Handling a CMS-partial for multiple routes

[dijkr]

{{ partial:banner_cat }} is loaded within two views. Meaning two different routes. Meaning the CMS will only display the CMS-banner when using /categorie/{category:slug} this route at the moment. It won't respond to /product/{product:slug}. Both routes need the same partial.

The not so nice solution would be to create a new collection. And then create another Antlers-view that uses that collection. The partial doesn't need to change, but every product then need to set the category-banner. That is a lot of work and also doesn't make sense.

The best solution is to make the partial indepentent. I can see to obstacles:

• The ProductController has two functions, that fetch category-data. Just to add the data to product-related queries.
• The URLs do not match, since both function will be called from seperate routes.

The question is, should the category-data be indepentent from the back-end already, or should there be a solution with Antlers to catch this issue?

Check out https://github.com/dijkr/Copia/issues/16 to research the origin of this problem.

[dijkr]

I want the banner partial showing the banner for the category the product has a relation with. Right now, the banner only works when the route for a category is handled. This banner partial checks if the the second part of the url match something set at the CMS. Of course this second part is a name of a category -> {{ collection:categorien :slug:is="segment_2" }}. Whenever a product is shown, the second part of the URL is a product.

[dijkr]

Solved

1. Controller gets data and stores it to $categorySlug

   return View::make('producten')
           ->layout('layout')
           ->with(['groupedProducts' => $groupedProducts,
               'category' => $category,
               'categorySlug' => $categorySlug,
           ]);

2. View fetch the data into a URL <a href="/{{ categorySlug }}/{{ slug }}">
3. Route used the Route::get('/{category:slug}/{product:slug}', [ProductController::class, 'showProduct']);]
4. php artisan route:clear