Cloning to a particular location

Squiz Matrix Support
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Hi,


To create a "splash page" on our website you currently have to create a new standard page and then add the same 3 divs (2 of which nest content) every time.



It would be much easier for our "simple editor" users to, rather than create a new page from scratch, actually clone an existing "template" page and then just go in and alter the text using the simple editor.



Does anyone have any ideas on how I can get "simple editor" users to easily clone an asset to a particular spot?



Thanks,



Steve

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[quote]Hi,


To create a "splash page" on our website you currently have to create a new standard page and then add the same 3 divs (2 of which nest content) every time.



It would be much easier for our "simple editor" users to, rather than create a new page from scratch, actually clone an existing "template" page and then just go in and alter the text using the simple editor.



Does anyone have any ideas on how I can get "simple editor" users to easily clone an asset to a particular spot?



Thanks,



Steve[/quote]



You say that 2 of the divs are nested content. Are these always the same? If this is the case, you could use a paint layout, and nest those into the layout. Then you could use something like a standard page, and let your user create the new page, which the paint layout will be applied to by inheritance. Then, depending on how you have your "splash" page set up, you could have the newest page created always show.

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Also, if your splash pages are created in a particular location, you could use triggers to automatically link the bodycopies underneath the standard page as it creates. If they're not created in the same place, you could use the Create Locations to have a "Splash Page" option which also links the page underneath a particular folder. You could then use that folder as a condition for the trigger.

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We have had trouble with paint layouts that inherit - especially when we link them elsewhere or move them (the paint layout is lost). Maybe the paint layout stuff has matured since we tried it out, but it didnt suit us a while ago. I would love to hear if it has.


Avi's idea seems OK, especially if we put them under folders that have no url - so the item still gets only one URL. Will look into that.



Thanks

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Had a little problem with this:


I followed Avi's suggestion - made a folder created a link under the folder using the asset builder - and then added 2 "Create Link" actions to the trigger that linked the asset as a PARENT of the 2 divs that I wanted to add - problem is that they were being appended as links under the "standard page" asset, not under the subsequent "page contents" asset.



I must be using the wrong method - any ideas?



Thanks,



Steve

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Fire the event on creation of the "Bodycopy" asset, not the Standard Page. You want to link it under that asset anyway. :)
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of course! I wish one of those little yellow emoticon faces had a look of embarrassment and a hand slapping their forehead - Id use that.

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Ummm,


at the risk of declaring myself completely hopeless - "Bodycopy" or anthing similar is not available in the dropdown for asset type.



I cant see any other options that work either.



Need to hold my hand just a little further…

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Dagnammit. Its showing the list of creatable assets (i.e. non-dependant), not all the assets, so Bodycopy isn't available. This makes things rather more challenging. There is also no trigger action that sets a Paint Layout, so that option isn't available either. It'd inherit a paint layout from its parent, but they're URL based, so the Folder that has no URL wouldn't give us the Paint Layout assignment we need.

Bum, I'm not sure what else to suggest here. :(