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3 column layout - how do I insert content into individual columns?

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    dev_tony Reply #1, 10 years, 10 months ago
    I am developing a 3 column layout, with 2 additional sections.

    How do I get editable content into each section?

    Can I use the 'Ditto' add on for this?

    If so - how?

    My layout looks like this:
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|  Header                     |
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|  Nav                        |
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| top_content                 |
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|  col-1 |  col-2  |  col-3   |
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| lower_content               |
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| footer                      |
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    The content in "top content", "col1,2,3" and "lower content" need to be editable via the WYSIWYG interface, as the intended end user cannot edit code.

    How can I achieve this?

    I have used modx in the past, but have more experience with Website Baker, where I would have simply done the above using the "sections" feature of Website Baker.

    Any help will be appreciated.

    Thanks,
    Tony.

    P.S. Sorry for all the '+' characters - but the forum stripped out all the white space and messed up my formatting.

    P.P.S. ^^ fixed by using the code tags. [ed. note: dev_tony last edited this post 10 years, 10 months ago.]
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      Bruno17 Reply #2, 10 years, 10 months ago
      just create a Template-Variable for each column and use the richtext - input-type for it.

      name them col1, col2, col3 and put the placeholders for them into you template:

      <div id="col1">
[*col1*]
</div>
<div id="col2">
[*col2*]
</div>
<div id="col3">
[*col3*]
</div>
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        Thanks!
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        dev_tony Reply #3, 10 years, 10 months ago
        ^^ that's wonderful! Thank you so much!

        Tony.