Hi all,
Is there any way I can customise the output for the links generated from Ditto’s summary list?
For example, I want to add author name, date created, author photo and breadcrumbs at the top of each article.
My ditto call:
[[Ditto_ResPerPage]]
[[Ditto? &parents=`2` &display=`2` &commentsChunk=`Comments` &tpl=`ditto_blog` &paginate=`1` &phx=`1` &extenders=`request,summary,dateFilter,breadcrumbs` &paginateAlwaysShowLinks=`1` &filter=`id,3,2’ &tagData=`documentTags`]]
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[[Reflect?config=`wordpress` &targetID=`71` &getDocuments=`1` &dittoSnippetParameters=`parents:2` &id=`wp`]]
&tpl=`ditto_blog` - is the template for the summary list page, I just want something similar containing placeholders for the links when you click them.
I tried using a workaround where I used Newspublisher &headertpl to write to my articles, but I’m unsure as to how I can pass the data for the placeholders there.
Newspublisher call: [!NewsPublisher? &folder=`2` &canpost=`Site Admins` &formtpl=`FormBlog` &headertpl=`ditto_blog_output` &footertpl=`Comments` &makefolder=`1` &showinmenu=’0’ &clearcache=’1’ &rtcontent=`tvblogContent`!]
ditto_blog_output would contain [+author+][+date+][breadcrumbs+] and such.
Thanks
You could use a snippet like
AuthorTime in the template.
Heyas MrHaw,
okies... I used Newspublisher to create a header chunk on every article page before the content called ArticleHeader.
So I have {{ArticleHeader}} followed by the content and then {{Comments}} at the bottom of every entry. {{Comments}} work fine using the jot call and stuff.
I put in AuthorTime call in {{ArticleHeader}} but nothing shows up. Also, how can I go about putting custom fields at the top in this header such as breadcrumbs or author photo?
Make sure that the snippet works in template or content cached/uncached. I’ts a old snippet and has "etomite" in it...
If your header {{ArticleHeader}} you name a chunk ArticleHeader that works with some text in it?
Aye, putting some random text works.. I guess newspublisher and AuthorTime just dont wanna work.
I tried using a different method by calling separate Ditto calls based on whether it’s within a container or not.
If it’s a folder/container:
[[Ditto? &parents=`[*id*]` &depth=`2` &display=`2` &removeChunk=`Comments` &tpl=`ditto_blog` &paginate=`1` &extenders=`request,summary,dateFilter` &paginateAlwaysShowLinks=`1` &filter=`id,57,2’ &tagData=`documentTags`]]
If it’s not a container:
[[Ditto? &documents=`[*id*]` &display=`1` &tpl=`ditto_blogPage` &paginate=`1` &extenders=`request,summary,dateFilter` &paginateAlwaysShowLinks=`1` &filter=`id,57,2’ &tagData=`documentTags`]]
Problem is, using &parents=`[*id*]` or &documents=`[*id*]` does not work. &parents=`[*id*]` would return the contents of the whole site from the root instead of just the contents of that folder. Of course using &parents=`99` and such linking directly to the id of the page works, but I have multiple containers and I make this call from within the site template itself.
using &documents=`[*id*]` yields an sql syntax error.
Any solutions?
Try search for another snippet! AuthorTime"Stamp" I think there is...
I have this snippet from the forums:
<?php
$docInfo = $modx->getDocument($modx->documentIdentifier);
$authorid = $docInfo['createdby'];
$editedon = date(Y,$docInfo['editedon']);
$tbl = $modx->dbConfig['dbase'].".".$modx->dbConfig['table_prefix']."user_attributes";
$query = "SELECT fullname FROM $tbl WHERE $tbl.id = $authorid";
$rs = $modx->dbQuery($query);
$limit = $modx->recordCount($rs);
if($limit=1) {
$resourceauthor = $modx->fetchRow($rs);
$authorname = $resourceauthor['fullname'];
}
if (!$authorname == ""){
$modx->setPlaceholder('mAuthor', $authorname);
}
return;
?>
[[AuthorSnippet]]
[+mAuthor+]
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Another one (from Breezer I think):
<?php
$output = '';
$docnum = $modx->documentIdentifier;
$val= $modx->db->getValue('SELECT `createdby` FROM `modx_site_content` WHERE `id` = '.$docnum.'');
if ($val >= 0){
$rs= $modx->db->getValue('SELECT `name` FROM `modx_user_roles` WHERE `id` = '.$val.'');
}
else {
$val = abs($val);
$rs= $modx->db->getValue('SELECT `fullname` FROM `modx_web_user_attributes` WHERE `internalKey` = '.$val.'');
}
$output .= ''.$rs.'';
return $output;
?>
