GT-124 Make references to operational tools configurable

[rowan04]

• added config options for helpdesk link, helpdesk support unit, request tracker and community documentation
• so that different instances of gocdb can have links point directly to their tooling, instead of having general references

[rowan04]

Note - this currently doesn't work and the gocdb webpage doesn't have the correct links. I am still working on this

[gregcorbett]

Hmmmmm, I wonder if moving the Help_And_Contact to be fully within the view/controller setup would be a cleaner solution than using ob_start() et al.

my_sites.php is a relatively small example of the view/controller setup in use:

• https://github.com/GOCDB/gocdb/blob/dev/htdocs/web_portal/controllers/my_sites.php
• https://github.com/GOCDB/gocdb/blob/dev/htdocs/web_portal/views/my_sites.php

So for this, you'd have to create, for example:

• htdocs/web_portal/controllers/help_and_contact.php.
• htdocs/web_portal/views/help_and_contact.php.

The controller is where the code in htdocs/web_portal/static_php/operationalLinks.php would go, except with the output contained in a params array.

The view is where the contents of htdocs/web_portal/static_php/Help_And_Contact.php would go, except with references to the params array, i.e. params['HelpdeskLink'] instead of $helpdeskLink.

You'd have to add an additonal case for PageType=Help_And_Contact in web_portal/index.php, similar to the My_Sites case, but it would mean less new code in index.php.

Could you give that a go?

[rowan04]

Hmmmmm, I wonder if moving the Help_And_Contact to be fully within the view/controller setup would be a cleaner solution than using ob_start() et al.

my_sites.php is a relatively small example of the view/controller setup in use:

• https://github.com/GOCDB/gocdb/blob/dev/htdocs/web_portal/controllers/my_sites.php
• https://github.com/GOCDB/gocdb/blob/dev/htdocs/web_portal/views/my_sites.php

So for this, you'd have to create, for example:

• htdocs/web_portal/controllers/help_and_contact.php.
• htdocs/web_portal/views/help_and_contact.php.

The controller is where the code in htdocs/web_portal/static_php/operationalLinks.php would go, except with the output contained in a params array.

The view is where the contents of htdocs/web_portal/static_php/Help_And_Contact.php would go, except with references to the params array, i.e. params['HelpdeskLink'] instead of $helpdeskLink.

You'd have to add an additonal case for PageType=Help_And_Contact in web_portal/index.php, similar to the My_Sites case, but it would mean less new code in index.php.

Could you give that a go?

ok

[gregcorbett]

see my previous comment

[gregcorbett]

This looks great :). I want to prepare the necassary config change, in a sandbox, at the same time I merge this.