Fwd: Template <body id="different Ids">

Alex

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> Hi,
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> I am on 2.1.What is the best approach to handle different body ids
> on a template?
>
> I am doing a responsive design template and it requires that each
> layout has its own body id tag.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Alex

Mark Pitely

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Aug 30, 2012, 4:06:27 PM8/30/12

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Alex,

You certainly could use a variable - how are you going to tell which (of the seven) each page is going to have?
You could make a structure that has page/folder cross-referenced the correct body id.

Here's some code that does this thing, roughly. Old pull format, sorry, but you can get the idea.
Structure has a foldername, a color for the menu (i.e. <div class="$menucolor">), whether to have a crumbtrail, and the ID of the contact that belongs on it.

##Get the URL of the page first
#set ($topurl=$VTLSERVLET_URI.substring(1, $VTLSERVLET_URI.indexOf('/',1)))

##READ IN THE DATA FROM THE TEMPLATE STRUCTURE
#set ($query="+structureName:Templates +Templates.folder1:*$topurl*")
#pullContent($query '1' 'modate Desc')

#foreach($conT in $list)
#set ($footer=$conT.contactid)
#set ($crumb=$conT.removecrumbtrail)
#set ($menucolor=$conT.color)
#if ($UtilMethods.isSet($conT.menubottom))
#set ($menubottom=$conT.menubottom)
#end
#end
##OF FOREACH

##END PULL OF TEMPLATE

Mark Pitely
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Alex

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Aug 30, 2012, 6:19:47 PM8/30/12

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Mark:

Thanks a lot!

What do you mean by "page/folder" cross-referenced?

What you are stating is for example, I create a structure say "Body"
on that contains

Page
Folder
Body ID

Example:

Page: index.html
Folder: es
Body Id: page1

Then, on the template instead of putting the body tag I put a
container with the code?

This will be very useful!

Thanks,

Alex

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Alex

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Maria:

How can I search for a directory name in dotCMS 2.1?

Here is the pull i put in a container. It seems taht dotcms uses the conFolder with an identifier. Is there a way I can take the identifier for $topurl?

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##Get the URL of the page first
#set ($topurl=$VTLSERVLET_URI.substring(1, $VTLSERVLET_URI.indexOf('/',1)))

#foreach($con in $dotcontent.pull("+structureName:Templates +conFolder:$topurl",1,"modDate desc"))

#set($bodyId=$con.bodyId)

<body id="$bodyId">
#end

Thanks,

#set ($query="+structureName:Templates +Templates.folder1:*$topurl*")

Maria Ahues Bouza

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try this

#set($currentFolder = $folderAPI.findCurrentFolder($topurl,$host))

this returns a Folder, to get the identifier do $currentFolder.identifier

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Alex

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This is what the $currentFolder outputs:

com.dotmarketing.portlets.folders.model.Folder@48a0386f[name=,sortOrder=0,showOnMenu=false,hostId=,title=,filesMasks=,defaultFileType=,iDate=Fri Aug 31 00:05:25 EDT 2012,type=folder,owner=,inode=,identifier=]

If I print out $currentFolder.identifier .. it does not display anything.

Alex

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Just tested this on the demo too and I don't get the current folder identifier either:

http://demo.dotcms.com/about-us/test.html

Here is the widget I am using

##Get the URL of the page first

#set($topurl=$VTLSERVLET_URI.substring(1, $VTLSERVLET_URI.indexOf('/',1)))

#set($currentFolder = $folderAPI.findCurrentFolder($topurl,$host))

This is currentFOLDER: $currentFolder

HOST INFO= $host

HOST Identifier= $host.identifier

TOPURL = $topurl

Current Folder Identifier = $currentFolder.identifier

#foreach($con in $dotcontent.pull("+structureName:Templates +conFolder:$!{currentFolder.identifier}",1,"modDate desc"))

TEST

#end

Maria Ahues Bouza

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The issue was $topurl. You were using about-us and the path needs the /. It needs to be /about-us/.

I changed test.html in demo to test and it works now.

Alex

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I could not see the demo before it got deleted.

You mean I have to define the topurl like:

#set($topurl= "/$VTLSERVLET_URI.substring(1, $VTLSERVLET_URI.indexOf('/',1))/")

I do get $topurl as "/directory/", but I still do not get the folder identifier.

I also noticed that if I am in a directory such as /directory/subdirectory/ $topurl gives me only the directory and not the subdirectory.

Alex

Maria Ahues Bouza

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Not sure what you're doing differently but in demo, I changed the call directly, didn't update topurl, changed it to be /about-us/ and that worked.

Make sure that you're using the substrings properly, the code in demo was not returning the correct topurl, it was only returning about-us without the /

Your topurl is not returning the /subdirectory/ because you're doing an indexOf on the first "/".

Mark Pitely

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Alex,

That code I sent was not exactly perfect for what you wanted.

This will pull the full path name, cropping off any file at the end, and include the leading /, if you like:
#set ($topurl=$VTLSERVLET_URI.substring(0, $VTLSERVLET_URI.lastIndexOf('/')))
#set ($topurl=$topurl+"/")
$topurl

Mark

Brad Rice

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Not sure if this will help, but I have been doing something similar.

#set($delims = '/')
#set($path = $request.getRequestURI())
#set($path_array = $path.split($delims))

This gives you an arraylist of the folders in the path.

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Alex

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Got it! I am trying to the get the file identifier so I can determine the type of body tag the template should display. Here is the loop:

##From Mark - Thank You, Mark!

#set($topurl=$VTLSERVLET_URI.substring(0, $VTLSERVLET_URI.lastIndexOf('/')))
#set($topurl=$topurl+"/")

#set($currentFolder = $folderAPI.findCurrentFolder('$topurl','$host'))

$currentFolder.identifier
$!{currentFolder.identifier}

#foreach($con in $dotcontent.pull("+structureName:Templates +conFolder:$!{currentFolder.identifier}",1,"modDate desc"))

<body id="$con.bodyId">

#end

Alex

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Just to be more specific:

When I search a host/file field I need to use the identifier of the host/file so +conFile is a host field.

Thanks,

Alex

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Sorry, what I need is the FOLDER identifier, not the file.

Alex

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ok, I figured out what was wrong. Now, the question is:

When I do a pull with a host/folder field what exactly do I need to put in that field to make a pull and get a results. Neither the identifier or the inode of the folder seems to be doing the job.

#foreach($con in $dotcontent.pull("+structureName:Templates +conFolder:$!{currentFolder.identifier}",1,"modDate desc"))

#end

I am starting to hate the disk cache. I have to clear it every time I make changes to my containers.

Alex

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Sep 1, 2012, 10:44:40 PM9/1/12

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For those ones who may encounter this problem the host/folder field searches for the folder inode so the code to work should look like this. I put this in a container and it places the body tag of the template:

##Get the URL of the page first

#set($topurl=$VTLSERVLET_URI.substring(0, $VTLSERVLET_URI.lastIndexOf('/')))
#set($topurl=$topurl+"/")

#set($currentFolder = $folderAPI.findCurrentFolder("$topurl",$host))

#foreach($con in $dotcontent.pull("+structureName:Templates +conFolder:$currentFolder.inode",1,"modDate desc"))

#set($bodyId = $!{con.bodyId})

<body id="$bodyId">

Maria Ahues Bouza

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Alex,

Would you like to submit this to codeshare?

Thanks

Maria

Alex

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Sure go ahead! You and Mark are the ones that came up with the code I just tested it.

I think it is best used if you just set all he variables and then use the $variableName through out the template. This is very useful in a responsive template.

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