[solved]content blocks and printing - Id of the current template?

[ader]

Hi,
I'm using CMSMS MLE v. 1.2.3 "Black Rock".

Every of my templates includes some {content} and {content block ...} tags. Above each of those tags there are some Global Content Blocks with text. Every template has different content block and global content blocks.

The problem is I don't know how to print this content depending on a template. Is it possible that the print template checks the name of the current template? For example somethin like:

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{title}<br/>{content}

{if template = 'Template A'}
<h1>{global_content name="TempA_Head1"}
{content block="TempA_Cont1"}
...
{/if}

{if template = 'Template B'}
<h1>{global_content name="TempB_Head1"}
{content block="TempB_Cont1"}
{/if}

This method would be perfect if the {content block}'s could be included in Global Content Blocks but I discovered if i put {content block=...} tags inside a {global_content ...} and then put this Global Content Block inside a template no textarea is created when adding/editing content.

I spent a lot of time on it and i'm still without solution. There were some topics on this forum related to mine, but any of them helped me.

Thank you in advance!

[ader]

I wrote a following UDT:

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global $gCms;

$tempop =& $gCms->GetTemplateOperations();
$temp =& $tempop->LoadTemplateByID($tempId);

return $temp->name;

How can I find the Id of the current template, so i could inster it instead of $tempId? There is a function named TemplateId(), which can be found in lib/classes/contenttypes/Content.inc.php in line 204, but I don't know how to use it. I don't know much about PHP.

TemplateId() is defined in class.content.inc.php line 404 and returns $mTemplateId.

[ader]

ok, here is the solution. It's not the best one, but enough for my purpose.


In backend/content/printing/Link template:

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{capture assign=CurrTemp}
{foreach from=$nodelist item=node}{if $node->current==true}{$node->titleattribute}{/if}{/foreach}
{/capture}

{if $CurrTemp=='TemplateA'}
{capture assign='TemplateContent'}
<h1>{global_content name='TemplateA_Header1'}</h1>
{content block='TemplateA_Content1'}

<h1>{global_content name='TemplateA_Header2'}</h1>
{content block='TemplateA_Content2'}

{/capture}
{/if}

{if $CurrTemp=='TemplateB'}
{capture assign='TemplateContent'}

<h1>{global_content name='TemplateB_Header1'}</h1>
{content block='TemplateB_Content1'}

...

{/capture}
{/if}

I don't use WYSIWYG editor for global contents so that's why they are between tags.


In backend/content/printing/Print template add just add {$TemplateContent}.

Prepare your stylesheet and that's it. If someone has a better idea please post it.
It's sad the PDF template can't work in the similar manner. Maybe someone knows how to generate content blocks to pdf?

[ader]

Sorry, fotgot to add it's based not on a ID of the current template but on th Title Attribute

To load the name of the template to the input field of the title attribute add this code to the ValidateData() function placed in line 321 in Content.inc.php

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	if ($this->mTitleAttribute == '')
	{
		global $gCms;
		$templateops =& $gCms->GetTemplateOperations();	
		$currenttemp =& $templateops->LoadTemplateByID($this->mTemplateId);
		$tempname =& $currenttemp->name;
		$this->mTitleAttribute = $tempname;
		$result = true;
	} 

Now it's ready solution and I hope some of you will find it useful

[ader]

hah, it seems i reply to myself ;] I just discovered that mentioned solution doesn't work if only print button is displayed. There must be both PDF and Print. To have both and display only one the quickest method is:

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{print showbutton=false pdf=true text=''}{print showbutton=true script=true popup=true}

Now it's 100% solution I just hope someone will find it useful.

The End.

[jack4ya]

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Prepare your stylesheet and that's it. If someone has a better idea please post it.
It's sad the PDF template can't work in the similar manner. Maybe someone knows how to generate content blocks to pdf?

I would like to know the same thing...