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How do I grab content from an index block that is assigned to another region?

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Cristian Horta

May 29, 2014 @ 07:05 PM

Hello,

I'm trying to grab content from an index block that is not part of the region I'm working on. For example, I have:

HEADER (region)

block: /_blocks/index/properties
format: /formats/header

TOP -NAV (region)

block: /_blocks/index/cms-tree
format: /formats/top-nav

Within my "top-nav" (velocity) format, I'm grabbing all my cms-tree index block content without any issues. The question is, how can I grab content from "block: /_blocks/index/properties" (HEADER region) without having to create a "XHTML/Data Definition" block to merge the two index blocks.

Thanks,
Cristian

1. 1 Posted by Ryan Griffith on May 30, 2014 @ 12:33 PM

   

   Hi Cristian,

   Off-hand, the only ways I can think of to accomplish this would be to:

   • As you mentioned, create an SD Block so you can include both Index Blocks at once
   • Apply the properties Block to a block chooser within the page's Data Definition and update the cms-tree Index Block to include the calling page content. Including the calling page content would give have access to the chooser content.
   • Depending on your version of Cascade Server, use the Velocity Locator Tool within your top-nav Format to load the properties block

   Please let me know if you have any questions.

   Thanks!

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2. Ryan Griffith closed this discussion on Jun 05, 2014 @ 01:13 PM.