how to create more page attributes

[lazut]

how can I create a variable to specific the page other than three extra page attributes so I can call that variable in menu manager template. There is a section labeled "Smarty data or logic that is specific to this page" but I couldn't find any example related this topic. Or is there a way to call page content block values in menu manager to make some comparisons . I tried it like this;

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{content block="page extra attribute " assign="extra5" oneline="true"}

I created menu template

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{foreach from=$nodelist item='node'}
{if  $extra5=="test" }

<div class="thumbnail col-med-3">
<a href="{$node->url}" class=" ">
<img class="img-responsive" src="{$node->thumbnail}"  title="{$node->extra1}">
<div class="caption">
<h5 class="text-center">{$node->raw_menutext}<br></h5>
</a>
<p><a href="{$node->url}" class="btn btn-default" role="button">Learn More</a></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
{/if}
{/foreach}

and I created page and added this code

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{menu template="test" show_all='1' collapse='0'}

nothing happened and the page which has $extra5=="test" is active and show in menu option is clicked.

[velden]

Only the default 3 page attributes are available in Menu Manager.

However, there is a way to get content of other content blocks in Menu Manager.

You will need CGSimpleSmarty module. Read the module's help for get_page_content function

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{cgsimple::get_page_content($node->alias,'extra5','extra5')}

I think it's more efficient to use one of the 3 default page attributes though. I just wonder why you need so many?

[lazut]

I couldn't use product module because I got fatal error message during installation so each page in the site created as a product page and right now I am using menu manager template to create and classify related products to each pages . may be it's not efficient way but this is the solution I have found , code example is like this ;

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{capture assign='foo'}{$content_obj->GetPropertyValue('extra2')}{/capture}
{foreach from=$nodelist item='node'}
{if $node->extra1 =="Travertine Pavers"  && $node->extra2 =="$foo" || $node->extra1 =="Limestone Pavers" &&  $node->extra2 =="$foo" || $node->extra1 =="Marble Pavers" && $node->extra2 =="$foo" || $node->extra1 =="Travertine Mosaic Tile"  && $node->extra2 =="$foo" || $node->extra1 =="Limestone Mosaic Tile"  && $node->extra2 =="$foo" || $node->extra1 =="Marble Mosaic Tile"  && $node->extra2 =="$foo" || $node->extra1 =="Travertine Split Face Tile"  && $node->extra2 =="$foo" || $node->extra1 =="Limestone Split Face Tile"  && $node->extra2 =="$foo" || $node->extra1 =="Limestone Tile"  && $node->extra2 =="$foo" || $node->extra1 =="Travertine Tile"  && $node->extra2 =="$foo" || $node->extra1 =="Marble Tile"  && $node->extra2 =="$foo" }

I have created menu templates for each categories and product types.

[velden]

I think I'd rather try to fix the fatal error on the Products module, or use another module.

This just seems to be very inflexible (hard coded) and inefficient.

[Dr.CSS]

You need to make sure you have at least PHP 5.3.* to use the Products module, or any of the CG modules...

[psy]

{content block="page extra attribute " assign="extra5" oneline="true"}

Content block parameter must be url friendly, eg 'page-extra-attribute'. For longer names, add the label parameter, eg:

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{content block='extra-page-attribute' label='Extra page attribute' assign='extra5' oneline='true'}

This is also inefficient:

{capture assign='foo'}{$content_obj->GetPropertyValue('extra2')}{/capture}

Better to use:

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{$foo=$content_obj->GetPropertyValue('extra2')}

Agree 100% with Dr.CSS' and velden's advice...