is it possible to have different content page sidebar?

[n4tec]

i am currently designing a cmsms template for a medical journal. i have the lastest version installed on an xampp offline server on another computer.

i have now got to the point where i needed to have different sidebar content for the content pages. am wondering if it possible.

thx!!

ps: not sure i have posted in correct forum.

[uniqu3]

Depends what you want in your sidebar, but there are multiple solutions.

One would be using GlobalContentBlocks
Another would be {content block='sidebar' label='This is my sidebar'}
Or you can also look at this post: http://www.i-do-this.com/blog/42/Give-Y ... ir-Sidebar or this http://www.i-do-this.com/blog/36/Give-Y ... ir-Sidebar

[n4tec]

i have tried using the code in the following link.
http://www.i-do-this.com/blog/42/Give-Y ... ir-Sidebar

but am getting an error.

string(727) "Smarty error:unable to read resource:"global content

where do i put these code?

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{content block="global_content_blocks" page_tab="Sidebar" block_type="select_multiple" sortable="true" items=":::get_gcb_list incl_prefix='sidebar_' delimiter='|' output='name':::" assign="global_content_blocks" smarty=true}

am getting a fatal error regarding memory size if i put it in global content block or template..

thx

[uniqu3]

That code should go in your page template.
But looks like you have a typo somwhere? Error says it can't read "global content" as global content should be global_content.
And do you have any Global Content Blocks with prefix sidebar_ set?

[n4tec]

i will review the coding in regard to the error.. i do not have the sidebar_set gcb..

thx..

[Dr.CSS]

If you call a GCB in page it must exist in Global Content Blocks page else you get an error...

[n4tec]

I have created the gcb called sidebar_ but still have the error.

[uniqu3]

You did read the whole post?
After adding gcb do you still get errors? do you see a list of GCB in backend when editing page?

incl_prefix='sidebar_' is used to check for GCB with a prefix sidebar_ in their name, rename it to sidebar_something.
If it still doesn't work then please reply if error is different now or still the same and/or pm me your credentials and ill have a peek there.

[n4tec]

thanks !! but my site is not on an online server but an offline one..

But i have finally solved it after i figured i may have mixed up the order of things.

i put in the template

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{content block="global_content_blocks" page_tab="Sidebar" block_type="select_multiple" sortable="true" items=":::get_gcb_list incl_prefix='sidebar_' delimiter='|' output='name':::" assign="global_content_blocks" smarty=true}

then put these in global_content_blocks text area created by above code which i had not been doing leading to the error..

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{* content will be divided on the basis of the delimiter into an array *}
  {assign var="global_content_blocks_array" value="|"|explode:$global_content_blocks}
 {* pass array *}...

or code can be in gcb inside the txtarea in the content pages..

SOLVED!!

Thanks once again!!!

[n4tec]

i thought i had solved it but i haven't yet!!