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Couldn't find anything about it, so hopefully anyone can help me:
In the install.php, let's say I want to add content to the sidebar of the home page, I can do it like this:
//sidebar content
$bt = BlockType::getByHandle('content');
$data = array();
$data['uID'] = $this->installData['USER_SUPER_ID'];
$data['content'] = t('Text on my sidebar...');
$home->addBlock($bt, "Sidebar", $data);
But I would like to not only add this block to one page, I want it to be the default on the added page type and also add it to any other existing page sharing the same page type (e.g left_sidebar). How can I do this?
In the install.php, let's say I want to add content to the sidebar of the home page, I can do it like this:
//sidebar content
$bt = BlockType::getByHandle('content');
$data = array();
$data['uID'] = $this->installData['USER_SUPER_ID'];
$data['content'] = t('Text on my sidebar...');
$home->addBlock($bt, "Sidebar", $data);
But I would like to not only add this block to one page, I want it to be the default on the added page type and also add it to any other existing page sharing the same page type (e.g left_sidebar). How can I do this?
just do it on the page-defaults page, or you can hard code things aswell
I want to prepare an installer so new websites have already a specific content over each page.
Hard coding would be a bad idea cause the Editor User most likely wants to change it.
Hard coding would be a bad idea cause the Editor User most likely wants to change it.
Is your installer adding this new page type or is it working with a page type that already exists in the system?
If it's adding the new page type, do this:
If you want to add it to an existing page type, do this:
If it's adding the new page type, do this:
$pkg = parent::install(); Loader::model('collection_types'); $data = array( 'ctHandle' => 'my_pagetype_handle', 'ctName' => t('My Page Type Name'), 'ctIcon' => 'main.png', ); $myNewPageType = CollectionType::add($data, $pkg); $myNewPageDefaults = $myNewPageType->getMasterTemplate(); //sidebar content $bt = BlockType::getByHandle('content'); $data = array(); $data['uID'] = $this->installData['USER_SUPER_ID']; //<-- NOTE that this isn't necessary because the block will be installed under the current user's ID if you don't provide your own $data['content'] = t('Text on my sidebar...'); $myNewPageDefaults->addBlock($bt, "Sidebar", $data);
If you want to add it to an existing page type, do this:
Loader::model('collection_types'); $myPageType = CollectionType::getByHandle('my_pagetype_handle'); $myPageDefaults = $myPageType->getMasterTemplate(); //sidebar content //...same as above...
Thank you, that was exactly what I was looking for!
