Hi there,
So Im new to modx still.
Im building my first website. I have multiple templates. What I want do is this here:
I want to have a field somewhere, where the client can write in the adress and then all templates should be updated with that variable.
Do I need to build a new resource for that?
Or can I add a sort of template variable that is able to change all template variables?
Or are there other much easier ways to get there?
Thanks!
Greatings
K
If you have reoccuring content which should be the same across multiple resources you can use a Chunk. Create a new chunk and add the chunk placeholder [[$yourchunkname]] within the templates you want this content to appear.
If you want the content of this chunk to be adjustable by your client, you have to use a TV (Template Variable) which gets placed within your chunk. Because TVs are resource specific you can’t just use the general placeholder [[*yourtvname]] as it would only show the values entered for the current resource.
However you can assign the TV to the template of a resource, let’s say your “Home” resource and reference that resource by using the fastField tag within your chunk. If your homepage has resource ID 1 it would look something like this: [[#1.yourtvname]]. This will now fetch the data from your TV but always take the values entered in the “Home” resource.
In general I would highly recommend investing some time in understanding how the following are used and what their functions are which will unlock the full MODX flexibility for you:
Hope this helps!
Maybe you could also just create a new system setting: https://docs.modx.com/current/en/building-sites/settings
Thanks a lot, that definitely helps and I will look into the docs you refered to!