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Kev_B's avatar
Kev_B
Advisor
8 years ago

Building a component to react to Custom Content

Hello all,   Been a while since I've asked an odd question - I'm looking at building a component to access a specific Custom Content, and then decide whether to show the component and how it should...
  • Kev_B's avatar
    Kev_B
    Advisor
    8 years ago

    Thanks VikasB

     

    I'd seen that article when figuring out how to access the custom content.

     

    Which method would you recommend for checking if there's a variable within that, say checking if customcontent.#_text contains users.role, for example?

    • VikasB's avatar
      VikasB
      Boss
      8 years ago

      Kev_B

      If there is a different role for different node, then you need to use below code using corNode id

      <#assign content =
      restadmin("/boards/id/${coreNode.id}/settings/name/customcontent.#_text").value
      />

      If checking for just same role on all the nodes then you can just use this one

      <#assign content =
      restadmin("/settings/name/customcontent.#_text").value
      />

      • Kev_B's avatar
        Kev_B
        Advisor
        8 years ago

        Thanks VikasB,

         

        Although maybe we're not on the same page? The component will be testing if there's a role declared within customcomponent.#_text, similar to....

         

        if customcomponent.#_text contains a users.role and it matches the current users.role
   display customcomponent.#_title and text with appropriate HTML
else
   do not display anything

        The custom component text field would then be declaring different roles and a unique message

        if users.role = "beginner"
   display "Welcome to the Community"
elseif users.role = "expert"
   display "Welcome back"

        That's not specific to what I'm trying to do, but the best way I can think to elaborate on what I'm trying to achieve.

         

        Thanks again for all your help.