Need to create a custom widget or layout that isn’t available in the templatestemplate? Here’s how.
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Only site admins have the access necessary to take the below steps. |
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<text identifier="block-type" type="radiobutton" default="myCustomWidget"> <radio-item value="myCustomWidget"/> </text> |
The templates template will use the value of block-type to match this widget with its corresponding Velocity macro (step 4).
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Step 2: create your widget / layout block
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Step 5: test, fix, repeat
The internal Cascade API is woefully undocumented, but there are a couple resource you may find helpful…Need help with development? We’ve curated Hannon Hill’s most useful reasources.
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→ More: Velocity Tools on the Cascade CMS Knowledge Base
Also, if you’re looking for a Javadoc reference for the API, you can download it here:
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