Display module output portion

[nervino]

Hi, I have to display part of the content of my module output in a sidebar.

1) In the template defined in the admin panel of CMSMS, I have something like this:

<div id="central_content">{content}</div>

and

<div id="sidebar">(here I want to display a form)</div>

2) In a CMSMS page I call my module
{cms_module module="mymodule"}

At the moment, all the output generated by "mymodule" is displayed in the "content" DIV, of course.
I need to display in the "sidebar" only a little part of the entire output (a form).

I have read the forum and found that the {content_module} tag could maybe solve my problem; but I didn't understand how to use it.

I know I can call, for example:
{content_module block='form' module='mymodule'}
in the template. But, how can assign, in my module's php code, the form to block='form'?

Is there another, maybe better, way to acheive this?

(I hope I clearly explained what I need).

thanks

[uniqu3]

You could add assign to your module template for example:

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{assign var='is_module' value='1'}

And edit that module template to contain </div><div id="sidebar">form code</div>

Then in your page template on start of it add:

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{content assign='my_content'}

Now in your page tempalte where your content is:

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{if isset($is_module)}
<div id="central_content">{$my_content}
{else}
<div id="central_content">{$my_content}</div>

<div id="sidebar">Some other sidebar content that is shown when no module</div>
{/if}

Hope you get the point.

[nervino]

Hope you get the point.

I think so. So I have to edit the module template (.tpl under templates dir of my module).
I hoped there was another way to have the form displayed in the sidebar, just editing the main template of the cms.

I also tried to use {capture}, but without success:
in module's template:
{capture assign='myform'}THE FORM {/capture}

then, in the head of the main cms template, I put:
{capture}{content}{/capture}

and tried to display the form in this way in the body.
<div id="sidebar">{$myform}</div>

But doesn't work.


Thank you uniqu3!

[uniqu3]

What module do you try to use? Most of module templates can be edited in backend, no need to mess with original .tpl files these are used for sample templates.

[nervino]

It is a module I'm developing

[Duketown]

nervino,

According to me it is better to prepare one php that displays the content. Yet another prepares the sidebar material. Next prepare a template (that will be connected to the page) and in the sidebar part of the template call your module using {cms_module module='MyModule' display=sidebar} and in the content part of the page use {cms_module module='MyModule' display=content}.

Duketown

PS. will it be a module for the community (or later on maybe)?

[nervino]

Thank you, I'll try your suggestions.

No, the module is an application for a customer of mine, very specific and of no interest for others.