Ditto, display, randomize with 1 parent and multiple children resources

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ronbonqqq Reply #1, 8 years, 6 months ago

Hi,

I have ONE parent and multiple children resources within that parent.

Also a 3 slides carousel on my webpage and the idea is that in each of those 3 slides a different child resource shows.

I implemented this code, but somehow all 3 slides show the same child resource, even when you scroll right or left to the next 3 slides, again the same child resource shows.

How to get for each slide a different randomized child resource to show?

PARENT (14)
- child 1 (20)
- child 2 (21)
- child 3 (22)
- child 4 (23)
etc.

<div id="homeCarousel" class="home_carousel_list">
                  	<div class="single_slide">
                        [!Ditto? &parents=`14` &display=`1` &randomize=`1`
                        &tpl=`LAYOUT` !]
                    </div>
				<div class="single_slide">
                        [!Ditto? &parents=`14` &display=`1` &randomize=`1`
                        &tpl=`LAYOUT` !]
                    </div>
				<div class="single_slide">
                        [!Ditto? &parents=`14` &display=`1` &randomize=`1`
                        &tpl=`LAYOUT` !]
                    </div>
				<div class="single_slide">
                        [!Ditto? &parents=`14` &display=`1` &randomize=`1`
                        &tpl=`LAYOUT` !]
                    </div>
				<div class="single_slide">
                        [!Ditto? &parents=`14` &display=`1` &randomize=`1`
                        &tpl=`LAYOUT` !]
                    </div>
				<div class="single_slide">
                        [!Ditto? &parents=`14` &display=`1` &randomize=`1`
                        &tpl=`LAYOUT` !]
                    </div>

This question has been answered by iusemodx. See the first response.

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breezer Reply #2, 8 years, 6 months ago

I don't know much about Ditto, but perhaps a single snippet to populate the slides would do a more efficient job. If you can post your LAYOUT template I can put something together for you to try.

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iusemodx Reply #3, 8 years, 6 months ago

may or may not be a stupid question:

Why don't you use the display property and set a template chunk ?

Example Ditto call:

<div id="homeCarousel" class="home_carousel_list">
[[Ditto? &parents=`14` &display=`12` &randomize=`1` &orderBy=`pagetitle ASC` &tpl=`carouselitem`]]
</div>

Just on the safe side - you may have to play with the cache settings due to randomising - call the snippet cached or uncached depending on the page cache setting.

Possible chunk (carouselitem):

<div class="single_slide">[+content+]</div>

Visually you will only see 3 at any one time, so the display property can be set to whatever you want

The above code works, I use something pretty much the same - I display 4 elements at a time in a set of 3 slides / carousels giving me a total of 12 that randomise (through all child elements) on page refresh

My call is slightly different in that I have "depth & Published Only" as well, due to nesting

My page is cached and the Ditto call is uncached. [ed. note: iusemodx last edited this post 8 years, 6 months ago.]

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ronbonqqq Reply #4, 8 years, 6 months ago

Quote from: breezer at Oct 17, 2015, 06:30 PM

I don't know much about Ditto, but perhaps a single snippet to populate the slides would do a more efficient job. If you can post your LAYOUT template I can put something together for you to try.

Hi breezer,

Here my layout:

<div class="well carousel">
        <div class="image">
            <a href="[~[+id+]~]"><img alt="[*longtitle*]" src=
            "[+tv_image+]"></a>
        </div>

        <div class="title">
            <a href="[~[+id+]~]">[+pagetitle+]</a>
        </div>
    </div>

I really dont understand that why with my above code (parents, display and randomise properties), I cannot get 3 slides to show at once and each slide having a unique different child resource from parent (14)???

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ronbonqqq Reply #5, 8 years, 6 months ago

Quote from: iusemodx at Oct 17, 2015, 10:29 PM

may or may not be a stupid question:

Why don't you use the display property and set a template chunk ?

My page is cached and the Ditto call is uncached.

Hi,

I think my code already has the display, randomize and template chunk properties included.
I also played with cache but nothing worked.

I think my code is correct, that it should show 3 slides at a time and in each slide a different unique child resource should show from parent (14)? I am surprised... sad

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iusemodx Reply #6, 8 years, 6 months ago

Quote from: ronbonqqq at Oct 19, 2015, 11:43 AM

I think my code already has the display, randomize and template chunk properties included.

