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Installing/Usage

Install the Nolan Fieldtype and you’ll see ‘Nolan’ as an available celltype when configuring Matrix or Grid. Two required configuration fields are Column Labels and Column Names. Optional configuration fields are Column Field Types, and Maximum rows.

‘Column Labels’ are what your publishers see, and ‘Column Names’ are what you reference in templates.

Column field types allowed are:

 
• text_input (default)
 
• textarea
 
• checkbox
 
• file

For example, I have a Nolan cell with a short name of ‘players’, and I want it to contain first and last names of team players. I also want to include a short bio, also indicate if that player is a Star Player and add their photo.

In Column Labels, I’d enter:
First Name | Last Name | Bio | Star Player | Photo

In Column Names, I’d enter:
first_name | last_name | bio | star_player | photo

In Column Field Types, I’d enter:
text_input | text_input | textarea | checkbox | file

Nolan 2.2 brings is an option to limit the number of Nolan rows a publisher can create per instance. So if you enter ‘3’, the publisher can create a maximum of 3 rows in each Nolan instance for that cell. Leave blank for unlimited rows.

Nolan 2.3 introduces textarea and checkbox cell types

Nolan 2.4 allows you to select a horizontal or vertical layout to Nolan tables, handy if you’re running short of space.

Nolan 2.5 introduces ‘File” cell type, which integrates with the native EE file manager.

Nolan 2.5.2 introduces Blocks compatibility

Configuration

Then if my matrix field had the short name ‘teams’, I could access the Nolan fields like so:

{teams} <!-- matrix field -->
	{players}<!-- nolan cell -->
		{first_name}, {last_name} - {position}
	{/players}
{/teams}

Grid template code is very similar, except with the Grid fieldname prefix on the Nolan cell:

{teams} <!-- grid field -->
	{teams:players}<!-- nolan cell -->
		{first_name}, {last_name} - {position}
	{/teams:players}
{/teams}

Additional variables available are:

{total_nolan_cols} - Number of columns in the Nolan cell
{total_nolan_rows} - Number of rows in the Nolan cell
{nolan_row_count} - Same as {count} to avoid variable clashes