Best way to duplicate content?

Hi everyone!

I am trying to duplicate content in a number of pages. The client wants the same content to appear under different areas in the navigation with unique urls. (It is a legacy site being converted to MODx, so keeping the structure is important to them.)

Here are three possible solutions that I have come up with.

Using PHx:
content: [+phx:input=`28`:docfield=`content`+]

Using Ditto:
content: [[Ditto? &documents=`28` &tpl=`duplicateContent`]]

Using Template Variable (dupContent) and a extra template:
dupContent: @Document 28

They seem to have the same results, however I believe the ditto version will cache better. Is there a better way? On issue is editing the content. It will be confusing for the client to find the correct document to edit.

On issue is editing the content. It will be confusing for the client to find the correct document to edit.

With Ditto you can include the quickedit tags and have edit butons for the ditto content.

As for which method is best..I don’t know?

Thanks a lot bwente!
I have spent about an hour to figure out how to use the docfield custom modifier. Obviously - this combination I din’t try ;-)
Saved my evening (and messing with ditto templates etc.)
Cheers!

I am glad it helped. I do like PHx, it really helps in a pinch.

I did however finally go with Ditto, it was helpful for the client using Quickedit. The ditto template/chunk was very simple it only had one line "[+#content+]".