user editable content in a layout - possible?

charlie.elsey · Oct 29th 2019

is it possible to add user-editable perch_content to a perch_layout? For example I might have a layout that features contact details that the end user may want to change over time.

So can i do that and if so how?

Regular Perch NOT Runway.

many thanks

Byron Fitzgerald · Oct 29th 2019

A shared region sounds like what you are looking for. You can declare the region anywhere - like a perch layout in your case .

Code

perch_content_create('Contact Details', [
'template' => 'shared/contact',
'shared' => true
]);

Combining this with perch_content_custom you can share the data anywhere on your site, whilst letting you use different templates.

Code

perch_content_custom('Contact Details', [
'template' => 'shared/footer',
]);

Clive Walker · Oct 30th 2019

Perch layouts can also contain regions

Quote

.... they can include anything you’d normally have in a page; HTML, PHP and Perch regions and function calls.

https://docs.grabaperch.com/functions/layouts/

charlie.elsey · Oct 30th 2019

thanks both of you, I will try your suggestions...

charlie.elsey · Nov 7th 2019

and thanks again, it worked fine with clive's simple suggestion, thanks all

drewm Oct 29th 2019