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Fetches page text and puts it into a global tag

This plugin is a more modern and universal replacement for pagetextbyidn plugin. It provides a function that can be used as CoTemplate callback to fetch text for any page anywhere on site.

1. Installation

  1. Download and unpack the plugin.
  2. Copy 'pagetextbyid' folder to your Cotonti plugins folder.
  3. Install it in Administration / Extensions.

2. Usage

The most basic usage for this plugin is a TPL tag looking like this (the example below inserts parsed text for a page with ID = 123):

{PHP|pagetextbyid(123)}

For more advanced usage you can chain callbacks. The following example fetches text for page with ID = 456, strips all HTML tags from it and inserts at most 50 characters of it:

{PHP|pagetextbyid(456)|strip_tags|mb_substr($this, 0, 50)}

1. Kingsley  2012-01-14 18:20

Im sorry, but I do not fully comprehend it's usefullness. Can you provide me with an example? thx..

2. fade2k  2012-01-14 23:53

I think it could be useful for displaying specific text on differnet parts of the site, providing an easy alternative to having to upload template files if something is changed (can just edit a page instead). I'm sure there are other uses too... Just going off what came to mind first.

3. Trustmaster  2012-01-15 08:09

fade2k is right, it's mostly used for that

4. Kingsley  2012-01-16 01:37

kinda like the contact block in the Nemesis skin?

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