Re: Blocklayout/xarpages & dynamic data

"Christopher Torgalson" <[email protected]> wrote in message 
news:mailman.229.1165821958.6153.xaraya_user-gn8pmO+6nsymdvSpIQae8A@public.gmane.org
> Hello list,
>
> After lurking on the list for a couple of years, I'm finally trying to
> build a Xaraya site. At the moment, I'm trying to add an id attribute
> into the rendering of xarpages' default menu block. The id attribute
> will come from a dynamic data field I added to one of xarpages page
> types. The problem is that in the menu block I'm having trouble
> accessing the value of the dynamic data field, but I can't tell if
> it's a) a problem with my understanding of blocklayout, b) a problem
> with my understanding of xarpages, or c) [unlikely I think...] a bug.
>
> For example, I can use the following snippet in the template:
>
> <ul>
>  <xar:loop name="$page.dd">
>    <li>#$loop:key# =&gt; #$loop:item#</li>
>  </xar:loop>
> </ul>
>
> I assume it's not a problem with variable scope or similar because
> this works, and yields output something like this (as expected):
>
> <ul>
>  <li>page_title =&gt; Lorem Ipsum</li>
>  <li>page_id =&gt; fubar</li>
>  <li>page_content =&gt; Dolor sit amet consectetuer. Lipsum.</li>
> </ul>
>
> The problem arises when I try to access just /one/ of the dd fields like 
> this:
>
> <ul>
>  <xar:loop name="$page.dd">
>    <li>#$loop:item['page_id']#</li>
>  </xar:loop>
> </ul>
>
> ...or like this:
>
> <ul>
>  <xar:loop name="$page.dd">
>    <li>#$loop:item.page_id#</li>
>  </xar:loop>
> </ul>
>
> If I read the blocklayout RFC document correctly, either snippet
> should work, but what happens instead is that instead of the contents
> of ONE field, I get the FIRST CHARACTER of EACH field, something like
> this (assuming the same set of fields as shown in the output above):
>
> <ul>
>  <li>L</li>
>  <li>f</li>
>  <li>D</li>
> </ul>
>
> I have no idea what backasswards thing I may have done or what
> blocklayout/xarpages subtlety I've overlooked, but it sure /looks/
> like I've set things up correctly. If anyone has any comments advice,
> suggestions or even educational personal abuse, I'd be happy to listen
> to it...

The menu block template already accesses the 'menu_title' DD field to 
display the menu items. Do a search through the templates for that, and see 
how that works. It will generally by $pages.{pid}.dd.{dd_name}, or 
$current_page.dd.{dd_name} where {pid} is the page ID and {dd_name} is the 
name of the DD property.

-- JJ