Global TemplateVariable?

Hi all,

I want to display a custom notice in my template if a user has set one.
I already have done something similar for maintenance of a page with a TV. But this one should be a site-wide message anchored in template with a :notempty-output filter. How can I do this best? Could be done with a resource and getResources but getResources and a extra resource is very suboptimal for that purpose I think.

So for me it would be the perfect solution to create a TV which can be attached to all documents not just to one.

Any thoughts?

Hi, I may have misunderstood

You want to display the same message anywhere on the site, but have it show or hide for each page depending on a TV?
I guess you could do something like this:

Input Type: Check Box
Input Option Values: Show==[[$siteWideChunk]]
Default Value:
Output Type: Default

Then create the [[$siteWideChunk]] or whatever you want to call it and put your notice in there.

Remember to set access to all templates for that TV.

Is that what you intended?

Quote from: lucas at Apr 11, 2011, 03:56 AM

Hi, I may have misunderstood
You want to display the same message anywhere on the site, but have it show or hide for each page depending on a TV?
I guess you could do something like this:

Input Type: Check Box
Input Option Values: Show==[[$siteWideChunk]]
Default Value:
Output Type: Default

Then create the [[$siteWideChunk]] or whatever you want to call it and put your notice in there.
Is that what you intended?

Sorry, that’s the thing I actually have. But I wanted to have a solution where I don’t have to set on each page. I want to show or not show a TV content on the whole website with one click. Do you understand?

Hmm I see what you mean. Don’t know how you could do that with a TV, unless you used @select to grab the content of your message TV from the database.

I’d be thinking something like getResourceField

[[getResourceField? &id=`XX` &field=`siteWideTV` &processTV=`1` &default=``]]

Replace XX with the resource that holds your message TV.
&default=`` means nothing will be output unless the TV has content.

Would that work for you?

Another possible solution is to create your own System setting (go to System -> System Settings). You can get it then by [[++your_setting_key]], like any other template tag (pagetitle, alias, etc.).

UPD. Actually, I think this is the best way, and this is for what System settings can be created. Whatch video here http://rtfm.modx.com/display/revolution20/System+Settings for more info.

Quote from: Warsteiner at Apr 11, 2011, 06:55 AM

Another possible solution is to create your own System setting (go to System -> System Settings). You can get it then by [[++your_setting_key]], like any other template tag (pagetitle, alias, etc.).
UPD. Actually, I think this is the best way, and this is for what System settings can be created. Whatch video here http://rtfm.modx.com/display/revolution20/System+Settings for more info.

Think actually this is the best option for me now.
@lucas: This is another option but isn’t that smooth in handling. I think the intended way to solve sth. like that is a system setting.
Thank you all!

@Warsteiner - that is brilliant

Sometimes I feel I’m only scratching the surface of what MODx is capable of...

Yet another way is to use a chunk, which can be more user-friendly and flexible.

What about adding this to your template:

[[!If? &subject=`[[$your_individual_junkname]]` &operator=`!=` &operand=`` &then=`[[$your_individual_junkname]]`]]

Letti

Quote from: Letti at Apr 11, 2011, 07:20 AM

What about adding this to your template:
[[!If? &subject=`[[$your_individual_junkname]]` &operator=`!=` &operand=`` &then=`[[$your_individual_junkname]]`]]

Actually this would work, too. For users, both solutions aren’t optimal as i can’t provide a RTE in chunks.
To summarize: If it’s about variable/editable content, chunk-solution is better (with If-snippet), if it’s about static content I’d prefer system-settings.