ManagerManager to assign templates to children only?

Hi All,

I’ve got a website where the manager users (theres a few of them) can’t remember to change the template on any of their docs so I’m looking for a way to automatically set the template for new docs that are in different sections of the website.

The basic structure is

• Top level
• Top level
  [list][li]Middle level
  [list][li]Bottom level
• Bottom level

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All the top and the bottom levels need different templates, the middle level isn’t displaying so it can use either template. Is there any way to automagically assign the right template to the bottom level while leaving the top level the "default template" in the configuration.

I hope that makes sense???

Thanks for any assistance
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What version of MODx? If it’s Evo (1.0.x) it will happen automatically; there is an Inherit Template plugin installed by default that causes any new resources to inherit their parent’s template.

Try this plugin -> Template Rules Plugin

dont know how you are managing your new document creation.
I make so that the users click an icon and a new doc is created
by copying an existing document with everything configured already...

so when a user logs in the manager and wants to add, lets say, a new
article, they click an icon in the home page and it copies a doc "template"
with all the TVs, proper page template, etc. and they just filled in
the TVs like it was a form.

They save the "form" and they are finished... all this is achievable via
ManagerManager and modifying the Manager Home page.

Thanks everyone,

Sottwell, changing the template of the parent did the trick cheers

Charliez, while your solution sounds awesome, I’m just a front end guy that’s slowly figuring my way around MODx. That all sounds pretty complicated!

Cheers
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