Merge pull request #182 from tractorcow/pulls/2.0/custom-summaries

API Enable custom summaries for blogposts

code/model/BlogPost.php

@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ class BlogPost extends Page {
 
 	private static $db = array(
 		"PublishDate" => "SS_Datetime",
-		"AuthorNames" => "Varchar(1024)"
+		"AuthorNames" => "Varchar(1024)",
+		"Summary" => "HTMLText",
 	);
 
 	private static $has_one = array(
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ class BlogPost extends Page {
 	);
 
 	private static $searchable_fields = array(
-		"Title"
+		"Title",
 	);
 
 	private static $summary_fields = array(
@@ -111,6 +112,20 @@ class BlogPost extends Page {
 		$self =& $this;
 		$this->beforeUpdateCMSFields(function($fields) use ($self) {
 
+			// Add blog summary
+			$summaryHolder = ToggleCompositeField::create(
+				'CustomSummary',
+				_t('BlogPost.CUSTOMSUMMARY', 'Add A Custom Summary'),
+				array(
+					$summary = HtmlEditorField::create("Summary")
+				)
+			)->setHeadingLevel(4);
+			$summary->setDescription(_t(
+				'BlogPost.SUMMARY_DESCRIPTION',
+				"If no summary is specified the first 30 words will be used."
+			));
+			$fields->insertBefore($summaryHolder, 'Content');
+
 			// Add featured image
 			$fields->insertAfter(
 				$uploadField = UploadField::create("FeaturedImage", _t("BlogPost.FeaturedImage", "Featured Image")),

templates/Includes/PostSummary.ss

@@ -12,18 +12,16 @@
         </a>
     </p>
 	
-    <% if $Excerpt %>
-        <p>
-            $Excerpt
-            <a href="$Link">
-                <%t Blog.ReadMoreAbout "Read more about '{title}'..." title=$Title %>
-            </a>
-        </p>
-    <% else %>
-        <p><a href="$Link">
-            <%t Blog.ReadMoreAbout "Read more about '{title}'..." title=$Title %>
-        </a></p>
-    <% end_if %>
+	<% if $Summary %>
+		$Summary
+		<p>
+	<% else %>
+		<p>$Excerpt
+	<% end_if %>
+			<a href="$Link">
+				<%t Blog.ReadMoreAbout "Read more about '{title}'..." title=$Title %>
+			</a>
+		</p>
 	
     <% include EntryMeta %>
 </div>