Default template for specific user or role?

I have set up a user on MODx who will be able to use one template only when creating a document. I have managed to limit template acesss using the ManagerManager plugin. Is it possible to auto-select a particular template so that user does not have to choose it? I.e. I want myTemplateName to appear rather than Please choose a template.

Thanks

Steve

I have added a link to the welcome page to create a new document. This user’s skin is different form others, so other users will not see the link.

http://www.mysite.com/manager/index.php?a=4&pid=422&tid=46

Then I modified the Inherit Parent Template to pick up the Template Id part (tid=46) of the URL

if(($_REQUEST[’tid’] > 0) && ($id == 0)) {
$content[’template’] = $_REQUEST[’tid’];
}

So the template now defaults to the one I want when the user clicks this link. It won’t happen if the user creates a document using the normal buttons though.

3 years later, I stumbled across this. In Revo, you have the ability to have hierarchical configurations. So the System Settings are used by default, then you've got contextual settings, and finally, you have per-user settings. So in Revo, you could go to Security --> Manage Users, edit a user, head over to the "Settings" tab, and create a new setting and value for "default_template". This would override the System Setting when that user is logged into the manager.

Yea, three enthusiastic thumbs up for the sweet extreme fine-tuning qualities found in MODx

Actually, it's a longer chain than that in code if you use this:




Each level will override those above it:

System Settings
Context Settings
User Settings
Default Properties/Property Sets
Properties in a tag