A custom widget only a developer can build #

A "calories per workout" table computed from content, placed by editors where they want.

Life cycle: Build, example 34 of 35. Worked out on the Fit & Healthy site of Exponential 6.0.15+.

Contents #

1. With templates
2. Then in the Layouts editor
3. Which to choose
4. Check

With templates #

1. Write extension/mysite/design/media/templates/explayouts/tpl_block/calories_table.tpl in your design extension, clear the template cache, and place it with a Template block whose Template name is calories_table (Your own template blocks).
2. Fetch the data and compute in the template, or add a template operator in your extension for real logic.

Then in the Layouts editor #

1. Open Layouts > Layouts and the layout Landing Page / Home; the editor opens it in a draft.
2. Open the block palette (+ at the top left) and drag Template block (group Placeholders) into the zone main.
3. Select the block, open the Design tab and fill Template name calories_table.
4. Publish layout. The pages that use the layout show the block on their next view.

Which to choose #

This is where the two ways meet: code by the developer, placement by the editor.

Check #

• The block reads "Template block: calories_table" in the editor, and the site shows the table.

Related pages #

• Your own template blocks
• Build examples, every page
• Free documentation: this page is free to copy, translate and improve under the GNU FDL 1.3.