[solved] Wayfinder call

hey there

can please somebody tell me how the wayfinder call should look like, to get this menu:



Do I have to create chunks for that purpose? Many thanks, the manual doesn’t help me at all.

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That looks like a normal Wayfinder menu to me, except for the row with id="current". I suppose that is for the currently active document? Wayfinder will automatically insert a class="active" to the currently active menu item.

So, create the normal outerTpl and rowTpl chunks if you want to, or let WF use its default ones. However, if you specifically want an id, that can be solved to...

cheers/k

thanks for your reply... how do I craete those chunks, how do I have to name them, and how do I have to create the WF call? many thanks

You might find it useful to go through this tutorial: http://codingpad.maryspad.com/2009/04/05/building-a-website-with-modx-for-newbies-part-5-introducing-snippets/

Also, look at the ones before that one if you’re not familiar with chunks. If you want to do amazing things with Wayfinder be sure to download and read Kongondo’s free Wayfinder ebook - http://modxcms.com/forums/index.php/topic,34176.0.html


Quote from: dinosaur at Sep 04, 2009, 05:29 AM

thanks for your reply... how do I craete those chunks, how do I have to name them, and how do I have to create the WF call? many thanks

Guys, thanks for your help. After some reading and experimenting, things work fine. Recommend to all users to read those sources to dive in into the wayfinder snippet! This thing just rocks!

cheers
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