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Jason
Jason

Reputation: 35

Multiple entries for a specific content type in MODx?

I'm new to MODx and am just looking for the direction to go. Basically I'm looking for a way to manage many entires of the same type of content, for example, I have a page that shows all client reviews, I imagine theres a way for a site admin to add an individual review to the reviews page?

Thoughts?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 454

Answers (3)

bfncs
bfncs

Reputation: 10316

Besides creating the reviews as normal child resources or Custom Resource Classes, you might also have a look at the extra MIGX.

It provides you with a TV that makes it very easy to manage a list of an indefinite amount of entries. You can arbitrarily sort these entries, have entries consist of multiple different TVs (even on distinct tabs), you can do it quickly and it keeps your resource tree clean.

To get you started, have a look at the documentation or read Mark Hamstra's tutorial on building an Image Gallery with MIGX.

Upvotes: 0

Mark Hamstra
Mark Hamstra

Reputation: 722

The easiest way is to use container resources and use getResources to aggregate and list them as you need them. Basically what Sean says.

Alternatively you can also (if you're a dev or have the budget to hire one) build a Custom Resource Class, which is a new feature in MODX Revolution 2.2+. This would allow you to customize the management interface and pretty much any underlying process to make a truly custom tailored solution. It may be overkill for most, but it could improve the management experience if done right. There's a tutorial for it here.

Upvotes: 1

Sean Kimball
Sean Kimball

Reputation: 4494

very very easy, create your 'reviews' as a container resource, create your reviews as child resources [of 'reviews'] ~ hide them from your menus, then use the getResources extra to pull the content out of the child resources into a custom chunk. You can even use template variables or nested folders to further organize them or even 'rate' them.

Upvotes: 1

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