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Reuse data entry on other pages

Hi there, excuse me for asking what may be a simple question. I am pretty shaky at PHP and new to Perch.

I am planning to build a new master page that is basically title text and an image, which is simple to do but how can i use content within this page elsewhere.

Basically i have a section on the homepage that i'd like to display an image, link and a title from the latest 4 pages created by the editor. In Drupal i would usually quickly create a View and pull in the content fields.

Thanks for your help!

Rik
Richard Barwick

Richard Barwick 0 points

  • 6 years ago
Richard Barwick

Richard Barwick 0 points

6 years ago

A bit of digging has unearthed this in the help docs – https://docs.grabaperch.com/docs/content/perch-content-custom/

I think this would do the trick but if there is a walkthrough somewhere that would be useful.

Thanks!
Rachel Andrew

Rachel Andrew 394 points
Perch Support

6 years ago

There is a video here: https://docs.grabaperch.com/video/v/using-perchcontentcustom/
Richard Barwick

Richard Barwick 0 points

6 years ago

Thanks Rachel, i'll have a look.
Richard Barwick

Richard Barwick 0 points

6 years ago

Thanks again Rachel – this looks like it could be it!

I think what i need to do is;

  1. Create a new Master Page Template for the pages the editor will create. For example this will create '/page/1.php, /page/2.php, etc'.
  2. Use Content Custom to display the latest 4 pages created by the editor and pull in the fields from those pages
  3. Use a Content Template to control how these field are displayed and link to those pages.

In theory this should be simple enough
Drew McLellan

Drew McLellan 2638 points
Perch Support

6 years ago

Let us know if you have any problems.
Richard Barwick

Richard Barwick 0 points

6 years ago

Will do, a friend pointed me to this support link which looks perfect. Trying today.

https://solutions.grabaperch.com/architecture/how-do-i-create-list-detail-pages