How to mix static and dynamic sections? seeking advice

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hello, on my homepage i display 3 sections a,b,c. different for every logged in user.

section a and c each should display one random page from a pool of pages assigned to that section. randomly selecting a page not on every reload, but only once a week.

section b displays all pages assigned to section b.

right now i managed to get the whole homepage to render new content every week by using a cache file.

problem is that section b must not be cached, but pulled dynamically on every reload, to reflect changes i make to the content within the 7 day cache period the other sections have. it must stay fully dynamic.

i now want to try to create separate cache files for sections a and c, while b gets pulled from content folder.

but before i try that my question is, is there any other maybe easier way but cache files to randomly create section a and c only once a week for each user, while section b stays fully dynamic?

any idea appreciated.

tnx
fusi

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my lapse plugin has something called “magic key” for the cache. it allows you to devalidate the cached values if the key changes.

so if you add the userid/section and something for the date to the key you should be able to match your usecases.

like this…

$data = lapse(
    [$sectionID, date('W')], // will create key from array of objects
    function () use ($site, $page, $sectionID) {
       // build your collection each different based on sectionID
        if ($sectionID == 'a') return [....];
        if ($sectionID == 'b') return [....];
        return [...]; // array of ids (not page objects)
    }
);
$pagesForSection = new \Kirby\Cms\Pages($data);
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tnx! will look into that!