Producing a sortable list by ECB from LinkMgr

[Guido]

Hi,

I am trying to add a content block to my page template via ECB. I want it to be a sortable list, which retrieves its values from the Link Mgr module. I tried making a UDT, tried assigning the values from the LinkMgr call to a value and then passing it on to the ECB content block call, but it always remains empty.

When I use "print_r" on the var I create (or just call the UDT), it produces the comma separated list I want, but somehow ECB doesn't like it. Anyone have any thougts on this?

I know I could use Advanced Content for this, but this is a too heavy-weight module for what I'm trying to do in my opinion.

An example:

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{content_module module="ECB" field="sortablelist" block="testsortablelist" label="Test lijstsortering" values=test1=Test 1,test2=Test 2}

Works as expected, but

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{assign var='list' value="test1=Test 1,test2=Test 2"}
 {content_module module="ECB" field="sortablelist" block="testsortablelist" label="Test lijstsortering" values=$list}

doesn't.

[velden]

Seems like assign a smarty variable in a template does not work well for using in the backend.

Consider using a UDT and and use the udt parameter?

[Guido]

Thanks for your reply.

I did create a UDT, but ran into the same problem. I designed the UDT so it would output the same comma separated list. I'm not sure if this is the way to go, since for a different field selector the developer requires an array when you use the 'udt' method.

For the sortable list however, there are no specifications in the help. And, moreover, I suck too much at programming to create an array from a UDT