgrade it's version, you will have to merge the changes again.

1. Disabling overlays in js.
Please edit file:
/modules/mod_news_pro_gk5/portal_modes/portfolio/script.jquery.js
and remove this code from it (delete it or comment out):

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                     // add overlays
                     module.find('.gkImage').each(function(i, img) {
                        img = jQuery(img);
                        if(img.find('.gkImgOverlay').length == 0) {
                           // create overlays
                           var overlay = new jQuery('<div class="gkImgOverlay"></div>');
                           overlay.html('<span></span>');
                           img.append(overlay);
                           // add overlay events
                           img.mouseenter( function() {
                              var overlay = img.find('.gkImgOverlay');
                              var realImg = img.find('img');
                              overlay.css({
                                 'margin-left': (-1.0 * (realImg.width() / 2.0)) + "px",
                                 'width': realImg.width() + "px"
                              });
                              overlay.attr('class', 'gkImgOverlay active');
                           });
                           
                           img.mouseleave( function() {
                              var overlay = img.find('.gkImgOverlay');
                              overlay.attr('class', 'gkImgOverlay');
                           });
                        }
                     });



It is added there twice, so please remove both.

2. Removing link atribute:
Edit this file: /modules/mod_news_pro_gk5/portal_modes/portfolio/controller.php

Find this part of code:

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      for($i = 0; $i < count($this->parent->content); $i++) {         
         if($this->get_image($i)) {
            if($amount < ($this->parent->config['portal_mode_portfolio_cols'] * $this->parent->config['portal_mode_portfolio_rows'])) {
               echo '<a href="'.$this->get_link($i).'" title="'.strip_tags($this->parent->content[$i]['title']).'" class="gkImage animate_queue_element active">';


And replace the line:

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echo '<a href="'.$this->get_link($i).'" title="'.strip_tags($this->parent->content[$i]['title']).'" class="gkImage animate_queue_element active">';


with:

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echo '<a title="'.strip_tags($this->parent->content[$i]['title']).'" class="gkImage animate_queue_element active">';


And that should be all.

Great! Thanks a million!

Out of interest, is there any benefit in using the images alone in a custom HTML module instead? I just need to know what classes to give it in the jS (I think), in order to get the motion where the images "fly" onto the screen. Do you think the implementation for this would be easier/safer?

Cheers,
Eoin

It would take much more time, as you would need to recreate the html structure. And with NSP if you are not using it to anything else - it can be changed this way.

Cool, nice one

Is there anything else I can help you with on this topic?