Nolan enables a very simple matrix style field within a Pixel & Tonic Matrix field
Install the Nolan Fieldtype and you'll see 'Nolan' as an available celltype when configuring Matrix.
Two required configuration fields are Column Labels and Column Names.
'Column Labels' are what your publishers see, and 'Column Names' are what you reference in templates.
For example, I maybe have a Nolan cell with a short name of 'players', and I want it to contain first and last names of team players along with their position in the game.
In Column Labels, I'd enter: First Name | Last Name | Position
In Column Names, I'd enter: first_name | last_name | position
Then if my matrix field had the short name 'teams', I could access the Nolan fields like so:
{teams} <!-- matrix field -->
{players}<!-- nolan cell -->
{first_name}, {last_name} - {position}
{/players}
{/teams}
Additional variables available are:
{total_nolan_cols} - Number of columns in the Nolan cell
{total_nolan_rows} - Number of rows in the Nolan cell
{nolan_row_count} - Same as {count} to avoid variable clashes
Parameters
limit="3" - limit the returned rows
backspace="1" - remove end characters from the final output
offset="1" - skip initial rows
Changing a Nolan cells short name will not update existing values set, so choose your short names wisely.
This celltype was developed for a specific task and has been 'generalised' for GitHub. I haven't done a whole lot of testing so be aware if you're using in a production environment.
The add-on is not officially supported but send requests/bug reports/pull requests here to this repo - NOT to devot:ee as I won't get notified.
Hat tip to Stephen Lewis @monooso of Experience Internet for Roland.js which I modified with permission for Nolan.
Copyright (c) 2012 Iain Urquhart http://iain.co.nz