MODx: Automatically apply a template to certain pages?

Question

MODX

I'm just starting to learn MODX, I ran into such a problem: it is necessary to automatically apply one of the templates for certain pages when creating them . For example, for all pages that are children of the "news" resource, use the "news" template.
Is it even possible?

Answer 1

This can be done via Manager Customization
- Top Menu -> Admin Settings
- Create a new profile (tick active)
- Create a new set of rules for "Create resource"
- Bounding field: 'parent'
- Bounding value: id of the parent template
- Find the template field and assign the desired template.
Video
instruction www.youtube.com/watch?v=PS4TmQcohsA

Answer 2

Yes, in the revo it seems to be happening if the news resource itself (the parent) has the news template

Answer 3

In Evo 1.0.5 there is an option: Tools -> Configuration: Automatic Template Assignment (Neighbor: same template as neighboring resources in this container (if there are no neighbors, template Parent).)
I don't know about Revo, but it's quite possible, what's there also.

Answer 4

I had a link to the manual in Russian, but the source is no longer available ... It's
very easy to make a plugin, in the comments all the instructions:

<?php
/**
* =========================
* ChangeTemplate
* =========================
*
* Plugin for MODX Revolution
* Set which template is inherited by children
* documents of a certain parent document
*
* Author:
* Marc Loehe (boundaryfunctions)
* marcloehe.de
*
* Modified by:
* Lorenzo Stanco <[email protected]>
* Lorenzostanco.com
*
* Usage:
*
* 1. Paste this as new plugin and connect it to system event
* 'OnDocFormRender'.
*
* 2. Assign a new TV 'changeTemplate' to each template
* for which you want to define the default children template.
*
* 3. Set the newly created TV to input type "Text"
*
* 4. Open a document and in the 'changeTemplate' TV type a
* comma separated list of template IDs.
*
* 5. Have fun!
*
*/
  
// Check Event
if ($modx->event->name == OnDocFormRender && $mode == modSystemEvent::MODE_NEW) {
    
  // Get current document ID
  if ($id = $_REQUEST['id']) {
  
    // Document Chain
    $resources = array($id);
  
    // Get parent ID
    foreach ($modx->getParentIds($id, 10, array('context' => $_REQUEST['context_key'])) as $parentId) {
      if ($parentId) array_push($resources, $parentId);
    }
      
    // Search changeTemplate in the chain
    $level = 0;
    $childTemplates = array();
    foreach ($resources as $resourceId) {
      $resource = $modx->getObject('modResource', $resourceId);
      if ($childTemplatesTV = $resource->getTVValue('changeTemplate')) {
          
        // Create template array for each tree level
        $childTemplates = @explode(',', $childTemplatesTV);
        if (empty($childTemplates)) break;
        foreach ($childTemplates as $k => $v) $childTemplates[$k] = intval(trim($v));
          
        break;
  
      }
  
      $level++;
  
    }
  
    // Set template based on tree level
    if (!empty($childTemplates)) {
      $useTemplate = $childTemplates[$level];
      if (!empty($useTemplate)) {
         
        // Set default template
        if (isset($modx->controller)) {
          $modx->controller->setProperty('template', $useTemplate);
        } else { // modX < 2.2.0
          $_REQUEST['template'] = $useTemplate;
        }
  
      }
    }
  
  }
  
}

Answer 5

Use controllers - dependencies won't bother with templates