[Solved] google verify string only on index page from global template

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traveller_ted Reply #1, 17 years, 7 months ago

Hi all, tried searching for this, but with no success. Simple(ish) question. I want to be able to set up my template so that it adds the <meta> tags as a chunk, however for index only I want to add the google verify tag. e.g.

if pageid = 1
meta chunk google
meta chunk default
else
meta chunk default
endif

I’d like to extend the principal so that I could deselect my ditto summary pages from the print add-in as well, though to be fair the add-in does work properly, showing no text to print.

Advice thoughts?
TIA
Regards

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Garry Nutting Reply #2, 17 years, 7 months ago

The following Wiki article should get you going with this one: http://wiki.modxcms.com/index.php/Create_TV-Based_Chunks

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traveller_ted Reply #3, 17 years, 7 months ago

Thanks, however, at the risk of appearing churlish, does this mean that there’s no ’logic’ functionality within the template system itself? The suggestion does look to be a surprisingly complex approach to deal with, what is, at least in the google case, a single event in a site. Equally, does this imply that I end up with a variable which must be set for each page? Whilst the document describes it as a ’hack’ one can see how some find themselves in multi-template territory.

Any other thoughts, suggestions, or clarifications if I’ve missed the point herein.

Regards

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breezer Reply #4, 17 years, 7 months ago

Maybe something like this is what you are looking for, create a snippet and add one call to the top of your template where the code needs to be inserted.

<?php
/*   Google_Meta

* create new snippet with this code
* add the uncached snippet to the top of the normal template where you want the output to appear
  ex: [!Google_Meta!] - (set the default in the snippet)
  or pass the snippet an ID [!Google_Meta? &tID=`1`!]

*/
// check if an ID was sent, if not use default (1)
$targetID = isset($tID)? $tID : '1';
$output ='';

// gets the current page id
$cpID = $modx->documentIdentifier;

// compare ID's, if they match echo the output
if($cpID == $targetID){
  $output .='Google Meta code here which will print';
  
  //or
  
  $output .='{{GoogleMetaChunkName}}';
}
  
return $output;
?>

Hope this helps

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traveller_ted Reply #5, 17 years, 7 months ago

Many thanks for the snippet code, it does exactly what I was hoping to do for the google verify insertion.

By the by I applied it to my print issue as well. I’ve only 3 pages out of the site which I don’t require printing, so I used your code as a basis for this, thank you. The call from the template is simply [!PrintSwitch!]

<?php
/*   PrintSwitch

* create new snippet based on google code from Breezer
  ex: [!PrintSwitch!]
*/

$output ='';

// get the current page id
$cpID = $modx->documentIdentifier;

// compare document ID against the 3 summary pages
if($cpID == '3' || $cpID == '6' || $cpID == '28'){
    $output .='<div></div>'; //in case I wish to add message data later
}
else{
   $output .='<div class="Printer">[[PrintDoc? &print_doc=`43`]]</div>';
}
  
return $output;
?>

Regards