Base a TV's value on another TV?

Hello,

I have this feeling this is a really basic question, but I’ve racked my brain and searched the forums and I still haven’t found an answer.

So, this is what I want to do. I’ve got a TV that can have 1 of 3 possible values ("en", "fr" or "nl"). Then there’s another TV that can also have 1 of 3 different values: "{{header-en}}", "{{header-fr}}"or "{{header-nl}}". If the value of the first TV is "fr", I want the second TV to automatically be "{{header-fr}}", etc.

Is that even possible? And if so: how?? I’m sorry if it’s a stupid question, I’m doing my best, but I’m not a programmer...

Thanks for your attention

Not sure if there is, but there may well be a better way to do whatever it is you’re trying to do - can you post the code that you’re using and explain what you’re trying to achieve?

Thx for your speedy reply! Yeah, no doubt there’s an easier way

I’ve built a site (in dutch) and now my client wants it to go multilingual.
So in the site tree I made a folder for each new language (french and english) and inside these folders I’m going to copy the dutch pages and then replace the content with the translations.

I would like to re-use the same templates, but some parts of my templates are in dutch. For example, a template starts like this:


The header chunk has dutch content as well, meta tags and stuff. So I thought:
- I create a TV that specifies the language for each page
- The TV value will be inherited from the parent folder ("en" or "fr")
- Based on the language, the right header chunk is automatically inserted into the template.

This way I can use the same template for different languages and not end up using 30 or so different templates (which is confusing for the administrators).

So - where did I go wrong (if at all)? Any leads would be great!

You may just want to rethink how you are doing the template a little bit. Put the Title outside the Content, like this:



Page title is set in Document settings.

I also have a TV that tells me what the language is so I can do different things with search and MaxiGallery:



The great thing is you can use DocManager or SuperFast to set all TV’s below a certain folder:

Set all TV Lang below DocID 299 to en.

I am even using the Lang TV for document language:

Thanks guys, for your helpful replies!
I’ve never written a snippet before... but maybe this is a good time to learn. And I didn’t know about DocManager and SuperFast, I’ll look into that, too.