Template Variables (TV's) Explained with Example (For Newbies)

Fo real. This CMS is so much better than anything else out there. I feel sorry for the people (I was one) that struggle with the inflexibility of so many other ones out there.

That ... and the support forums are really useful. Hopefully I can start contributing more than questions

The tip is much appreciated, thanks a lot!

Greg

Questions help, too, but I don’t doubt you’ll have answers to contribute as well soon enough.

Question:

I have been playing around with modx recently and got addicted because im loving it. However, last night i was trying to create a new TV and i didnt see it showed up as always in the document root(on the lest hand side). Whats wrong? Any ideas please?

Are you sure that you checked the box at the bottom of the TV creation form to give the template the document is using access?

Quote from: sottwell at Jan 12, 2007, 05:28 AM

Are you sure that you checked the box at the bottom of the TV creation form to give the template the document is using access?

Yes sir i did check the box for the template (my custom template) im using. I deleted all the modx files and remove the databases to do a fresh install and its the same problem.

I think we’re talking about different things here. Only documents show up in the Document Tree. Template variables show up in the main Resources page, under the Template Variables tab.

You use a TV by putting its [*TVName*] tags in either the template or the document content where you want its output to appear.

Quote from: sottwell at Jan 12, 2007, 12:42 PM

I think we’re talking about different things here. Only documents show up in the Document Tree. Template variables show up in the main Resources page, under the Template Variables tab.

You use a TV by putting its [*TVName*] tags in either the template or the document content where you want its output to appear.

Yeah i just figured that out. lol. Im now seeing my documents. My mistake. sorry guys for any confusion and thanks for your help sottwell

Where exactly are you looking for your new TVs?

Can you use the same TV’s twice? if yes, please tell me how?

Everywhere you put the TV tag, it willl be displayed, whether in a template or in document content or chunks. Wherever the MODx parser sees [*MyTVName*] it will replace the tags with the output of the TV.

If you put a default value when you create the TV, every document will have that value unless you edit it for a given document. You can use "@INHERIT" as the default value. When you do that, edit the TV for a "folder/container" document, and all of its children will automatically inherit that value.