haveing get page return resources according to template

couple of questions, I have googled for the past couple days and have tested all sorts of fun things, but nothing seems to work
is there a way to have getPage return a resource according to the template used? I have an area with several types of entries and would like a visitor to be able to choose which type of content they want to see according to the template used for that entry, which leads me to my next question:

is it possible to populate a dropdown select with different getpage calls (not as a template variable but in the front end)? I have tested using basic calls with toplaceholder property using something like this: &toPlaceholder=`place_here` then the actual placeholder [[!+place_here]], but it doesn’t work.

Im not sure if this helps at all considering you are using getPage

But with getResources you can use



Not sure if there is any crossover with getPage or if you can use them in combination.

Stuart

smcilreavy thanks, this is the way it was setup:

parent container with getpage of all resources within it
child container first topic w/ getpage of resources within it
child container second topic w/ getpage of resources within it
child container third topic w/ getpage of resources within it

then in the parent container I had a drop down select to link to the other pages depending on which topic the visitor wanted to see
so I can populate the drop down list with getresources and have that return to a placeholder without actually leaving the parent page?
will give it a try!! thanks