View Templating
Views are template files in Zesty.io that can render HTML or various other MIME types. Views render dynamically using the templating language, Parsley.
All Views have a ZUID that starts with 11, for example
11-123a2f0-qw2n4. Views can carry one of three associations:
- 1.Content Model View A Content Model can optionally be created with a view. When this happens, Content Items of that Model get unique URLs. When a content model's item gets accessed by its URL, the Zesty.io Site Engine will render the view associated with it. When a view is associated with a content model, it has unique behaviors in the Zesty.io Manager Code Editor. This views invoke the
{{this}}Parsley call which gives direct access to the specific Content Item being rendered. - 2.Endpoint View Views created to load a specific MIME type. Through Parsley they can have access to any data in an Instance, they can also have access to foreign instance data through EcoCode.
- 3.Snippet View Code that is intended to be reused, like HTML components or common each loops, can stored in a snippet and be
{{include}}'d in both Endpoint Views of Content Model Views. - 4.Wildcard View View A view that resolves against a dynamic url structure which may contain any URL path part. For example a wild card view created called: /store/*/*/ will resolve /store/anything/here/. These views have access to Parsley, but do not have access to the
{{this}}call.
Parsley is templating language used in a view to access content managed in Zesty.io.
Similar to other templating languages, Parsley uses double curly brackets
{{ }} to open and close template expressions. Inside these brackets a developer can use Parsley to access content, write conditionals, or reference look ups. Parsley templating expressions are written alongside standard HTML. See the below example for a reference.Parsley Each Example
<ul>
{{each articles as article}}
<li><a href="{{article.getURL()}}">{{article.title}}</a></li>
{{end-each}}
</ul>
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