Hide pages within container from variant (another RedDot bug?)

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Markus Giesen

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Jul 2, 2012, 9:53:30 PM7/2/12
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Hi there!
I have two project variants (V1 and V2).
I'd like to show my pages within a container in V1 but not V2.

I thought this is what this checkbox does:

Alas, this checkbox is useless for pages within containers. 

The OT support turned around and said "it's a documentation bug". This can be read as "It's cheaper to fix this bug in the documentation than fixing it in the code".

Instead of fighting this uphill battle to acknowledge  this as a bug:

Does anyone know if there is a way to read this value via render tags instead?

Regards,

Markus


Gavin Cope

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Jul 2, 2012, 11:00:23 PM7/2/12
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Hi Markus,

What about creating a blank template in the Content Class for that Variant?

Cheers,

Gavin


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Markus Giesen

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Jul 3, 2012, 1:58:41 AM7/3/12
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Hi Gavin, 
thanks for that! Creating a template to hide said template just doesn't seem right.
I'll pass it on but recall causing other implications, keeping content classes up to date / identifying the empty ones, etc.
Overall it's another band aid to the pile of band aids. 

Cheers,
Markus


On Tuesday, July 3, 2012 1:00:23 PM UTC+10, HiRAEdd wrote:
Hi Markus,

What about creating a blank template in the Content Class for that Variant?

Cheers,

Gavin

On 3 July 2012 11:53, Markus Giesen <> wrote:
Hi there!
I have two project variants (V1 and V2).
I'd like to show my pages within a container in V1 but not V2.

I thought this is what this checkbox does:

Alas, this checkbox is useless for pages within containers. 

The OT support turned around and said "it's a documentation bug". This can be read as "It's cheaper to fix this bug in the documentation than fixing it in the code".

Instead of fighting this uphill battle to acknowledge  this as a bug:

Does anyone know if there is a way to read this value via render tags instead?

Regards,

Markus


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Richard Hauer

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Jul 3, 2012, 5:22:49 AM7/3/12
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What is your runtime technology?

In .net-speak, can you wrap your code in a server-side div thus:

 

<div runat=’server’ visible=’<% = (“<%inf_variantGuid%>” == “00000000111122223333444444444444” ? false : true) %>’>

 

It will be emitted into the source but not visible on the client side.  Obviously the <%inf_variantGuid%> is an element and the other <% %> is part of the server-side .net code.

 

 

Regards render tags you can do this:

 

<%!! Context:CurrentProjectVariantId !!%>

 

Which will get you a GUID as per the info element.

 

Regards,

Richard Hauer

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Hi Gavin, 

thanks for that! Creating a template to hide said template just doesn't seem right.

I'll pass it on but recall causing other implications, keeping content classes up to date / identifying the empty ones, etc.

Overall it's another band aid to the pile of band aids. 

 

Cheers,

Markus

On Tuesday, July 3, 2012 1:00:23 PM UTC+10, HiRAEdd wrote:

Hi Markus,

What about creating a blank template in the Content Class for that Variant?

Cheers,

Gavin

On 3 July 2012 11:53, Markus Giesen <> wrote:

Hi there!

I have two project variants (V1 and V2).

I'd like to show my pages within a container in V1 but not V2.

 

I thought this is what this checkbox does:

Tim D

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Jul 3, 2012, 11:29:20 AM7/3/12
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Are there other page types you do want to show in the container? If not you could remove your container from the template variant for where you want to hide them. This leaves the logic in one place.

Best,
Tim

Gavin Cope

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Jul 3, 2012, 7:46:20 PM7/3/12
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I hear what you're saying Markus. I actually find this feature quite useful in preventing orphan pages from ever being published on the web site. Orphan pages being content classes that should never be instantiated outside of a structural framework. I guess the nicest solution would be to have two options: "Do Not Publish Alone" and "Do Not Publish EVA!" :)

Cheers,

Gavin

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Markus Giesen

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Jul 10, 2012, 12:02:11 AM7/10/12
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Thanks guys, those are all good suggestions!
I'll go with the RenderTag approach for now, this allows me to use an option list, so I can define whether or not to show certain page parts in multiple language variants (clunky but a client requirement..)
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