independent/standalone pages

[Jay]

>> insert a "hidden" string...
I am not sure what this means. I am sure it will be obvious if you could give me an example please?

Template is one of the input fields in page's options, see attached screenshot.

I think Jay was talking about adding a custom field. You can do so in /admin/settings:

I completely forgot about custom fields which suit ideally for such things.
But atm I have no access to IDE thus can't check obj properties.

arfa: just paste the code provided by SpegalDev without the default [] brackets. At this stage you wouldn't even need more custom fields other than this one.

https:/nietak.de

[arfa]

Ah, the missing link. Thank you.

That all works fine but still there is the question of the default [ ]
I toggle the setup with them in site.php and - in=no checkbox - out=checkbox.
It irks me :(

>> At this stage you wouldn't even need more custom fields other than this one.
Yes but, a bit of a tangent that relates to my hidden pages forming a part of a sub-set of pages.
Nav click on 'camping' and a page is loaded. The plan is to have a small list of links at the top of that page that connect to the hidden pages: 'tents' 'backpacks' 'stoves' [for example]. And each of those sub-pages has the same link set at the top.
The question is - how to dynamically inject that href text?
I was wondering about using an additional custom field to do this

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{
    "gallery": {
        "type": "bool",
        "label": "Page Links",
        "tip": "Add link list to gallery pages."
    }
}

And then, (in page.php?) set up a querry like

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if ($page->template() == "gallery") 
// then php build the list and echo - before $page->content();

I really am not sure exactly what the above should be but hopefully you get what I am aiming for?

I wouldn't be surprised if there is a better way to achieve and would be delighted to have suggestions. In the meantime I am enjoying extending my bludit knowledge with custom fields - ideally in the plural - with brackets?

I hope that this is clear enough?
thx - Kusalo

[arfa]

I have been revisiting the code this morning. If we forget the [ ] and use { } throughout then I now see two checkboxes in the newContent>options>custom using:

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{
    "hidden": {
        "type": "bool",
        "label": "Hidden Page",
        "tip": "Check if the article should be hidden in navigation."
    },
    "gallery": {
        "type": "bool",
        "label": "Page Links",
        "tip": "Add link list to gallery pages."
    }
}

And, not only does it not crash the site but this code in both pages.php and home.php

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if ($page->template() == "gallery") { echo 'I can PHP build list and add gallery links here'; }

Gives me what I want on both.

BTW Jay... I was able to incorporate the hidden bit of this thread into your dropdown menu code. Awesome. thx

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if (!$staticPage->isChild() && $staticPage->template() !== "hidden")

I think I am done here.
I have learned so much through this. Thank you.
Kusalo