What is the recommended Approach to customize a vtl file in 2.0?

[Alex]

Hi,

I need to customize the /static/content/content_form_macro.vtl. What
is the best approach?

a. Do it in a plugin under /Root/directory path
b. Create my own vtl and put it in my vtl folder.

Thanks,

Alex

[Jorge Urdaneta]

Option (a) looks great :)

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[Maria Ahues Bouza]

Alex,

The answer is it depends, if the macro allows to override the source code I think it's better to do this, that way you can easily update theVTL file from the Website Browser and you can have different source codes for different implementations of the same macro.

If the macro doesn't allow the override then option b works fine.

If you want to override the SubmitContent form. I would do this:

1. Save the file to the Website browser, for instance: /application/content/submit_content.vtl

2. Override the source file on the macro like this:

#set($submitContentSrc="/application/content/submit_content.vtl")
#submitContent('mystructure')

Thanks
Maria

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[Alex]

Thanks Jorge!

I am trying to add a custom macro to the vtl file, but for some reason
my form does not display and I do not get any erros. Do you have any
ideas why? If I set it from a widget it works.

#* MODIFICATION TO SUBMIT CONTENT WITH OPEN ID AND OAUTH *#
<h2>

$text.get('org.dotcms.frontend.content.submission.login.message1')
$text.get('org.dotcms.frontend.content.sub$

$session.setAttribute("REDIRECT_AFTER_LOGIN","${VTLSERVLET_URI}?$!
{request.getQueryString()}")</h2>

#set($loginFormSourceCode = '//shared/vtl/macros/
login_macro.vtl')
#loginForm()

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[Alex]

Nevermind! It was a cache issue. I cleared cache and everything
works as I want.

Thank YOU!

Alex

[Jorge Urdaneta]

Good to know. I was about to tell you to use dotParse to include that vtl.
http://dotcms.com/docs/2.0/DynamicIncludeOfAVtlOrHTMLFile

But if it works then don't touch it hehehe

On 06/22/2012 03:47 PM, Alex wrote:

Nevermind!  It was a cache issue.  I cleared cache and everything works as I want.

Thank YOU!

Alex
On Jun 22, 2012, at 2:03 PM, Alex wrote:

Thanks Jorge!

I am trying to add a custom macro to the vtl file, but for some reason my form does not display and I do not get any erros.  Do you have any ideas why?  If I set it from a widget it works.

#* MODIFICATION TO SUBMIT CONTENT WITH OPEN ID AND OAUTH *#
<h2>
                       $text.get('org.dotcms.frontend.content.submission.login.message1') $text.get('org.dotcms.frontend.content.sub$
                       $session.setAttribute("REDIRECT_AFTER_LOGIN","${VTLSERVLET_URI}?$!{request.getQueryString()}")</h2>

       #set($loginFormSourceCode = '//shared/vtl/macros/login_macro.vtl')