Thank you Sean, that did help :-) I confused the dialog (= structure) with the actual content.
Catalina Magnolia - User mailing list wrote: > > Catalina, > > My understanding is that the cms:setNode directive just exposes whatever > properties are attached to the page in the repository already -- that is, > it > doesn't know what *should* be there, it just makes available whatever > already is. (You can see what properties are actually set using the "JCR > Browser" tool.) > > The paragraph attribute of the mainBar directive helps determine what > properties *should* be there and what UI to show for them. There may be > more > already set than what the paragraph specifies, but you'll only see a User > Interface for those specified by the paragraph. > > So, the first time you look at a page, cms:setNode will make nothing > available, because nothing has been set in the repository yet. When you > click the "properties" button, a UI will be generated according to the > paragraph definition. When you enter data and click "Save", those data are > persisted to the repository. Then, the next time you load the page, > cms:setNode peeks in the repository, sees the data, and makes them > available > to the rest of your JSP. > > Hope that helps a bit. > > Sean > > > On 8/28/06 10:06 AM, "Catalina" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Hello Magnoliens :-) >> >> I'm wondering how does a page know which page-properties to use. In the >> tutorial, the quickstartPageProperties are not connected to the >> quickstart-Template. The only place where I found a mapping is in the >> main.jsp: <cms:mainBar paragraph="quickstartPageProperties" /> >> But <cms:setNode var="pageProperties" /> knows exactly which node to use. >> (although it is two lines above the cms:mainBar-tag) >> Is cms:mainBar setting the property for the page? Or is there same magic >> happening, maybe a naming convention? >> >> Hoping for enlightenment >> Catalina > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > for list details see > http://www.magnolia.info/en/magnolia/developer.html > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/mapping-page-properties-to-a-page-template-tf2177898.html#a6022571 Sent from the Magnolia - User forum at Nabble.com. ---------------------------------------------------------------- for list details see http://www.magnolia.info/en/magnolia/developer.html ----------------------------------------------------------------