Yes, sorry, saw that after I had re-read your post after posting my answer - was a long day

My code works so there must be something your end - sorry can't post a URL

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iusemodx Reply #7, 8 years, 6 months ago

Just out of interest - what is the full code, example:

<div id="homeCarousel" class="home_carousel_list"> 
  <!-- Slide 1 -->
  <div class="single_slide">
    <div class="well carousel">
      <div class="image"><a href="#"><img alt="" src=""></a></div>
      <div class="title"><a href="#">[+pagetitle+]</a></div>
    </div>
  </div>
  <!-- / Slide 1 --> 
  <!-- Slide 2 -->
  <div class="single_slide">
    <div class="well carousel">
      <div class="image"><a href="#"><img alt="" src=""></a></div>
      <div class="title"><a href="#">[+pagetitle+]</a></div>
    </div>
  </div>
  <!-- / Slide 2 --> 
  <!-- Slide 3 -->
  <div class="single_slide">
    <div class="well carousel">
      <div class="image"><a href="#"><img alt="" src=""></a></div>
      <div class="title"><a href="#">[+pagetitle+]</a></div>
    </div>
  </div>
  <!-- / Slide 3 --> 
</div>

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iusemodx Reply #8, 8 years, 6 months ago

I have just checked my site and the code is as follows:

<ul>
  <li><a href="#">
    <figure><img src="images/alias.jpg" alt="Pagetitle">
      <figcaption>Longtitle</figcaption>
    </figure>
    </a></li>
  <li><a href="#">
    <figure><img src="images/alias.jpg" alt="Pagetitle">
      <figcaption>Longtitle</figcaption>
    </figure>
    </a></li>
  <li><a href="#">
    <figure><img src="images/alias.jpg" alt="Pagetitle">
      <figcaption>Longtitle</figcaption>
    </figure>
    </a></li>
  <li><a href="#">
    <figure><img src="images/alias.jpg" alt="Pagetitle">
      <figcaption>Longtitle</figcaption>
    </figure>
    </a></li>
</ul>

Broken down:

Snippet call:

<ul>
  [!Ditto? &parents=`11,12` &tpl=`RandomItem` &depth=`0` &hideFolders=`1` &display=`12` &orderBy=`pub_date DESC` &showPublishedOnly=`1` &randomize=`1`!]
</ul>

Template chunk:

<li><a href="[~[+id+]~]">
  <figure><img src="images/[+alias+].jpg" alt="[+pagetitle+]">
    <figcaption>[+longtitle+]</figcaption>
  </figure>
  </a></li>

Class names and id's have been removed as they are of no interest here

Page set to "Cacheable" and as can be seen in the call, Ditto is called "uncached"

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ronbonqqq Reply #9, 8 years, 6 months ago

Hi,

I also have the page set to cachable and Ditto as uncached.

My full code:

<div id="homeCarousel" class="home_carousel_list">
                    <div class="single_slide">
                        [!Ditto? &parents=`14` &display=`1` &randomize=`1`
                        &tpl=`LAYOUT` !]
                    </div>
                <div class="single_slide">
                        [!Ditto? &parents=`14` &display=`1` &randomize=`1`
                        &tpl=`LAYOUT` !]
                    </div>
                <div class="single_slide">
                        [!Ditto? &parents=`14` &display=`1` &randomize=`1`
                        &tpl=`LAYOUT` !]
                    </div>
                <div class="single_slide">
                        [!Ditto? &parents=`14` &display=`1` &randomize=`1`
                        &tpl=`LAYOUT` !]
                    </div>
                <div class="single_slide">
                        [!Ditto? &parents=`14` &display=`1` &randomize=`1`
                        &tpl=`LAYOUT` !]
                    </div>
                <div class="single_slide">
                        [!Ditto? &parents=`14` &display=`1` &randomize=`1`
                        &tpl=`LAYOUT` !]
                    </div>

tpl_chunk:

<div class="well carousel">
        <div class="image">
            <a href="[~[+id+]~]"><img alt="[*longtitle*]" src=
            "[+tv_image+]"></a>
        </div>
 
        <div class="title">
            <a href="[~[+id+]~]">[+pagetitle+]</a>
        </div>
    </div>

So I have four rounds of 3 slides each and each slide should always show a unique and different child resource. What happens now is that always one and the same child resource shows in all 3 slides and also when scrolling to the next round of 3 slides. Only upon refresh do I get a new child resource. I really thought that &display and &randomize should do the trick and my code is not different than yours... am surprised why it doesnt work, must be something really small I am missing here... sad

Anyways, I will do some more testing and create a whole new resource parent, make a new setup, tidy up code, maybe re-write, and lets see...

Thank you for your help and posting your code.

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iusemodx Reply #10, 8 years, 6 months ago

a problem may well be that you are calling exactly the same multiple times

have you tried giving each call a unique Ditto ID - that may help

Although I still think how you have it setup is OTT - you only need one Ditto call

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