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Rendering content tags inside global content blocks
Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2018 8:24 am
by noelelias
I'm wondering why "content tags" inside a "global content block" do not render.
And if it possible to add this feature in the future?
Re: Rendering content tags inside global content blocks
Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2018 2:47 pm
by DIGI3
It sounds like you're on a really old version, GCB's have been replaced with generic templates, and wouldn't have any issues like that.
Re: Rendering content tags inside global content blocks
Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2018 3:41 pm
by noelelias
Yes sorry that's what I meant.
But they don't work either.
What I meant is that content tags inside these gcb or general blocks do not show up inside the content manager. If I instead use smarty blocks it works.
Re: Rendering content tags inside global content blocks
Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2018 3:03 pm
by DIGI3
Just define them in the page template first, assigned to a variable, then you can display them in the generic template.
In your page template:
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{$textblock="{content block='foo'}" scope=global}
{include file='cms_template:mytemplate'}
In your generic template: