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Where is the documentation for Revolution?

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    mmcglynn Reply #1, 15 years, 8 months ago
    The Wiki is fine, but where is the documentation for admin users? What if I wanted to find out what the "container" checkbox does? Where would would I go for that?
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      sottwell Reply #2, 15 years, 8 months ago
      isfolder Labeled as ’Container’, this specifies whether or not the Resource renders with a / in Friendly URLs instead of its suffix.
      http://rtfm.modx.com/display/revolution20/Resources
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        mmcglynn Reply #3, 15 years, 8 months ago
        With respect, that page does not explain what a contain is, it just makes reference to it.
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          splittingred Reply #4, 15 years, 8 months ago
          Labeled as ’Container’, this specifies whether or not the Resource renders with a / in Friendly URLs instead of its suffix.

          I think that’s pretty specific. tongue
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            mmcglynn Reply #5, 15 years, 7 months ago
            Disagree.
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              tavcorp Reply #6, 15 years, 7 months ago
              Quote from: mmcglynn at Jan 19, 2011, 07:18 PM

              The Wiki is fine, but where is the documentation for admin users? What if I wanted to find out what the "container" checkbox does? Where would would I go for that?

              I’m just getting started with modx, but I found this tutorial from Mary pretty helpful when it came to containers and what they do. In MODx, a container is simply a document under which other documents are grouped. It’s not providing a technical definition or anything but the concept is there. Hope that helps.

              http://codingpad.maryspad.com/2009/04/20/building-a-website-with-modx-for-newbie-part-6-introducing-template-variables/
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                wowzow Reply #7, 15 years, 7 months ago

                Quote from: splittingred at Jan 21, 2011, 09:22 AM

                Labeled as ’Container’, this specifies whether or not the Resource renders with a / in Friendly URLs instead of its suffix.

                IOW, If you have a root level resource named "products" and it’s container checkbox is checked,

                Plus you have friendly urls for your site turned on...

                ...your products page url will be such: 

                Yoursite.com/products/



                On the other hand, if you dont have the checkbox checked the page renders as: (assuming your resource suffix is ’.html’)

                Yoursite.com/products.html




                Pretty basic. Checked = ’/’ and unchecked = ’.html’ (or whatever suffix youve set)