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VirtualRichard
Posted: Wednesday, February 27, 2008 5:43:42 PM

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I have a master template that can be simply represented thus:

<div id="foo" class="bar">

{CHILD TEMPLATES RENDER HERE}

</div>

I want child templates to be able to change the class "bar" of the master template.

I know how to do this by using a recursive field property but I don't want to require content creators change the class name - that will never work!

What I want to do is set this value in the document types / template / whatever so the property will be automatically populated whenever a page is created in the CMS 'Content' section.

Thanks in advance for any help,

Richard

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drobar
Posted: Wednesday, February 27, 2008 5:58:32 PM

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There's no way for a child template to modify its parent/master. But here's a sneaky way to do this...

Use the TemplateId. This will always be the id of the child template, not any of its parents/masters.

Then, add that macro to your master template's <div> tag as part of the class. Remember to prefix it with some text because classes can't start with digits.

I use the following...
Code:

<div id="Main" class="Template<?UMBRACO_GETITEM field="template"/>">
    <?UMBRACO_TEMPLATE_LOAD_CHILD/>
</div>



In my css I have entries like:
Code:

.Template1045 p {
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0 17px 8px 12px;
    }


cheers,
doug.
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dawoe
Posted: Wednesday, February 27, 2008 7:18:05 PM

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If it's only javascript or css you need to change you can also use this approach.

http://dawoe.blogspot.com/2008/01/adding-css-or-javascript-to-your.html

Probably can fit your needs too.
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VirtualRichard
Posted: Thursday, February 28, 2008 11:20:21 AM

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Location: London, UK.
Hi, thanks, I've raised a new work item so hopefully this functionality can be added:

I think it must be an easy addition. Just a new data type (type of label?) that is applied by the developer, not the content creator.

Richard

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