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I'm having some trouble hardcoding the autonav block into a page type. I've copied the example fromhttp://www.concrete5.org/documentation/how-tos/developers/hardcode-... and when I use var_dump() to check that the object was set along with the properties, it comes back with data which all looks normal. The problem is that the navigation doesn't display at all. I'm not sure of how to fix this or where to look next and googling hasn't gotten any answers yet.

If anyone has any ideas, I'd be grateful.

$navBT = BlockType::getByHandle('autonav');
$navBT->controller->displayPages = 'second_level';
$navBT->controller->orderBy = 'display_asc';
$navBT->controller->displaySubPages = 'all';
$navBT->controller->displaySubPageLevels = 'all';
$navBT->controller->render('view');
jyncka
 
mhawke replied on at Permalink Reply
mhawke
Is there a live URL we could have a look at?
jyncka replied on at Permalink Reply
jyncka
It's on a dev server which is locked down. But I can offer more context in the form of the surrounding HTML.

<div id="body">
                <div id="middle">
                        <div id="contentwrapper">
                                <div id="content">
                                        <?php
                                        print "test";
                                        $navBT = BlockType::getByHandle('autonav');
                                        $navBT->controller->displayPages = "second_level";
                                        $navBT->controller->orderby = "display_asc";
                                        $navBT->controller->displaySubPages = "all";
                                        $navBT->controller->displaySubPageLevels = "all";
                                        $navBT->render("view");
                                        print "<h1>".$page->vObj->cvName."</h1>";
                                        $a = new Area('Main');
                                        $a->display($c);
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It's possible I'm not seeing something obvious and just need a second pair of eyes.
jankoehoorn replied on at Permalink Reply
jankoehoorn
This is a working example I use:

<?php
$autonav = BlockType :: getByHandle ( 'autonav' );
$autonav -> controller -> orderBy = 'display_asc';
$autonav -> controller -> displayPages = 'second_level';
$autonav -> controller -> displaySubPages = 'all';
$autonav -> controller -> displaySubPageLevels = 'custom';
$autonav -> controller -> displaySubPageLevelsNum = '2';
$autonav -> render ( 'view' );
?>


If that still doesn't work, I would suggest:

• Do those pages have read permissions?
• Are those pages 'exclude_from_nav'?
• Are there any pages at the second level?