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Usable way of editing small chunks of static content

October 05, 2011 5:01am

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  • #1 / Oct 05, 2011 5:01am

    frosty

    11 posts

    Do anyone have a nice and usable method in how to admin for example a small columns of content like “company contact information” etc. that can be embeded in a footer?

    (I’m aware of Snippets, but it’s missing the editor 😊

    It would be targeted for content administrators that dont know any HTML.

    Method 1: make a template group with templates like column1, column2 etc. could work, but than the user would have to manage HTML tags.
    And in pages template: {embed="static/column1"}

    Method 2: make a channel with entries like column1, column2 etc. would probably be better because they then can gain access to Wysiwyg.
    And in pages template: {exp:channel:entries channel="static" limit="1" channel_entry="1"}..etc


    Suggestions?

  • #2 / Oct 05, 2011 7:52am

    Sue Crocker

    26054 posts

    Hi, frosty.

    This is perfect for using a static channel, and if you’ve purchased a third party editor, that would be even better. Just add url_title=“whatever” as needed.

    Does that help?

  • #3 / Oct 05, 2011 10:00am

    frosty

    11 posts

    Hi Sue

    Yes, that helped! There are probably many ways that lead to Rome, but I think a static channel is the most useful one.

    Thanks!

  • #4 / Oct 05, 2011 10:03am

    Sue Crocker

    26054 posts

    Sounds good to me too. 😊 If anything else comes up, please do let us know in a new thread..

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