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id-chalmers's avatar
id-chalmers
Mentor
10 years ago

Which Page template is used for new ideas?

I am hoping to add a custom content block to the page where new ideas are submitted (the <body> class is PostPage). This would be fairly straightforward for an Idea Exchange page: I would create a ne...
  • VarunGrazitti's avatar
    VarunGrazitti
    10 years ago

    id-chalmers - As of now, there is no direct way to differentiating, the post page is common for messages, blog post and ideas etc. The only way you have is to get the ID of the board you are on from the URL using the context objects, and make a rest call to check the interaction style of this, if it is idea, you proceed with it.

     

    e.g. you are on this page /t5/forums/postpage/board-id/product-ideas 

You have to make a REST call: /restapi/vc/boards/id/product-ideas/interaction_style

Reponse: 
<response status="success">
<value type="string">idea</value>
</response>

    Let me know if this helps.

VarunGrazitti's avatar
VarunGrazitti
Boss

id-chalmers - As of now, there is no direct way to differentiating, the post page is common for messages, blog post and ideas etc. The only way you have is to get the ID of the board you are on from the URL using the context objects, and make a rest call to check the interaction style of this, if it is idea, you proceed with it.

 

e.g. you are on this page /t5/forums/postpage/board-id/product-ideas 

You have to make a REST call: /restapi/vc/boards/id/product-ideas/interaction_style

Reponse: 
<response status="success">
<value type="string">idea</value>
</response>

Let me know if this helps.

adriana4u's avatar
adriana4u
Maven
3 years ago

Hello,

 

Sorry to bother you on this, especially when it's been so long.

This rest API call does what exactly, I don't seem to understand it fully? Will it allow me to create more components to the idea post page? 

 

Thank you!

  • Akenefick's avatar
    Akenefick
    Genius
    3 years ago

    I think the case here is you create a new component that you add to the "Post Page" in studio.

    However you only want the component to show if the post page someone is on is for an idea board. If it is a forum or blog post you don't want the component to appear or function. The API call above is how you check to see if it is an idea board. The full code should look like this:

    <#assign boardType = restadmin("/boards/id/" + coreNode.id + "/interaction_style").value>

<#if (boardType == "idea")>

    <#--CODE FOR YOUR COMPONENT GOES HERE-->

</#if>

     

    This way when a user creates a new post your component will only show for the user if they are posting to an idea board.