Articles Module: (Re)Introduced dynamic mode as on mod_articles_category

[drmenzelit]

Pull Request for Issue # .

Summary of Changes

Added the option for dynamic mode as it was in mod_articles_category

Testing Instructions

Create a module selecting dynamic mode. Create some menu items for different categories and check if the module display the articles of the category dynamically

Inline help:

Please select the mode you would like to use. If Normal Mode is chosen, then configure the module and it will display a static list of Articles on the menu items you assign the module to. If Dynamic Mode is chosen, then you can still configure the module normally, however now the Category option will no longer be used. Instead, the module will dynamically detect if you are on a Category view and will display the list of articles within that Category. When Dynamic Mode is chosen, it is best to leave the module set to display on all pages, as it will decide to display anything dynamically.

Actual result BEFORE applying this Pull Request

No dynamic mode present

Expected result AFTER applying this Pull Request

The module display a list of articles depending on the category from the menu item

Link to documentations

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[Kostelano]

Sorry, I wrote about the need to change the demo data plugin, but I didn't notice that it was already done.

[RickR2H]

I have tested this item ✅ successfully on 28cc184

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[Bodge-IT]

I have tested this item ✅ successfully on 28cc184

Tested on Cat Blog & List menu items.

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[alikon]

RTC

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[brianteeman]

I thought we were in a language freeze for 5.2?

[Hackwar]

Yes, we are. And I'm unhappy with all of this, but the alternative is that we revert the whole articles module.

[Hackwar]

Thank you for your contribution @drmenzelit!

[brianteeman]

Yes, we are. And I'm unhappy with all of this, but the alternative is that we revert the whole articles module.

No - the alternative was to add dynamic mode as a new feature in a future release.

There is/was zero urgency at all to merge this