John Poltorak wrote:
On Tue, Jun 21, 2005 at 03:16:11PM -0500, J Cameron Cooper wrote:
John Poltorak wrote:
If I create a macro which defines a slot called 'content', is there any way to have that slot populated by a file with a specific name if it exists in a folder? What I'd like to do is create a structure text file, in each of the folders A B C and have it automatically loaded into a content slot of a master template whenever the options A B C are selected.
Can I do that, and if so how?
I have spent all day looking at ZPT references and have no idea if what I'd like to do is possible.
You don't have to involve macros::
<div>I'm a header</div>
<p tal:condition="exists:context/stxfile" tal:replace="structure context/stxfile/CookedBody"> This is sample page content </p>
<div>I'm a footer</div>
If 'stxfile' can be aquired, what it renders will be included as page structure. (You may need to use a different method one the end of the path to render the object; for Documents, this is 'CookedBody'.) Otherwise, nothing will be rendered, though you could add a block with the oposite condition to supply a default action.
Is 'stxfile' the actual filename? I'm not concerned about it being structured initially - just want to see it working in principle with any file containg some text.
It's the name of an object. I made up this name for your "structure text file, in each of the folders A B C". You may call it as you will. Note: there is no such thing as a "file" in the ZODB. Everything is an object. This is how "content" is viewed. One thing I forgot to mention: you would apply this template (say it's named 'special_view') to your folders, like: http://localhost/A/special_view http://localhost/B/special_view http://localhost/C/special_view Now, if we used a template like this (let's name it 'direct_view'):: <div>I'm a header</div> <p tal:replace="structure context/CookedBody"> This is sample page content </p> <div>I'm a footer</div> we could apply it like so:: http://localhost/A/stxfile/direct_view http://localhost/B/stxfile/direct_view http://localhost/C/stxfile/direct_view This is a much more typical pattern, at least for content. If you want to apply a wrapper to page templates, then you use macros. --jcc -- "Building Websites with Plone" http://plonebook.packtpub.com/ Enfold Systems, LLC http://www.enfoldsystems.com