[Plugin] AlwaysSetLongtitle

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netnoise Reply #1, 18 years, 1 month ago

In my templates I’m using the [*longtitle*]-tag - but my customers persistently refused to fill out the corresponding field in manager while creating new documents. laugh

So I wrote the following Plugin, that uses pagetitle as longtitle, if longtitle is empty.

(To use it, create a new Plugin, name it whatever you want, paste the code below and make sure, OnParseDocument flag is set in system events tab.)

$e = &$modx->Event;

switch($e->name) {

  case 'OnParseDocument':
    if(!$modx->documentObject['longtitle']) {
      $modx->documentObject['longtitle'] = $modx->documentObject['pagetitle'];
    }
    break;

  default:
    return;
    break;

}

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Garry Nutting Reply #2, 18 years, 1 month ago

Cool plugin, netnoise! cool

That is a godsend (I’m notorious for forgetting the longtitle)

Thanks, Garry

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Commodore64 Reply #3, 18 years, 1 month ago

Thanks netnoise! This is a much needed plugin: also my users always forget to set the longtitle!

BTW, I think that the best event to capture is "OnDocFormSave" (or maybe "OnBeforeDocFormSave"), because it is raised only once, when the page is saved, and not every time the page is rendered... however, simply capturing this event doesn’t work. The problem could be that, in this case, you shouldn’t modify the documentObject, but something else.

Any clue from the core team will be appreciated!

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Mitch Reply #4, 18 years, 1 month ago

I made a AutomaticLongTitle plugin in the past the uses the OnDocFormSave event. The problem is indeed that it is not possible to update the document object. For the plugin see http://modxcms.com/forums/index.php/topic,1956.msg14246.html#msg14246

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Commodore64 Reply #5, 18 years, 1 month ago

Good idea, Mitch! grin

Thank you!