when we add a block in a CMS page for our multistore now it can only be done like this (I think)
{{widget type="cms/widget_block" template="cms/widget/static_block/default.phtml" block_id="55"}}
We would much rather use somethin like block_name to add blocks - a little more human readable. Can this be done?
Something like
{{widget type="cms/widget_block" template="cms/widget/static_block/default.phtml" block_name="my_handle_fot_this_block"}}
thx
Try with
{{widget type="cms/widget_block" template="cms/widget/static_block/default.phtml" block_id="block_identifier_here"}}
This should work because the block widgets calls ->load(block id) and the load method on the block model works with both ids and identifiers.
or
{{block type="cms/block" block_id="block_identifier here"}}
In case when you have custom logic for widgets and don't have cms/widget_block or cms/block as the parent class of your widget there is a trick on how to make it works.
The idea is:
{{widget type="your_module/your_widget_class" template="foo/bar/your_teamplate.phtml" instance_id="XXX"}}
then, implement _beforeToHtml() in your_module/block/your_widget_class and add something like:
/**
* @inheritDoc
*/
protected function _beforeToHtml()
{
parent::_beforeToHtml();
$instanceId = $this->getDataUsingMethod('instance_id');
if ($instanceId) {
$widget = Mage::getModel('widget/widget_instance')->load($instanceId);
if ($widget) {
$this->addData($widget->getData());
$this->addData($widget->getWidgetParameters());
}
}
return $this;
}
This trick will load your class and add the ability to render it by playing with instance_id.
Happy coding ;)
