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nagalaxmit28016
nagalaxmit28016
Level 2
March 13, 2018

can we create a dialog at the template level ?

  • March 13, 2018
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Hi,

Here is my requirement like I have a fixed header and footer for the entire website except the home page. So I am designing it like,  I have created a page component where I am adding header, footer and a parsys for body. But How can I make sure that I will author only in a single page that header or footer authored content should come to all the pages which were created using that template ?. Please suggest me a way to acheive it. and can we create a dialog on the page component if so how do we have to author?

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    smacdonald2008
    smacdonald2008
    Level 10
    March 13, 2018

    If you see most AEM artilces like this one:

    Adobe Experience Manager Help | Creating your First Adobe Experience Manager 6.3 website

    Headers and Foorter are just a component that is pulled into the site.

      nagalaxmit28016
      nagalaxmit28016Author
      Level 2
      March 14, 2018

      smacdonald2008​, I have gone thorugh the article but what I found is, they are using the static content in the header and footer these are not authorable components. But for my case, I have an authorable header and footer and I want to author them at a single place and it should come to all the pages whichever I create for that site without any authoring effort. How do I have to achieve this. I want to add these headers and footer at the template level, when ever I create a page with that template these header and footer should come.

        smacdonald2008
        smacdonald2008
        Level 10
        March 14, 2018

        To make them authorable, create a dialog for them. That would be the best way to achieve your use case of an authorable header/footer. Since they are 2 separate componests, create  2 dialogs.

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          sharathn8223803
          Level 2
          June 26, 2019

          I hope this helps.

          You Can store your header and footer under EN page.( Under your root page, if don't have it )  I am using We retail site for this example.

          <sly data-sly-resource="${'/content/we-retail/us/en/jcr:content/header' @resourceType='your header'}"></sly>

          So where ever you author it in the site, all the pages will contain the same data.

          When ever u create a new page the header will come with the pre-authored content.

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