Tring to call &dateFormat=`%d` in one div and &dateFormat=`%m` in another?!

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SilverFoxx Reply #1, 16 years, 7 months ago

Hello all,

I’m very new to Modx and am trying to get my head around customizing Ditto calls. I’m probably doing this all the wrong way but here goes...

I have a Chunk with the following inside:

<div id="ditto_item_[+id+]" class="ditto_item">
  <div class="NewBlog">
        <div class="NewCal">
          <div class="Month">
             <h5>[+date+]</h5>
          </div>
          <div class="Day">
            <h6>[+date+]<h6/>
          </div>
  </div>  

     <div class="NewEntry">
                 <p3 class="ditto_pageTitle"><a href="[~[+id+]~]">[+pagetitle+]</a></p3>
                <p class="space"> </p>
                <div class="ditto_introText">[+introtext+]</div>

                <br />
              <a href="[+url+]">Read more...</a>
     </div>
</div>

I have followed this tut to try and make this work: http://ditto.modxcms.com/tutorials/sort-by-a-date-tv.html

However I want to put ’%d’ in my <div class="Day"> inside my chunk and ’%m’ in <div class="Month"> using placeholders.

Sorry if I’m not explaining myself well enough.

My ditto call:

[!Ditto? &parents=`2` &tpl=`HomeBlogTemplate` &summarize=`2` &paginate=`1` &paginateAlwaysShowLinks=`1` &sortBy=`myDate` &dateSource=`myDate` &dateFormat=`%d` !]

I have also looked at using DittoCal but am struggling with that too...

Please help!!

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kp52 Reply #2, 16 years, 7 months ago
Ditto has only one [+date+] placeholder, which can only be fed by one &dateSource and &dateFormat parameter. All is not lost, however. Ditto also has a copy of the PHx (placeholders extended) plugin code, so you can manipulate a date fields more tha one way, or several fields, in your template chunk instead of using &dateSource etc.

Like this:
```
<div class="NewBlog">
        <div class="NewCal">
          <div class="Month">
             <h5>[+myDate:date=`%m`+]</h5>
          </div>
          <div class="Day">
            <h6>[+myDate:date=`%d`+]<h6/>
          </div>
  </div>  
```
PHx basically lets you manipulate the strings output by placeholders in various ways. It’s described in the Wiki at http://wiki.modxcms.com/index.php/PHx.

You’ll find examples of Ditto usage at http://www.pogwatch.com/ditto.html. It also has its own subforum near here.
KP