Had the same problem just 8 months ago. Pre-referencing cannot be done on content elements that are in the same content class. Had to write a little plugin that automatically reference image element to another element of the same page upon page creation.
-Jian On Tuesday, August 7, 2012 7:14:42 AM UTC-4, Richard Hauer (5 Limes) wrote: > > Or... 2 image tags, one set to "URL only" where one references the other? > You can preassign the reference I believe. > > Sent from my Windows Phone > ------------------------------ > From: Richard Hauer > Sent: 7/08/2012 21:11 > To: reddot-cms-users@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: Fetching the contents of an Image Placeholder > > Also thinking out loud, how about a custom render tag to process the image > tag? > > Sent from my Windows Phone > ------------------------------ > From: Rob > Sent: 7/08/2012 19:11 > To: reddot-cms-users@googlegroups.com > Cc: RedDot CMS Users > Subject: Re: Fetching the contents of an Image Placeholder > > Jian, > > The page I need this flexibility on is a detail page where the image > placeholder is assigned content (including "alt" attribute) and where the > URL of the image is needed to pass on to Facebook for a Like click. By > that description, I think I am stuck. I need access to the placeholder > both ways on the same page level. Even if I forced the editor to add this > image on a lower page as a list item or dynamic anchor item, I still can't > read the placeholder two ways on the same page using just RedDot > placeholders. > > I am considering light compromises to get a solution. Perhaps the editor > could have a more cluncky interface or series of steps. Use RQL (oh no!). > Or some other less elegant solution. I don't want the editor to need to > enter the image twice. > > Is there a way our content editors could refresh this cache after an image > change? If not, could our developers do it? How? > > When is the cache problem encountered? For just GetElement() method? All > methods accessing only Content Elements? Only Structural Elements? > > Sounds like GetElement is rather useless. > > Is there another way to access this image HTML you know of for me to parse > out the URL? I doubt I can use VBScript within PreExecute on the image > placehlder HTML. The way it is processed, it will cause an error. PHP > could do it but it is not available to me on this project. > > Rob > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RedDot CMS Users" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/reddot-cms-users/-/ZIe4cnUuYtoJ. > To post to this group, send email to reddot-cms-users@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > reddot-cms-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/reddot-cms-users?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RedDot CMS Users" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/reddot-cms-users/-/LL0xqnYkEdMJ. To post to this group, send email to reddot-cms-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to reddot-cms-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/reddot-cms-users?hl=en.
