Comments on: Building a Website with MODx for Newbies – Part 6: Introducing Template Variables http://codingpad.maryspad.com/2009/04/20/building-a-website-with-modx-for-newbie-part-6-introducing-template-variables/ Programming blog - Discussions, Tutorials, Resources Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:37:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: mary http://codingpad.maryspad.com/2009/04/20/building-a-website-with-modx-for-newbie-part-6-introducing-template-variables/comment-page-1/#comment-10723 mary Mon, 21 Feb 2011 03:52:00 +0000 http://codingpad.maryspad.com/?p=601#comment-10723 Dave Have you followed all the steps and double checked your code? Are you using MODx Evolution or Revolution? Dave
Have you followed all the steps and double checked your code? Are you using MODx Evolution or Revolution?

]]> By: Dave http://codingpad.maryspad.com/2009/04/20/building-a-website-with-modx-for-newbie-part-6-introducing-template-variables/comment-page-1/#comment-10682 Dave Thu, 17 Feb 2011 17:42:57 +0000 http://codingpad.maryspad.com/?p=601#comment-10682 I'm having the same problem. I got an image from my disk installed in the chunk, and it appears fine on the Web page, but there is no link, and I can't find where I was supposed to actually attach any link to it. Fantastic tutorials, though! Thanks so much for all your hard work! I’m having the same problem. I got an image from my disk installed in the chunk, and it appears fine on the Web page, but there is no link, and I can’t find where I was supposed to actually attach any link to it.

Fantastic tutorials, though! Thanks so much for all your hard work!

]]> By: mary http://codingpad.maryspad.com/2009/04/20/building-a-website-with-modx-for-newbie-part-6-introducing-template-variables/comment-page-1/#comment-9893 mary Sun, 03 Oct 2010 20:00:34 +0000 http://codingpad.maryspad.com/?p=601#comment-9893 Syrah Thank you so much for your feedback, it means a lot to me :) Best of luck with your projects and with your MODx journey mary Syrah

Thank you so much for your feedback, it means a lot to me :)

Best of luck with your projects and with your MODx journey
mary

]]> By: Syrah Viognier http://codingpad.maryspad.com/2009/04/20/building-a-website-with-modx-for-newbie-part-6-introducing-template-variables/comment-page-1/#comment-9836 Syrah Viognier Tue, 21 Sep 2010 05:59:53 +0000 http://codingpad.maryspad.com/?p=601#comment-9836 I just wanted to say a big 'thank you' for these beginner tutorials. I've been wanting to dive into modx for a while but never got beyond installing a test site and taking a quick look under the hood. Your tutorials are precisely the training wheels I needed/was looking for. Having spent some time learning how to style sites, then add behaviour using javascript (and now jquery) and learning some basic PHP I've wanted to get into a CMS. I started with Drupal but became horribly frustrated by its structure and stopped. I then switched to Wordpress which is bliss but clearly not the tool for every job. Hence turning to modx. Your tutorials are very useful indeed, helping me understand the modx structure clearly and pointing to additional resources for expanding the areas that you touch. Of the many tutorial sites I've visited over the last couple of years this is one of the most useful, most clearly laid out and written, and thus most rewarding. I can't thank you enough for the time and energy spent creating them and wish you much happiness and success as your deserved reward. Thanks again. Syrah I just wanted to say a big ‘thank you’ for these beginner tutorials.
I’ve been wanting to dive into modx for a while but never got beyond installing a test site and taking a quick look under the hood. Your tutorials are precisely the training wheels I needed/was looking for.
Having spent some time learning how to style sites, then add behaviour using javascript (and now jquery) and learning some basic PHP I’ve wanted to get into a CMS. I started with Drupal but became horribly frustrated by its structure and stopped. I then switched to WordPress which is bliss but clearly not the tool for every job. Hence turning to modx.
Your tutorials are very useful indeed, helping me understand the modx structure clearly and pointing to additional resources for expanding the areas that you touch. Of the many tutorial sites I’ve visited over the last couple of years this is one of the most useful, most clearly laid out and written, and thus most rewarding.
I can’t thank you enough for the time and energy spent creating them and wish you much happiness and success as your deserved reward.
Thanks again.
Syrah

