Can you use create_pages to create a Hierarchy?

Squiz Matrix Support
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Hi


I want to create a hiearchy for our pilot. The format for he create_pages script seems like it can only create on one level. Is there any way to use a single script to create a new page and then have pages underneath it for 3 or 4 levels? Eg:



home

xx-About me

xxxx- cars I own

xxxxxx- my first car

xxxxxxxx- XK Falcon

xxxxxx- my second car

xxxxxxxx- ZL Fairlane

xxxxxx- my third car

xx- About my work



Can you just create the home page and then for the rest populate the parent_assetid with an unused number eg start at 1000 and basically create your own structure that way?



Bradley

2

No, you can't (well, not with that script). Parent asset ID needs to be known at each level. In your example. the parent asset id are very specific:


Home (needs the parent asset ID of the Site asset)

xx - About Me (needs the parent asset ID of the Home asset)

xxxx - My First Car (needs the parent asset ID of the About Me asset)

xxxxxx - XK Falcon (needs the parent asset ID of the My First Car asset)



… and so on. :slight_smile:



When I'm creating hierachies using the script, I use an Excel muti-tab spreadsheet, with each level on a tab. Then, once I've created each level with the script, I cut'n'paste the new asset IDs into the next level down.