Answered Any way to use actual .php files as templates in Revo?

Currently when making a MODX site I code straight through the Manager using a text-highlighter like Ace.

I want to be able to code from my PC using Sublime, run some tasks with Gulp on save and upload the file directly to the remote server. Is there currently a way to do this?

I guess I could create Templates with Snippets that have something like:


But that feels a little clumsy to me.

Any other way to do this?

Quote from: donshakespeare at Aug 31, 2016, 07:57 PM

Is this not what Static Elements are for?

I gotta admit I always thought this was for straight .html files.

Can this work with .php templates using MODX placeholders?

PHP goes into plugins and snippets.
HTML and client-side stuff go into Templates and Chunks.

Whatever that is permissible in an element is also permissible in its static form.

If Template can hold MODX snippet tags and placeholders, so can a its static form.

I am not sure I understand .php templates ... but I hope this helps

Plugins, Snippets, Chunks, and Templates, can all be marked as static. That creates a file containing their content that you could deploy to the remote.

Note that MODX doesn't actually use the file. It still uses the version in the DB. The file is just a copy of that. You can update either way: 1) edit in the Manager and save the file. 2) Edit the file and reload the page in the Manager.

Be careful, though. If you delete or empty the file and reload the element in the Manager, your content is lost for good.

Be careful, though. If you delete or empty the file and reload the element in the Manager, your content is lost for good

MODX Static Electricity! that shock is not a friendly one: "where's ma content???"

LOL.