Re^2: Ordering Template cards

I would use a [% FOREACH card IN cards %] ... [% END %] block in the template and just show 'em in the order given

I do exactly that when each card is a similar layout and it's really just a case of substituting in values. But here, every card is totally different. Some have tables, others just a heading a line of text whereas others have a graph. Hence why I was thinking of a separate template file for each card.

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Re^3: Ordering Template cards by Corion (Patriarch) on Jan 24, 2021 at 16:59 UTC
If the cards are that different, I would keep them as separate files. This will make it easier to make changes to limited parts of the cards, and will maybe even encourage you to copy a template file for a slightly (but enough) different new card. As switching to a different card means a reload (I guess), keeping the different cards as different templates makes sense.	[reply]
Re^4: Ordering Template cards by Bod (Parson) on Jan 24, 2021 at 17:09 UTC
If the cards are that different, I would keep them as separate files. In most cases, there is no similarity between them other than colours, font sizes and fonts. As switching to a different card means a reload (I guess) The cards are all displayed at the same time. One after the next. The current system is designed to be viewed on mobile and has a very constrained width on desktop so they appear one below the previous one. The refactored version may make use of the width of a desktop and display the cards in columns but, as they are all different heights, that won't be trivial.	[reply]
Re^3: Ordering Template cards by 1nickt (Canon) on Jan 24, 2021 at 16:57 UTC
Hm, so maybe the `card` hash in the array `cards` has a field `card.data` and a field `card.template`, and then inside the loop you process the template with the data using INCLUDE? You can reference data in variables using a sigil in nested directives for this. Hope this helps! The way forward always starts with a minimal test.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: Ordering Template cards by Bod (Parson) on Jan 24, 2021 at 17:04 UTC
Something along these lines... `[% templatefile = card.template %] [% INCLUDE "$templatefile" %]` [download] Thanks - I will test doing something along those lines	[reply] [d/l]