Invalid Detail type

Bernhard

Hi everyone,
when I click on a vocabulary term assinged to an objekct in Pawtucket, i get the followin error-message:

Invalid detail type in /var/www/html/ca/pawtucket/app/controllers/DetailController.php line 167:
In DetailController->__call() in RequestDispatcher line 273
At RequestDispatcher->dispatch() in AppController line 113
At AppController->dispatch() in index line 124

The "request parameters" are ampty.

Does anyone knows, what could be the problem or how it can be fixed?
It only occurs with self-administrated vocabulary terms, Places, Entities and Tags work fine.

Im using Pawtucket2 and Providence 1.7.17 on Ubuntu 20.04.

Kind regards
Bernhard

monica

Might be linking to a detail page that doesn't exist. What is the url on the vocabulary link?

Bernhard

monica

Hi Monica,
The vocabulary term links to .../ca/pawtucket/index.php/Detail//246. And I might already see the problem with that: it seems to lack input between the "...Detail//246". Do you know, how i can fix this?

monica

Assuming this link is on a Detail/Object/ page, you will need to check the template code under views/Detail/ for that particular object. If you are using a theme you didn't develop, then it probably isn't set up for your data schema.

ebarthel

Hi Bernhard,
I had precisely this "...Detail//n" problem after commenting out the relevant record type in detail.conf. In case it helps...
Best,
Etienne

Bernhard

Hi,
thank you both fot the advice! I finally had the time to work on this again and unfotunatly need more assistance...

I thought, a detail page for ca_list_items would be the default, but, at least in my configuration, its not. So I added "Term"-Detail-Type with table = ca_list_items in detail.conf and now the terms on the object-detail-pages link to ....Detail/Terms/n, then i get the usual "invalid detail type" error.

I then created a file named "ca_list_items_default_html.php" under views/Details/ from the "ca_places_default..." file and replaced "ca_places" with "ca_list_items".
Is this the right approach?
I still get the "invalid detail type" error, do I have to link detail.conf and the ca_list_items_default_html.php file somehow?

Alle the best,
Bernhard

monica

Bernhard
The copy of ca_places_default would be set for places metadata, so might be something in the causing it.
But that aside, terms are usually linked to as a predefined searchs limited to that term, not their own detail page.
The default theme in 1.7.17 seems to link to a detail page though, but I don't think it should.
Pawtucket is designed to be edited. Which is why you take the copyme theme and copy it to a new directory with a name of your theme, you then make edits in there.
So if you haven't done that, do that first ( copy the theme and give it your own name). Update this in setup.php to point to your own theme.

Now as for the list item detail page, do you actually need one, or would it be better for it to link to a search for that term?

darrigan

Bernhard
Hi Bernhard,

I remember when I encounter the same problem, one year ago. I try to help you:

Yes, you have to create a new Detail view for list_items.
Because in the URL .../ca/pawtucket/index.php/Detail//246, something is missing between the "//" just before the "246" which is the id for the vocabulary term it should link.
But you need to add something also in your detail.conf file, in the detailTypes = { ... } section.
Add this, for example just before the objects = {...} part:

	terms = {
		displayName = _(Vocabulary),
		table = ca_list_items,
		restrictToTypes = [],
		options = {
			nextLink = <i class='fa fa-angle-right'></i><div class='small'>Next</div>,
			previousLink = <i class='fa fa-angle-left'></i><div class='small'>Previous</div>,
			resultsLink = <i class='fa fa-angle-double-left'></i><div class='small'>Back</div>,
			enableComments = 0,
			enableShare = 0,
		}
	},

Flush the cache (tmp) directory.
Now, you should have an URL like .../ca/pawtucket/index.php/Detail/terms/246 that points to your detail page.
(I hope there is no more things to add somewhere else.)

Regards,
Clovis.

Bernhard

monica

It would be definitely enough to link to a search for the given term from the object-detail pages.

Where would I need to add this link? And since this seems to be a problem specific of 1.7.17, would an update be the easier solution?

Thank you for the fast response and happy Easter! 🙂

monica

Bernhard
If this is a new install that isn't in production yet, then you could upgrade. But if you're in production, then upgrading is a more delicate step up avoid down time.

If you have followed the steps of making a directory with your own theme (a copy of the copyme theme), then you can grab the ca_objects_default_html.php detail view from the newer version and put it in the right directory in there to see how it behaves. I can't guarantee it will work however.

The link to that file is.
https://github.com/collectiveaccess/pawtucket2/blob/develop/themes/default/views/Details/ca_objects_default_html.php

Bernhard

darrigan
Hey Clovis,

thanks a lot, it worked! 🙂
I picked this issue up again lately and were able to fix it.

Regards,
Bernhard