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It’s the same concept as with any HTML, XML, or plain text Content Type; you use MODx Tags to dynamically construct the output, regardless of how it is done and what the resulting content is. It can even be binary content. And there is now a way to set custom HTTP response headers for each Content Type you define, though this may need some testing and interface work.
Quote from: TobyL at Mar 05, 2009, 05:17 AMCan you describe that process in more detail for me. I think I understand, but I’m not sure.
I’ve used this on occasion for stylesheets. It’s a very simple way of delivering stylesheets where I wanted modx tags to be parsed without having to embed the styles in the document itself .
<script type="text/javascript" src="[[~27]]" />
myDynamicVariable = [[!GetMyDynamicVariableValue]];
<?php
$docid = isset($_REQUEST['cssid'])? abs($_REQUEST['cssid']):0;
if($docid)
$tv = $modx->getTemplateVarOutput('cssBackgroundImage',$docid);
//default is hard-coded
$img = isset($tv['cssBackgroundImage']) ? $tv['cssBackgroundImage'] : 'assets/images/css/default_background.png';
return $img;
?>
/*plenty of other css*/
#masthead{
height:200px;
padding:0;
background:url('[!getCssBgImage!]') top left no-repeat;
}
<link rel="stylesheet" href="styles.css?cssid=[*id*]" type="text/css" media="screen" />
<a href="http://localhost/index.php?id=12 ?cssid=29">
$tv = $modx->getTemplateVarOutput('cssBackgroundImage',$docid); $tv = $modx->getTemplateVarOutput(array('cssBackgroundImage'),$docid);
Because getTemplateVarOutput is called by the document which holds the css (via the snippet) which is different from the document which holds TV value. Without $docid it would try to find the TV for the css document which if it existed would be the same for all document requests.
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Quote from: BobRay at Mar 05, 2009, 11:17 AMIt’s the same concept as with any HTML, XML, or plain text Content Type; you use MODx Tags to dynamically construct the output, regardless of how it is done and what the resulting content is. It can even be binary content.
Quote from: TobyL at Mar 05, 2009, 05:17 AMCan you describe that process in more detail for me. I think I understand, but I’m not sure.
I’ve used this on occasion for stylesheets. It’s a very simple way of delivering stylesheets where I wanted modx tags to be parsed without having to embed the styles in the document itself .
Exactly, well said. For example, last week I had to ADD my own Content-type: "application/pdf" via the Site Configuration page. Now I am creating dynamic PDFs (via custom snippet and FPDF class) to output Daily and Weekly schedule information. This allows me to treat the PDF as a MODx document, which is ideal whenever dealing with document permissions