Setting snippet parameters in a different template?

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pbowyer Reply #1, 19 years, 3 months ago
I’m using WayFinder to generate a second-level navigation menu. The snippet is embedded in a chunk called ’PageFooter’ which is included in every template.

For most pages the "sort by menuindex" works perfectly, however for certain sections I need to sort by pagetitle instead. Is there a mechanism to set variables in (for example) a template? For example
```
Template file...
[[SetVar &name=`sortorder` &value=`pagetitle`]]
{{PageFooter}}


// In chunk PageFooter
[!Wayfinder? &startId=`[[UltimateParent? &topLevel=`1`]]` &hideSubMenus=`TRUE` &displayStart=`TRUE` &outerTpl=`sidebar.outerTpl` &sortBy=`[*sortorder*]` &rowTpl=`main.rowTpl` &innerTpl=`main.innerTpl` &startItemTpl=`sidebar.startItemTpl`!]
```
The alternative is to embed the Wayfinder call into my templates, but that violates DRY
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opengeek Reply #2, 19 years, 3 months ago
Put the call to the chunk inside a template variable. Then you can use @INHERIT and top-level folder specific values throughout your pages, or completely customize it within a specific document or node.
```
[*page-footer*]
```
would contain
```
{{PageFooterA}}
```
or
```
{{PageFooterB}}
```
or whatever content you wanted to customize for a particular branch or leaf of your document tree.
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