]]> By: mary http://codingpad.maryspad.com/2009/04/20/building-a-website-with-modx-for-newbie-part-6-introducing-template-variables/comment-page-1/#comment-9658 mary Thu, 12 Aug 2010 03:09:04 +0000 http://codingpad.maryspad.com/?p=601#comment-9658 Jacob What version of MODx are you using? Are you developing live or on a local host? If live it would be easier to help you if I can log in and take a look. You can send me more info via the contact form mary Jacob
What version of MODx are you using? Are you developing live or on a local host? If live it would be easier to help you if I can log in and take a look.
You can send me more info via the contact form

mary

]]> By: Jacob http://codingpad.maryspad.com/2009/04/20/building-a-website-with-modx-for-newbie-part-6-introducing-template-variables/comment-page-1/#comment-9653 Jacob Tue, 10 Aug 2010 22:22:20 +0000 http://codingpad.maryspad.com/?p=601#comment-9653 Thanks for any help you can give me Thanks for any help you can give me

]]> By: Jacob http://codingpad.maryspad.com/2009/04/20/building-a-website-with-modx-for-newbie-part-6-introducing-template-variables/comment-page-1/#comment-9652 Jacob Tue, 10 Aug 2010 22:21:35 +0000 http://codingpad.maryspad.com/?p=601#comment-9652 Mary, I want to make sure I fully understand this because this step is not working for me. We set up 2 template variables that are associated with the SwansongBooks template so that every book we add to the library should have the option to add a cover image and a link to an external site. Once we have selected the image and link and 'save' the page, then on the preview I should be able to click the title of a book from the library list and and see the image and be able to read the full description. Correct? I stuck to your naming conventions for the chucks and TVs but once I click on the title of any of the books, I don't see anything in the 'content' area. This is the bookChunk chunk http://pastie.org/1084843 This is the SwansongBooks template http://pastie.org/1084851 and my TVs are named: bookImages ImageLink Mary,

I want to make sure I fully understand this because this step is not working for me. We set up 2 template variables that are associated with the SwansongBooks template so that every book we add to the library should have the option to add a cover image and a link to an external site.

Once we have selected the image and link and ‘save’ the page, then on the preview I should be able to click the title of a book from the library list and and see the image and be able to read the full description. Correct?

I stuck to your naming conventions for the chucks and TVs but once I click on the title of any of the books, I don’t see anything in the ‘content’ area.

This is the bookChunk chunk
http://pastie.org/1084843

This is the SwansongBooks template
http://pastie.org/1084851

and my TVs are named:
bookImages
ImageLink

]]> By: mary http://codingpad.maryspad.com/2009/04/20/building-a-website-with-modx-for-newbie-part-6-introducing-template-variables/comment-page-1/#comment-9328 mary Wed, 05 May 2010 18:35:02 +0000 http://codingpad.maryspad.com/?p=601#comment-9328 Gedion, is this the source for the page where you're calling your bookChunk chunk? Are you sure you've assigned the correct template that has the bookChunk call in it? This looks like the source for your home page. The reason I ask is that I don't see your bookChunk code anywhere in that source. Please look through the steps again and make sure you're assigning the bookChunk chunk to the correct template, and then assigning the page where you want to upload the images to the right template. It might make sense to go over the tut again, I have a feeling you're missing something. mary Gedion, is this the source for the page where you’re calling your bookChunk chunk? Are you sure you’ve assigned the correct template that has the bookChunk call in it? This looks like the source for your home page. The reason I ask is that I don’t see your bookChunk code anywhere in that source. Please look through the steps again and make sure you’re assigning the bookChunk chunk to the correct template, and then assigning the page where you want to upload the images to the right template. It might make sense to go over the tut again, I have a feeling you’re missing something.

mary

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