GetResources/Ditto and Advertisements

Is there a way to add into GetResources or Ditto that every 4 or 5 entries, it puts in advertisements? In other words:
Entry 1
Entry 2
Entry 3
Entry 4
Ad 1 | Ad 2
Entry 5

Etc.

?? Thanks!

Have a look at using tpl_{n} - see the getResources docs.

In this case, your tpl_{5} chunk will include two list items, the first holding your advertisement. Cool huh?

Very cool. And the ones in between don’t need to be set, right? It will use the default tpl for the first 4, and then change for the 5th, and then the default for the next 4, etc?

Also, is there anything similar for Ditto?

Thanks!

for Ditto you could use ’ditto_iteration:math’ e.g. http://modxcms.com/forums/index.php?topic=47258.0

Quote from: lucas at Jun 10, 2011, 04:39 PM

Have a look at using tpl_{n} - see the getResources docs.

In this case, your tpl_{5} chunk will include two list items, the first holding your advertisement. Cool huh?

Note that the curly braces are not part of the Tpl chunk name, so it should be tpl_5.

Thanks Bob - and thanks Mark H for updating the docs

@goonz - yes the default ’tpl’ chunk applies to the other rows, while row ’5’ will use the tpl_5 chunk. I admit I haven’t actually tried it out, so not sure if it applies to row 5 only or multiples of 5 (5,10,15,etc)

...not sure if it applies to row 5 only or multiples of 5 (5,10,15,etc)

It will apply to every 5th instance - I’ve used it successfully when populating a grid (ul) of links and thumbnails - the last one in each row uses the (in my case) tpl_4 chunk.

All a great help, thanks to everyone who contributed.