[Solved] Different classes on Ditto chunks

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krizinbizz Reply #1, 19 years, 6 months ago

I am using Ditto to list out thumbnails from underlying documents. There are four thumbnails per row. Due to margin-issues I need a different class on each fourth thumbnail. The "default" chunk looks like this:

<div class="productThumb">
	<a href="[~[+id+]~]"><img src="[+tvThumbnail+]" width="101" height="95" alt="[+title+]" /></a>
	<p><a href="[~[+id+]~]">[+title+]</a></p>
</div>

Every fourth thumb should have this chunk:

<div class="productThumbRight">
	<a href="[~[+id+]~]"><img src="[+tvThumbnail+]" width="101" height="95" alt="[+title+]" /></a>
	<p><a href="[~[+id+]~]">[+title+]</a></p>
</div>

The Ditto call looks like this:

[[Ditto? &tpl=`Produkktbilde` &startID=`9` &descendentDepth=`1` &displayArchive=`0` &total=`200` &summarize=`200`]]

Is there any simple way to do this?

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MARKSVIRTUALDESK Reply #2, 19 years, 6 months ago

There is currently no way to do this in Ditto 2 without hacking the code. Ditto 2.1 will offer a feature called conditional templating that would help but it won’t be out for some time. In the meantime, you can change this line:

$template = $ditto->template->determine($templates,$x,0,$stop,$resource[$x]["id"]);

to

if ($x % 4 && isset($tplFourth)) {
$template = $ditto->template->fetch($tplFourth) 
} else {
$template = $ditto->template->determine($templates,$x,0,$stop,$resource[$x]["id"]);
}

You would then use the &tplFourth parameter.

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Ryan Thrash Reply #3, 19 years, 6 months ago

Very cool mark... thanks! laugh

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krizinbizz Reply #4, 19 years, 6 months ago

Thanks a lot

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krizinbizz Reply #5, 19 years, 6 months ago

Hmm I get the following error:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '}' in /manager/includes/document.parser.class.inc.php(748) : eval()'d code on line 918

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MARKSVIRTUALDESK Reply #6, 19 years, 6 months ago

There should be a semicolon at the end of this line:

$template = $ditto->template->fetch($tplFourth);

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krizinbizz Reply #7, 19 years, 6 months ago

Thanks, I just noticed. I am used to ASP myself and hence things like a ";" just slips my eyes.
However, now i get class "productThumb" on every first thumb in a row and "productThumbRight" on the three next ones. I wish I was better at PHP so I wouldn’t have to bother you with details like this.

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krizinbizz Reply #8, 19 years, 6 months ago

I solved it by modifying the code to this:

$xthumb = 0;
for ($x=0;$x<$stop;$x++) {
if ($xthumb == 3 && isset($tplFourth)) {
$template = $ditto->template->fetch($tplFourth);
$xthumb = 0;
} else {
$template = $ditto->template->determine($templates,$x,0,$stop,$resource[$x]["id"]);
$xthumb++;
}

Thanks for all help