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The overall repository with MODX issues to tackle together at the MODX CCC 2015. This place is ment to be as a big pond of possibilies.
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Choosing a template BEFORE a resource is created #54

Closed mindeffects closed 9 years ago

mindeffects commented 9 years ago

Normally you create a resource and the first thing you do is set a correct template, because it is often the correct one. This change always takes some time. Before a resource is created, the user should be ask which template should be used – also when duplicating a resource. I help myself be using defaultTemplateByParentTv.plugin but this is not exactly what I want. MODX shall ask what kind of page should be created. A default is nice, but it cannot be changed to another template before the resource is created.

DESIGNfromWITHIN commented 9 years ago

+1 this would make creating pages for non-technical clients more intuitive.

bequadrat commented 9 years ago

Done and working! See: https://github.com/bequadrat/modx-template-select

This certainly needs some polish (especially internationalisation is a bit "hacky"). Maybe someone more experienced can show me how to make a package out of this? :-)

bartholomej commented 9 years ago

It works! GJ :+1:

bequadrat commented 9 years ago

I cleaned a few things up, made a package with PackMan and submitted it to the MODX package provider.

pepimpepa commented 9 years ago

Great! It can help a lot! Is there some option i.e. if the parent is template ID (5) then user can choose from template ID 3,6,7?

JensWolff commented 9 years ago

:+1:

bequadrat commented 9 years ago

@pepimpepa There are currently no options. But it uses the same MODExt control that is used by the resource editor. So there is a good chance that TemplateSelect will respect the same rules. Go, give it a try! :-)