Retrieve multiple pageFields with a single XSLT file
I am looking for a way to retrieve multiple pagefields from the same node, to have them display on a different page. I have this working for a single page field. The code below fulfills the standard action of linking one node's content with another's.
In my website project, I have several school areas (/college, /seminary, /highschool, /distance) that need to offer admissions information. I also have an admissions area of the website, a sort of one-stop-shop for all things admissions, at /apply. I want to have all the content at /apply, and distribute the content with XSLT to /college/admissions, /seminary/admissions, ect...
Some of these pages have many expanding menus, where a user sees only the title, clicks on it, and opens a div that contains lots of other information (as a way to keep the page from becoming overly text-heavy). Maybe I haven't set this up in the best way, but I have hard-coded each of these expanding menus into my template, and call the pageField for the menu's title and its content:
Some pages like this have up to 20 of these hard-coded expanding menus. (It's a bit of a headache, but I'm just starting to get my footing in XSLT, so if there is a way to automatically generate this <h2 class = "trigger"> stuff as well, I am happy to hear that too!)
In both /apply and, for example, /college/admissions, I have set up parallel templates. For instance, the actual content will be entered into /apply/how-to-enrol.aspx. This page has 10 expanding menus to match the expanding menu page /college/admissions/how-to-enrol.aspx.
To make the transfer of information happen, I am having to create individual XSLT files and macros that call up each individual pageField, such as these:
This way, apply-expMenu2 from /apply/how-to-enrol.aspx feeds into /college/admissions/how-to-enrol.aspx. But having to do this for every single menu item is very time consuming.
Is there a way to automate this process a bit more?
Thank-you for helping me with this confusing problem.
If there is an easier way to set this up (such as some sort of <xsl:for-each> that would build the expanding menu markup around each pageField), I am happy to hear it.
There's definitely ways to do this - could you show us perhaps a screenshot of your Content tree, and a snippet of the HTML you hope to generate? Then it will be easier to provide some code samples etc. to get you going.
Here is the /apply/college content tree (it's not complete, but you get the idea):
Here is the /college/admissions content tree. As you can see, the pages are named the same. So, "How to Enrol" from /apply/college will be sent to "How to Enrol" /college/admissions.
Here is the XSLT I am currently using to get info from one pageField to another:
Here is a snippet of the HTML I use for the expanding menus (which I would like to generate through XSLT):
<!-- this is one complete unit, title and expandable div -->
<!-- h2.trigger forms the titlebar which the user would click on to expand -->
<h2 class="trigger"> <umbraco:Item field="sourceFeed-ExpandingMenu1" runat="server"/> </h2>
<!-- div.toggle_container contains the content; div.block just supplies some extra formatting -->
<div class="toggle_container"><div class="block">
<umbraco:Item field="sourceFeed-ExpandingMenu1" runat="server"/>
</div></div>
Retrieve multiple pageFields with a single XSLT file
I am looking for a way to retrieve multiple pagefields from the same node, to have them display on a different page. I have this working for a single page field. The code below fulfills the standard action of linking one node's content with another's.
<xsl:template match="/">
<xsl:variable name="source" select="/macro/source" />
<xsl:variable name="homeNode" select="umbraco.library:GetXmlNodeById($source)" />
<xsl:value-of select="$homeNode/pageContent" disable-output-escaping="yes" />
</xsl:template>
In my website project, I have several school areas (/college, /seminary, /highschool, /distance) that need to offer admissions information. I also have an admissions area of the website, a sort of one-stop-shop for all things admissions, at /apply. I want to have all the content at /apply, and distribute the content with XSLT to /college/admissions, /seminary/admissions, ect...
Some of these pages have many expanding menus, where a user sees only the title, clicks on it, and opens a div that contains lots of other information (as a way to keep the page from becoming overly text-heavy). Maybe I haven't set this up in the best way, but I have hard-coded each of these expanding menus into my template, and call the pageField for the menu's title and its content:
<h2 class="trigger"><umbraco:Item field="expMenuTitle1" runat="server"/></h2><div class="toggle_container">
<div class="block">
<umbraco:Item field="expMenuContent1" runat="server"/>
</div>
</div>
Some pages like this have up to 20 of these hard-coded expanding menus. (It's a bit of a headache, but I'm just starting to get my footing in XSLT, so if there is a way to automatically generate this <h2 class = "trigger"> stuff as well, I am happy to hear that too!)
In both /apply and, for example, /college/admissions, I have set up parallel templates. For instance, the actual content will be entered into /apply/how-to-enrol.aspx. This page has 10 expanding menus to match the expanding menu page /college/admissions/how-to-enrol.aspx.
To make the transfer of information happen, I am having to create individual XSLT files and macros that call up each individual pageField, such as these:
File 1
<xsl:value-of select="$homeNode/apply-expMenu1" disable-output-escaping="yes" />
File 2 ...
<xsl:value-of select="$homeNode/apply-expMenu2" disable-output-escaping="yes" />
This way, apply-expMenu2 from /apply/how-to-enrol.aspx feeds into /college/admissions/how-to-enrol.aspx. But having to do this for every single menu item is very time consuming.
Is there a way to automate this process a bit more?
Something like:
<xsl:value-of select="$homeNode/apply-expMenu($number)" disable-output-escaping="yes" />
Thank-you for helping me with this confusing problem.
If there is an easier way to set this up (such as some sort of <xsl:for-each> that would build the expanding menu markup around each pageField), I am happy to hear it.
Hi Luke,
There's definitely ways to do this - could you show us perhaps a screenshot of your Content tree, and a snippet of the HTML you hope to generate? Then it will be easier to provide some code samples etc. to get you going.
/Chriztian
Thanks, Chriztian!
Here is the /apply/college content tree (it's not complete, but you get the idea):
Here is the /college/admissions content tree. As you can see, the pages are named the same. So, "How to Enrol" from /apply/college will be sent to "How to Enrol" /college/admissions.
Here is the XSLT I am currently using to get info from one pageField to another:
<xsl:template match="/">
<xsl:variable name="source" select="/macro/source" />
<xsl:variable name="homeNode" select="umbraco.library:GetXmlNodeById($source)" />
<xsl:value-of select="$homeNode/pageContent" disable-output-escaping="yes" />
</xsl:template>
Here is a snippet of the HTML I use for the expanding menus (which I would like to generate through XSLT):
<!-- this is one complete unit, title and expandable div --> <!-- h2.trigger forms the titlebar which the user would click on to expand --> <h2 class="trigger"><umbraco:Item field="sourceFeed-ExpandingMenu1" runat="server"/>
</h2> <!-- div.toggle_container contains the content; div.block just supplies some extra formatting --> <div class="toggle_container"><div class="block"> <umbraco:Item field="sourceFeed-ExpandingMenu1" runat="server"/> </div></div>
And here are the menus when they are in use:
(A live example of these menus is found on our current website: http://briercrest.ca/college/prospective/admissions/howtoenrol/)
I hope this gives some bearings. Please let me know if any other information would be helpful!
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