Silverstripe sections

This module splits pages into reusable sections that can used across multiple pages.

Installation

Composer is the recommended way of installing SilverStripe modules.

composer require coreiho/silverstripe-sections 1.*

Customisation

Styles

For each section type, you can define additional styles in your config.yml.

LinkSection:
  styles:
    - Layout1
    - Layout2

This will provide optional classes for each section type to choose from in the CMS.

Templating

Below is the template hierarchy.

1. SectionType_PageType_Style.ss e.g. LinkSection_HomePage_Tiles.ss
2. SectionType_Style.ss e.g. LinkSection_Tiles.ss
3. SectionType_PageType.ss e.g. BannerSection_HomePage.ss
4. SectionType.ss e.g. GallerySection.ss

Limit or exclude sections

You can limit or completely exclude sections from a page type by defining it in your config.yml

HomePage:
  LimitSectionTypes:
    BannerSection: 0
    LinkSection: 0
    PeopleSection: 1

Limiting the total sections a page in your config.yml

HomePage:
  LimitSectionTotal: 3