MetaModels “Cookbook”

The MetaModels “Cookbook” brings together various snippets, tips, and tricks for working with MetaModels.

Interesting or unusual solutions are welcome additions — please send your own “recipes” or links to forum posts or other websites to the following email: manual@metamodel.me

• MetaModels “Checklists”
  • Getting Started with MetaModels
  • Filter Not Displayed
  • Adding an Attribute to an Existing MetaModel
  • Attribute Not Displayed After Change
• Symfony and MM 2.x Tips
  • Composer Update
  • Determining Package Versions
  • Clearing the Cache
  • Symfony Toolbar
  • Disabling Warnings in Debug Mode
• Debugging
  • Debug Templates
  • SQL Tips
• Input Mask
  • Customising the Schema for Attributes
  • Input Mask: Automatic Default Values
  • Input Mask: Custom RegEx Validation
  • View Condition: Show When Checkbox Is Not Checked
  • Input Mask: Adding More Values to Single Select
• Filter
  • Custom SQL
  • Expression Filter Rule
  • Filter with Forwarding
  • Filter Rule as Exclusion
  • Text Search Across Two Fields
  • Restricting Items in CE/FE Module MM List and MM Filter
  • Excluding Filter URLs from the Contao Search Index
• Tips for Frontend Output
  • Displaying the Number of Items
  • Array Helper
• Template Customisations
  • Outputting the Attribute Description in a Template
  • Links for Toggling the Sort Order of a MM List
  • Custom Parameters for the MM List Output in the Frontend
  • Automatic Redirect from Detail Page to List Page or “Error 404”
  • Simple Date Picker for the From-To Filter Rule via Flatpickr Integration
  • Creating FE Templates via Content Elements
  • Outputting Structured Data in the FE Template
  • Working with Images in Templates
• Tips (Miscellaneous)
  • Renaming Tables or Columns
  • Setting the Route Priority
  • Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
  • Custom Section in the Backend Navigation
  • Automatic Deletion of Records in Child Tables
  • Speeding Up the Backend View with Large Numbers of Records
• Special Tasks
  • Predefined Content Element for Editors
  • Icon Picker
  • Helper Model — Consolidating Various Selection Data in One MetaModel
  • jumpTo Picker (Detail Page) for TinyMCE and as dcaPicker
  • Displaying Locations as Markers on a Google Map
  • Automatically Generating and Storing Coordinates
  • Displaying Detail Pages in the Contao Navigation
  • Importing Data into a Spreadsheet
  • Registering Services
  • Deleting Superfluous Data
• Other Websites with Tutorials, Tips, and Videos