Yes, sharing content was one goal, but using less scriptlets & more tags is another. An informed developer might import the JSTL functions...
<%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/functions"; prefix="fn" %> ...and use... <c:set var="page_uri"><%= (info.magnolia.cms.core).Path.getOriginalURI(request) %></c:set> <c:set var="page_uri2">${fn:split(page_uri,".")[0]}</c:set> <cms:ifEmpty contentNodeCollectionName="leftParagraphs"> <cms:loadPage path="udhome"/> <cms:contentNodeIterator contentNodeCollectionName="leftParagraphs"> <cms:includeTemplate /> </cms:contentNodeIterator> <cms:loadPage path="${page_uri2}"/> </cms:ifEmpty> ...instead of... <% String page_uri = (info.magnolia.cms.core).Path.getOriginalURI(request); String[] page_uri2 = StringUtils.split(page_uri, "."); %> <cms:ifEmpty contentNodeCollectionName="leftParagraphs"> <cms:loadPage path="udhome"/> <cms:contentNodeIterator contentNodeCollectionName="leftParagraphs"> <cms:includeTemplate /> </cms:contentNodeIterator> <cms:loadPage path="<%= page_uri2[0] %>"/> </cms:ifEmpty> ...not sure why I have to set the split string into a 2nd variable instead of splitting it right in the 'loadPage' tag, but I guess it doesn't matter. <cms:loadPage path="${fn:split(page_uri,".")[0]}"/> JasperException: /templates/jsp/ud/global/ud_left.jsp(98,43) Unterminated <cms:loadPage tag Well, maybe you all didn't know about the JSTL functions, or figured it to be common knowledge. Perhaps you can answer me this. Why do I need to preceed 'Path' with '(info.magnolia.cms.core)' when 'core' has already been imported & should be in the environment? Is there a way to capture that original URI into a 'c' tag without using an expression tag? Ie. <c:set var="page_uri">${Path.getOriginalURI(request)}</c:set> HTH Bob V > I should split the page_uri by the '.' and take the first half. Please check out StringUtils from Apache Commons. It has everything you need to make working with Strings a pleasure in Java. Regards Boris Kraft ---------------------------------------------------------------- for list details see http://www.magnolia.info/en/magnolia/developer.html ----------------------------------------------------------------
