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How do you embed the tags block into a template?

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Hi There,

I have a site that requires separate tags for news and for projects.

If I change the attribute handle for the built-in tags block, how can I then embed the block so I can change the attribute handle?

I'm testing the embed code by leaving the tags handle as 'tags' for now.

With the following code, I can show the tags assigned to the current page but can't display all tags
<?php      
  $tags = BlockType::getByHandle('tags');
  $targetPage = Page::getByPath('/projects/project-search-results'); // $targetPage needs to be a valid page object, or links will not appear
  $tags->controller->targetCID = $targetPage->getCollectionID();
  $tags->render('templates/project_tags');
?>


I then have a custom block template called project_tags.php

But I would like to show a list of all the tags - not just the ones assigned to the current page - is that possible?

Hope this all makes sense.

Cheers

Ben
 
cmscss replied on at Permalink Reply
So after digging around in firebug and looking at tag_form.php in /concrete/block/tags, I've assembled the following attributes for embedding the tags block:
<?php      
  $tagsBT = BlockType::getByHandle('tags'); // get an instence of the tags block and name it $tagsBT
  $tagsBT->controller->attributeHandle = "tags"; // attribute handle of the tags to display
  $targetPage = Page::getByPath('/projects/project-search-results'); // when you click a tag, this is the page that displays the results - must contain a search block and must be a valid page or no tags will display
  $tagsBT->controller->targetCID = $targetPage->getCollectionID(); // links tags to the $targetPage above
  $tagsBT->displayMode = 'cloud'; // possible modes: cloud = displays all tags  |  page = displays tags assigned to the current page only
  $tagsBT->cloudCount = '10'; // number of tags to display
  $tagsBT->render('templates/view'); // display template used to control how the tags render
?>


But I still can't get it to display all the tags (I'm sure cloudMode is supposed to display all the tags) - but it only outputs the tags assigned to the current page.

I also guessed at what each item does in the comments so hope they're right!
cmscss replied on at Permalink Reply
Could there be something in the render template limiting the tags to only those assigned to the current page maybe?
cmscss replied on at Permalink Best Answer Reply
So I was missing ->controller on displayMode and cloudCount - final embed code is:
<?php      
  // here's an example using a different attribute handle
  $tagsBT = BlockType::getByHandle('tags'); // get an instence of the tags block and name it $tagsBT
  $tagsBT->controller->attributeHandle = "another_tag"; // attribute handle of the tags to display
  $targetPage = Page::getByPath('/projects/project-search-results'); // when you click a tag, this is the page that displays the results - must contain a search block and must be a valid page or no tags will display
  $tagsBT->controller->targetCID = $targetPage->getCollectionID(); // links tags to the $targetPage above
  $tagsBT->controller->displayMode = 'cloud'; // possible modes: cloud = displays all tags / page = displays tags assigned to the current page only
  $tagsBT->controller->cloudCount = '10'; // number of tags to display when using cloud displayMode above
  $tagsBT->render('view'); // display template used to control how the tags render
?>