Template as file

SubEthaEdit is really fancy, not only do the major ftp clients use it for a default editor (I use Cyberduck) but it also has multiple editor collaboration over either local networks or the Internet, using "Bonjour". Different color highlighing for what the other editors are doing, in real-time. But it’s not free any more. So I started using Smultron, which pretty much does the same thing without the collaboration. I still prefer SubEthaEdit’s layout, though.

I’ve used SubEthaEdit’s collaboration feature at a conference and it’s incredibly cool.

Quote from: WijbaL at Dec 24, 2006, 11:07 PM

Is it posible to use template files instead of making templates in resources-templates?

Name your template file "myTemplate.html"

Place it in "/assets/templates/myTemplate.html"

Create a template variable named "templateTV"
Make it’s input type = "file"
make it’s default value = "@FILE assets/templates/myTemplate.html"

Create a document template named "myTemplate"
Go back to the template variable and make it available to this template.
Then return to this template and set its contents to "[*templateTV*]"

Create a MODx document.
Set its template to "myTemplate".

Now you can edit your template file in Dreamweaver, etc. then upload it to /assets/templates/myTemplate.html, and when you refresh your MODx document you’ll see your changes.

Is that what you wanted?

which of the 2 methods is faster?

are there any drawbacks??

Quote from: myfriendscallmebill at Mar 29, 2007, 05:22 AM

Quote from: WijbaL at Dec 24, 2006, 11:07 PM

Is it posible to use template files instead of making templates in resources-templates?

Name your template file "myTemplate.html"

Place it in "/assets/templates/myTemplate.html"

Create a template variable named "templateTV"
Make it’s input type = "file"
make it’s default value = "@FILE assets/templates/myTemplate.html"

Create a document template named "myTemplate"
Go back to the template variable and make it available to this template.
Then return to this template and set its contents to "[*templateTV*]"

Create a MODx document.
Set its template to "myTemplate".

Now you can edit your template file in Dreamweaver, etc. then upload it to /assets/templates/myTemplate.html, and when you refresh your MODx document you’ll see your changes.

Is that what you wanted?

GREAT!
I use EditPlus - > FTP - >Open Remote

NEW: i thing documents using this template must be NOT Cacheable!

This is a great way of easily working with several templates at once! However, something worries me a bit. I name my template files start-page.tpl, for example, and put them inside a folder named "t" in the root. I noticed that you can enter the URL of the file and see the whole content of the template unparsed (even if I were to use .html instead of .tpl, the snippet tags would be fully visible). This may be revealing a little more than I am comfortable with. Is there any way of preventing this?

Quote from: frippz at Oct 14, 2008, 08:48 AM

This is a great way of easily working with several templates at once! However, something worries me a bit. I name my template files start-page.tpl, for example, and put them inside a folder named "t" in the root. I noticed that you can enter the URL of the file and see the whole content of the template unparsed (even if I were to use .html instead of .tpl, the snippet tags would be fully visible). This may be revealing a little more than I am comfortable with. Is there any way of preventing this?

Just place it outside the root of your website.

for example in directadmin you have your site here:
/home/domain/domain.ext/public_html/

Then you should place your files in
/home/domain/domain.ext/templates/

The files are then available to MODx, but they are not browsable by anyone.

Quote from: MediaGuy at Oct 14, 2008, 08:55 AM

Just place it outside the root of your website.

for example in directadmin you have your site here:
/home/domain/domain.ext/public_html/

Then you should place your files in
/home/domain/domain.ext/templates/

The files are then available to MODx, but they are not browsable by anyone.

Great tip! Thanks! However, this will only work with the better hosts that lets you put stuff outside the web root. I’ve got some clients that uses hosts that only allows access directly to the web root and not outside it. I’d appreciate any other suggestions regarding those cases.

Maybe you could use a .htaccess to block browser access to the folder? Or a good chmodd?

Quote from: jorgerpo at Oct 10, 2008, 08:01 PM

which of the 2 methods is faster?

are there any drawbacks??

I tried both methods. I like the snippet approach if only to avoid having a TV variable show up in the document editing form. I also find it easier to use [!includeFile!] when I am making changes so I don’t have to invoke the Clear Cache function after every edit.