Template Variables in Ditto +content+ placeholder

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[mmilo]

Hi all,

Is there a way to have a template variable show up in the [+content+] placeholder for Ditto?

Note: I'm not placing the template variable in the Ditto template, as seen here (http://modxcms.com/forums/index.php/topic,6120.0.html)

I made a simple text TV, and set a value for it in the document itself. When I go to the actual document link, the TV will show, as expected. However, when Ditto is listing the documents, the [+content+] placeholder won't output the TV. It's not a problem of truncation, since any text I put after the TV shows up, and trunc=`0` is on.


Also --- I noticed that the parameters listing for Ditto 2.x doesn't include the 1.x ones. Is it supposed to be this way? Should I just refer to the two of them?

Thanks,
Mike

[sottwell]

When Ditto outputs the content, it is a direct display of the content; the content is not parsed, it's taken straight from the database. So any MODx tags will not be processed.

[bwente]

I don't know if you found your solution, but I thought I would put here so the next person would find it.

&hiddenFields=`myTVinsideContent`

[dab]

This template (lastnews) shows the full news item on the home page:

 

Code:

   <div class="ditto_item" id="ditto_item_[+id+]">
        <h3 class="ditto_pageTitle"><a href="[~[+id+]~]">[+pagetitle+]</a></h3>
        <div class="ditto_documentInfo">by <strong>[+author+]</strong> on [+date+]</div>
        <div class="ditto_introText">[+content+]</div>
    </div>

& show using...

Code:

[[Ditto? &amp;startID=`2`&nbsp; &amp;removeChunk=`Comments` &amp;tpl=`lastnews` &amp;paginate=`1` &amp;extenders=`summary,dateFilter` &amp;paginateAlwaysShowLinks=`1` &amp;tagData=`documentTags`]]

[AndreasT]

I don't know if you found your solution, but I thought I would put here so the next person would find it.

&hiddenFields=`myTVinsideContent`

Thanks, this works nicely. I was planning to further abstract it by putting the content in a chunk as the content is identical except for the TVs.

But Ditto does not parse a chunk in the content either, is there a similar way to make it parse a chunk?

A quick rundown of what I am trying to achieve: I am building a page that displays customer endorsements. I have created a container which serves as the displayed document. Inside the container is a separate document for each endorsement. These documents have TV's for text, logo, image alt text and signature.
I am using ditto in the container to display the full content from these documents. The &tpl is a chunk with simply [+content+].

Cheers,

Andreas