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Having trouble with Blocks


dschreiber

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Hello!

I'm having some trouble getting a block to work in a template.  This is my first attempt, so it's probably something wrong that I'm doing.  

Here's my template where the block should go:

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Here's the block Details:

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And finally, here's the block content:

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The block I created is a Custom Block / Manual HTML.  The block content was originally a chunk of the template content.  I was experimenting to see if I could move it into a block with it still able to work.  Nope.  Instead, the block content simply isn't displayed.  Any suggestions?

Thanks!

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11 minutes ago, dschreiber said:

I was experimenting to see if I could move it into a block with it still able to work.  Nope. 

“Nope” is correct. These type of blocks are processed independently. They won’t have access to the $database variable just because the blocks are called within the template. 

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Thanks for the reply.  I totally appreciate it.  I have a follow-up question:  Is it possible to fetch the current database in a block?  For example, I tried adjusting my block like this...

{{$database = \IPS\cms\Databases::load($database->id);}}

<div class="cDevHeader" id="elDevDocs_header" style="background-image:url('/forums/uploads/set_resources_3/6554b6be8c0d829a8bf63ae0c82cf121_codebackground.jpg');">
  <h1 class="ipsType_pageTitle">
      {$database->_title}
	  <div class='ipsType_normal'>
	    {$database->_description}
	  </div>
  </h1>
</div>

.. but got blank output.  (Is there some log file I can view that shows me why a block might not display?)

Thanks again!

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Drat, that didn't work either.  Here's my modified block code (not working):

{{$database = \IPS\cms\Databases\Dispatcher::i()->databaseId;}}

<div class="cDevHeader" id="elDevDocs_header" style="background-image:url('/forums/uploads/set_resources_3/6554b6be8c0d829a8bf63ae0c82cf121_codebackground.jpg');">
  <h1 class="ipsType_pageTitle">
      {$database->_title}
	  <div class='ipsType_normal'>
	    {$database->_description}
	  </div>
  </h1>
</div>

Any suggestions?

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Replace



with

{{$database = \IPS\cms\Databases::load(\IPS\cms\Databases\Dispatcher::i()->databaseId);}}

 

And keep in mind that this works ONLY if a database is being viewed!
You could use something like to have always a database selected

{{if \IPS\cms\Databases\Dispatcher::i()->databaseId}}
{{$databaseId = \IPS\cms\Databases\Dispatcher::i()->databaseId;}}
{{else}}
{{$databaseId = 1;}}
{{endif}}
{{$database = \IPS\cms\Databases::load($databaseId);}}


<div class="cDevHeader" id="elDevDocs_header" style="background-image:url('/forums/uploads/set_resources_3/6554b6be8c0d829a8bf63ae0c82cf121_codebackground.jpg');">
  <h1 class="ipsType_pageTitle">
      {$database->_title}
	  <div class='ipsType_normal'>
	    {$database->_description}
	  </div>
  </h1>
</div>

Hope this helps :)

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