Automatically 'broadcast' web context resources along localized contexts

I'm working on a documentary project.

I'd like to 'broadcast' some web context resources (Extra Collections and their child resources/items) along localized web contexts (i.e: fr, en)

I'm able share 'web' context Collections child-sources/items as lists along contexts 'fr' and 'en' using getResources :

'web' context Collection (id)
'fr','en' contexts : getResource (id) > output Collection child-resources/items as lists

Therefore I'm searching a way to share Collections items/child-resources as items along
'en' and 'fr' contexts.

I'm thinking about 2 ways :

1/ automatically create a symlink in 'en' and 'fr' for each 'web' Collection child-resource/item created with a plugin as described in these posts :

https://forums.modx.com/index.php/topic,59415.0.html
https://forums.modx.com/index.php/topic,66425.msg379597.html

2/ use a special page to output dynamically each 'web' Collection child-resources/items in each localized contexts.

Example :

Collection items/child resources list (with getResources)
id(1) > link to special page with &retrieveWebResourceId=1 > output WebResourceId=1 content in each context-localized 'special page', show the localized 'special page' with same alias than WebResourceId=1

id(2) > link to special page with &retrieveWebResourceId=2 > output WebResourceId=2 content in each context-localized 'special page', show the localized 'special page' with same alias than WebResourceId=3

id(n) > link to special page with &retrieveWebResourceId=n > output WebResourceId=n content in each context-localized 'special page', show the localized 'special page' with same alias than WebResourceId=n

http://fr.website.net/doc/web-collection1-itemresource1/ > should output http://www.website.net/doc/web-collection1-itemresource1 in 'fr' context

http://en.website.net/doc/web-collection1-itemresource1/ > should output http://www.website.net/doc/web-collection1-itemresource1 in 'en' context

http://n.website.net/doc/web-collection1-itemresource1/ > should output http://www.website.net/doc/web-collection1-itemresource1 in 'n' context


It supposes that the 'special page" (one for each localized context, unique ID) should have different aliases regarding retrieved collection items/child-resources.
I guess it could have some consequences regarding SEO, maybe caching (?)...

Please note I use Babel, but I obviously don't want to have to duplicate collections items/child-resources for each localized contexts.

3/ Or, a third way -- but I didn't yet tested the extra -- with Contextualize 1.0.1-rc1 http://modx.com/extras/package/contextualize ?

What is the best way? [ed. note: johnxx last edited this post 11 years, 10 months ago.]

Try renderResources.
I've used it to share news and job offers on a site with multiple contexts.

Working on idea n°2 :

created a symlink resource
with symlink value [[!#get.docid:stripTags]] (extra fastfield)

setting_allow_forward_across_contexts = 1

../specialpage/?docid=23

works fine but the specialpage cannot be cached to output right data...

In order to have a more SEO friendly URL, I think I will easily use /specialpage/alias
and retieve the correct ID for the symlink

But I don't know exactly how search engines will consider this... [ed. note: johnxx last edited this post 11 years, 10 months ago.]

Quote from: DasItsch at Dec 07, 2014, 07:02 AM

Try renderResources.
I've used it to share news and job offers on a site with multiple contexts.

What is the difference with getResources?