Hi Eric
I think I got it.
But keep in mind, that all web pages are based on a template. So if you
have a property added to the template, that value is same for all web
pages build with that template. If you change the value, again, it's
going to be same for all web pages. Another issue you may be confronted
with: What if you want to change the value? You will need a developer to
do so (if you don't want authors to fummel around with templates). So
still think twice if you really don't want to decouple these values from
the template.
There is a way to determine with which template a web page has been
build with. Class "info.magnolia.cms.core.Content" has a method
"getTemplate()", which returns the template used for this specific web
page. You then can instantiate a "Content" object based on the template
handle and read the according "NodeData".
Anothert method, "getMetaData()", may be interesting as well. You will
receive some additional information about the web page.
hth
/giancarlo
Eric Everman wrote:
Thanks for the response Giancarlo, and the suggestions.
I really like the idea of adding a separate Config node to store
project related constants - I could even see storing the css file and
template related images in that fashion.
I would still like to access some properties from the page's
template, however. Two main reason why: I would like to keep the
page properties as 'simple' as possible so that a user can pick a
template and not have to worry about config options for the page -
just start adding paragraphs (within reason of course). Second, I
would like to add some parameters for just that template that I can
change via the admin console and all of the pages based on that
template would update.
I looked at the Template API, but this doesn't seem to provide a way
to find out which Template is in use for the current page - there
must be a property of the page that reveals its template, but I can't
seem to find the property name anywhere. Any suggestions on where to
look?
Thanks again,
Eric Everman
On Sep 26, 2005, at 8:10 PM, Giancarlo F. Berner wrote:
Hi Eric
You can access Template Information bei using the class
"info.magnolia.cms.beans.config.Template". Check the API Doc for
more information.
But I am wondering why you want to add the property "show-left-
column" to the template. Wouldn't it make more sense to keep this
value individual for every webpage? Either create a Dialog and add
that property there, or then add that property to the "page
properties" dialog.
Another possibility is to create a configuration setup in the
"Config" repository, where you can create properties to fine tune
your web application. For example you could create a node within
Config like "myProject/internet" and "myProject/intranet" and below
each node add the same property "show-left-column". This way you
could use the same template for the intranet and internet and adapt
the behavior according to these config parameters.
cheers
/giancarlo
Eric Everman wrote:
Hi-
I'm likely missing something really obvious, but....
How do I access template properties from the page? For instance,
I have a modules/templating/Templates/some-template with a node-
data entry of "show-left-column" = "true". How do I access that
in a page that is using the template?
Thanks in advance,
Eric Everman
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