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Reapeating a block multiple times using smarty
Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2014 1:20 pm
by acore
I wanto to repeat a custom set of blocks multiple times, and i would like to write it once and repeat it with a foor loop for example.
There is an example of what I want to do. Supose in my template there is place for data 6 teammates and I want their name and phone number. What i would like to do is something like:
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{for $id=1 to 6}
{content block="teammate`$id`_name" label="Name of teammate `$id`" oneline="true"}
{content block="teammate`$id`_phone" label="Teammate `$id` phone number" oneline="true"}
{/for}
Is it possible by any way? or I have to repeat the block six times changing only its number.
Re: Reapeating a block multiple times using smarty
Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2014 2:56 pm
by velden
It can't be done that way.
You could however use a module to accomplish what you like.
That module could be the News module which is installed by default. My personal choice would be ListItExtended (aka LI2 aka ListIt2)
Re: Reapeating a block multiple times using smarty
Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2014 3:13 pm
by acore
But what I want to do is to repeat blocks for the backend, not in the frontend page.
Re: Reapeating a block multiple times using smarty
Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2014 6:17 pm
by velden
acore wrote:But what I want to do is to repeat blocks for the backend, not in the frontend page.
That's not very likely I guess. But even if you´d really want that you can´t do it the way you proposed.
Maybe you should explain what exactly you want to accomplish (not technically, but a use case). Then I tell you to use News Module/ListItExtended module
Re: Reapeating a block multiple times using smarty
Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2014 12:18 am
by paulbaker
Your way (even if it could be done) means going in to the template each time a team member leaves or joins. Not very easy to use.
Using ListIt2 means adding a new team member is a matter of adding a new item in the admin area. When people leave it's even easier, just untick the green status tick box (or delete them completely).
See the screen shot which shows a team within a school from one of my sites, only 4 people remain from the 9 that were entered - see the tick boxes?
Don't be scared of ListIt2, it's dead easy once you get into it. Certainly a lot easier than the Smarty you're trying to do in your template.
Re: Reapeating a block multiple times using smarty
Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2014 9:25 am
by acore
OK. I see what do you say, but I have explained poorly (forget the teammates and their phone numbers). Lets try to do it better:
In short, the template I'm writing have six blocks with the same field structure so what I want to do is define the structure once and tell the template to repeat the structure six times. I think it is important because the structure may change in the future, but there allways be the same for the six blocks so I don't want to rewrite six blocks each time there is a new field.
This is the code I want to change:
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<div class="outerdiv">
<div id="f0" class="foto">
<img class="smallFoto" src="{content_image urlonly='1' block='f0_smallimage' dir='fdir' label='Small picture 0}"/>
<p>{content block='f0_title' label='Title 0' oneline='true'}</p>
<p>{content block='f0_subtitle' label='Subtitle 0' oneline='true'}</p>
</div>
<div id="f1" class="foto">
<img class="smallFoto" src="{content_image urlonly='1' block='f1_smallimage' dir='fdir' label='Small picture 1}"/>
<p>{content block='f1_title' label='Title 1' oneline='true'}</p>
<p>{content block='f1_subtitle' label='Subtitle 1' oneline='true'}</p>
</div>
<!--
...
-->
<div id="f6" class="foto">
<img class="smallFoto" src="{content_image urlonly='1' block='f6_smallimage' dir='fdir' label='Small picture 6}"/>
<p>{content block='f6_title' label='Title 6' oneline='true'}</p>
<p>{content block='f6_subtitle' label='Subtitle 6' oneline='true'}</p>
</div>
</div>
Re: Reapeating a block multiple times using smarty
Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2014 9:51 am
by velden
Use News module or ListItExtended (Listit2, LI2) or ...
It can NOT be done your way!
Re: Reapeating a block multiple times using smarty
Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2014 10:23 am
by paulbaker
acore wrote:so what I want to do is define the structure once and tell the template to repeat the structure six times. I think it is important because the structure may change in the future
You've just described ListIt2 pretty accurately.