Static page dropdown within static page in OctoberCMS

Question

I have a template with a slideshow in it. Each slide consists of:

• Image
• Caption
• A paragraph of text
• Button

For the first

Answer 1

You could use the staticpagepicker widget if you don't need to link to CMS pages. https://github.com/rainlab/pages-plugin#backend-forms

If you need to select from a list of static pages in your own backend forms, you can use the staticpagepicker widget:

fields:
    field_name:
        label: Static Page
        type: staticpagepicker

The field's assigned value will be the static page's file name, which can be used to link to the page as described above.

In your layout file:

{variable name="button_page" label="Button URL" type="staticpagepicker"}{/variable}

Button

Because CMS Pages aren't listed in this widget, you could always setup an alternative field to offer more flexibility to the user.

{variable name="button_url" label="Button (URL)" type="text" span="left" comment="Leave empty if using Button (Page) instead" placeholder="http://"}{/variable}
{variable name="button_page" label="Button (Page)" type="staticpagepicker" span="right" comment="Used if Button (URL) is left empty"}{/variable}

Button