Grandparent and predefined template control

Hi,

Is there an easy way of getting the documents grandparent id? I’d like to see something like [*id-1*] to go to parent, [*id-2*] to go to grandparent, [*id-3*] to go to grand grandparent etc. Is that possible? If not, that’s on my wishlist

Another thing I miss is an option to decide what document template children of a folder should have default on creation. Something like:

Root
Projects (template: projectlist, childrens template: projectpage)
Project A (template: projectpage, childrens template: i.e. picturetemplate)

I haven’t seen that option anywhere in MODx, but perhaps I have overlooked it? It would be very nice not having to change the template of every new created document on folders you know will have a certain type of template.

There is the "inherit template" plugin that automatically lets documents inherit the template of their parent.

Yes, I’ve seen that one. The problem is that the children won’t have the same template as its parent, therefore the inherit template won’t work.

Yes there is a way, Jason (OpenGeek) wrote a snippet that will do that for you ... now, I just need to find the link for you ...

That would be brilliant

Okay, the thread is here (works on MODx 0.9.5): http://modxcms.com/forums/index.php/topic,7343.0.html (EDIT: this answers your first question, btw - didn’t read your first post all the way, I will think about the second question though)

EDIT 2: Actually, I have a real need for this in a slightly different way (it’s for a blog) so I’ll have a look tomorrow if I get time - I seem to remember in the distant past that I did a mod on Inherit Template to have parent=>child template mappings so it was possible to define inheritance in the way you described. I can’t find it now but it shouldn’t be too hard to recreate.

Great. Thanks