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Generating a list of links within a list and detail page

Not sure how to describe this exactly, but here goes.

  • I have a standard list and details page set up and working correctly.
  • On the details page I am using Blocks to add multiple items (speakers with bio)
  • An id on the speakers name is set from the name (using urlify)

I want to generate a list of links from the all speaker IDs. Heres the detail template:


<h1><perch:content id="group" type="text" label="Speaker Group" required="true" title="true" /><small><a href="/speakers/">Other Speakers →</a></small></h1>
<perch:content id="slug" for="group" type="slug" suppress="true" />

<perch:blocks>
    <perch:block type="text" label="Add Speaker">

        <div class="speaker">

            <h2 id="<perch:content id="speaker" urlify="true" order="2" />"><perch:content id="speaker" type="text" label="Speaker Name" required="true" title="true" order="1" /></h2>
            <perch:repeater id="blurb" label="Text Block">
                <perch:if exists="blurb-title">
                    <h4><perch:content id="blurb-title" type="text" label="Block Title" /></h4>
                </perch:if>
                <perch:if exists="blurb-session">
                    <p><perch:content id="blurb-session" type="text" label="Block Sub Heading" /></p>
                </perch:if>
                <perch:content id="blurb-desc" type="textarea" label="Block Text" html="true" editor="redactor" />
            </perch:repeater>

        </div>

    </perch:block>
</perch:blocks>
Winston Grace

Winston Grace 0 points

  • 5 years ago
Drew McLellan

Drew McLellan 2638 points
Perch Support

5 years ago

I think you'd make a copy of the template, keep the blocks but strip them back to just the links. Then output your region again using this new template.
Winston Grace

Winston Grace 0 points

5 years ago

Could you detail that a little further? Currently I am outputting my list and detail region like this:


    <?php

         perch_content_create('Speakers', array(
              'template'  => 'speaker_detail.html',
              'multiple'  => true,
              'edit-mode' => 'listdetail',
         ));

         if (perch_get('s')) {

              // Detail mode
              perch_content_custom('Speakers', array(
                   'template' => 'speaker_detail.html',
                   'filter'   => 'slug',
                   'match'    => 'eq',
                   'value'    => perch_get('s'),
                   'count'    => 1,
              )); 

         } else {

              // List mode
              perch_content_custom('Speakers', array(
                   'template' => 'speaker_listing.html',
              )); 
         }

    ?>

Would I create the the simplified speaker_detail and output it within the if statement?
Drew McLellan

Drew McLellan 2638 points
Perch Support

5 years ago

Where would you like it to appear? Put it at that point in the page.

I was thinking something like:

<perch:blocks>
    <perch:block type="text" label="Add Speaker">
            <a href="#<perch:content id="speaker" urlify="true" order="2" />"><perch:content id="speaker" type="text" label="Speaker Name" required="true" title="true" order="1" /></a>
    </perch:block>
</perch:blocks>