Blueprint Snippets

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Hi there,

at the moment I’m quite often copying/pasting field definitions in the blueprints as I have some pages with similar content structure but different templates. Is there an option for blueprint snippets so that I can compose my blueprints like my templates?

Fabian

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If it’s only one blueprint you need for multiple templates “default” is the way to go - otherwise I don’t think there are snippets for blueprints… but it’s a good idea! :blush:

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I have never tested it, but maybe you could actually do include a file with shared field definitions - since the blueprint is a php file?

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Oh that’s a great idea, I’m going to give this a quick try later

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Any insights @FabianSperrle?

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Global field definitions are now a feature in Kirby 2.2.

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Not working for me. I keep getting a missing panel fields error message when I log into my panel.

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Could you post the content of your Blueprint, and let us know what files you have in your site/blueprint/fields folder?

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Home Yml

Screenshot 2016-09-21 20.48.06.png1340×1618 124 KB

Process Yml

Screenshot 2016-09-21 20.46.16.png1212×1640 151 KB

Testimonial Yml

Screenshot 2016-09-21 20.47.20.png1208×1344 114 KB

Home PHP

Screenshot 2016-09-21 20.49.52.png1944×1712 622 KB

Process/Testimonial PHP

Screenshot 2016-09-21 20.50.48.png1620×1304 327 KB
Screenshot 2016-09-21 20.50.37.png2052×1366 307 KB

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This is not the way it works, you can only define single fields, not import complete blueprints. Pls. check out the docs: https://getkirby.com/docs/panel/blueprints/global-field-definitions

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I’ve been using mustache and gulp to import bigger parts of blueprints, I could show you my gulpfile if you want.

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Any way to import complete fields?

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The most basic implementation of a blueprint snippet is essentially what I imagine you’re describing as importing a “complete field.”

From the documentation:

# /site/blueprints/mypage.yml
fields: 
  title: 
    label: Title
    type: text
  field_name: your-blueprint-snippet # -> adds site/blueprints/fields/your-blueprint-snippet.yml

The reason you have to include one blueprint snippet at a time is because it must have a unique name or “key,” which is how the data is saved and retrieved by the Panel and your templates. In the example above, field_name is what you’ll use in your template to refer to the data. your-blueprint-snippet is the name of the snippet in site/blueprints/fields. That file would look something like this:

label: Testimonial
type: textarea
icon: quote-left

It’s true that you may need a lot of snippets to handle what you’ve shown us, but I think there are other ways you can go about simplifying your blueprints, particularly with the Structure field for the places where you have field names with numbers.

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