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Charla

29 Mar, 2012 04:06 PM

I have a js menu for navigation using velocity format for output. The menu items are pulled from the title field of a data definition. I need to replace the apostrophe in the tile. I've tried this:

#set ($itemTitle = $itemTitle.replaceAll("'","\'"))

It doesn't seem to work. The still breaks if there is an apostrophe in the page title.

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1. Support Staff 32 Posted by Ryan Griffith on 06 Jul, 2012 12:48 PM

   

   Charla,

   I came across the url() method for the EscapeTool, perhaps this may help. Let's try the following.

   Replace:

   #set ($itemPath = $itemPath.replaceAll("&", "\&"))
   

   With:

   #set ( $itemTitle = $_EscapeTool.url($itemPath) )
   

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2. 33 Posted by Charla on 10 Jul, 2012 06:23 PM

   

   This is the error it came back with:

   Jul 10, 2012 1:13 PMAn error occurred: Error on line 75: The entity name
   must immediately follow the '&' in the entity reference.
   You may choose to retry the operation <>. If the problem persists, please
   contact a system administrator.
   The error has been logged to the system console.
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   With the macro looking like:

   
   #macro (outputItemPath $node)#set ($itemPath =
   $node.getChild("link").value)
   #if ($node.getName() == "first-level-link")
   #set ($itemPath = $node.getChild("content").value)
   #elseif ($node.getName() == "second-level-link")
   #set ($itemPath = $node.getChild("content").value)
   #elseif ($node.getName() == "third-level-link")
   #set ($itemPath = $node.getChild("content").value)
   #end#set ($itemTitle = $node.getChild("title").value)
   #set ($itemTitle = $_EscapeTool.javascript($node.getChild("title").value))
   #if ($node.getName() == "system-folder")
   #set ($itemPath = $itemPath + "/index")
   #elseif ($node.getName() == "system-symlink")
   #set($itemTitle = $_EscapeTool.url($itemPath))
   #end<a href="${itemPath}">${itemTitle}</a>
   #end
   

   On 7/6/12 7:48 AM, "Ryan Griffith"
   [email blocked] wrote:

   set ( $itemTitle = $_EscapeTool.url($itemPath) )

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3. Support Staff 34 Posted by Ryan Griffith on 10 Jul, 2012 07:11 PM

   

   Hi Charla, would you be able to provide me with a copy of the XML, or index block, that this Format is applied to? I'll see if I can get something set up in my local instance to I can test some more.

   Thanks!

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4. 35 Posted by Charla on 10 Jul, 2012 07:29 PM

   

   It doesn't apply to an index block, it applies to a data def. I've
   attached the xml for the data def and the nav format in txt format.

   • nav-format-7-10.txt 7.3 KB
   • data-def-xml.txt 814 Bytes

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5. Support Staff 36 Posted by Ryan Griffith on 11 Jul, 2012 03:07 PM

   

   Charla,

   Perhaps you can try the following:

   Change:

   #set ( $itemTitle = $_EscapeTool.javascript($node.getChild("title").value) )
   

   To:

   #set ( $itemTitle = $_SerializerTool.serialize($node.getChild("title"),true) )
   

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6. 37 Posted by Charla on 11 Jul, 2012 03:36 PM

   

   Identical error:

   An error occurred: Error on line 75: The entity name must immediately
   follow the '&' in the entity reference.
   You may choose to retry the operation <>. If the problem persists, please
   contact a system administrator.
   The error has been logged to the system console.
   Home <https://cmsprod.lamar.edu/home.act&gt;

   Macro:

   @@@

   #macro (outputItemPath $node)
   #set ($itemPath = $node.getChild("link").value)
   #if ($node.getName() == "first-level-link")
   #set ($itemPath = $node.getChild("content").value)
   #elseif ($node.getName() == "second-level-link")
   #set ($itemPath = $node.getChild("content").value)
   #elseif ($node.getName() == "third-level-link")
   #set ($itemPath = $node.getChild("content").value)
   #end#set ($itemTitle = $node.getChild("title").value)
   #set ($itemTitle = $_EscapeTool.javascript($node.getChild("title").value))
   #if ($node.getName() == "system-folder")
   #set ($itemPath = $itemPath + "/index")
   #elseif ($node.getName() == "system-symlink")
   #set($itemTitle = $_SerializerTool.serialize($node.getChild("title"),true))
   #end
   <a href="${itemPath}">${itemTitle}</a>
   #end

   @@@

   On 7/11/12 10:07 AM, "Ryan Griffith"
   <[email blocked]> wrote:

   >#set ( $itemTitle =
   >$_SerializerTool.serialize($node.getChild("title"),true) )

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7. Support Staff 38 Posted by Ryan Griffith on 11 Jul, 2012 03:39 PM

   

   It looks like there are similar lines, you may have changed the wrong one. Try the following:

   #macro (outputItemPath $node)
       #set ($itemPath = $node.getChild("link").value)
       
       #if ($node.getName() == "first-level-link")
           #set ($itemPath = $node.getChild("content").value)
       #elseif ($node.getName() == "second-level-link")
           #set ($itemPath = $node.getChild("content").value)
       #elseif ($node.getName() == "third-level-link")
           #set ($itemPath = $node.getChild("content").value)
       #end
   
       #set ( $itemTitle = $_SerializerTool.serialize($node.getChild("title"),true) ) 
       ## #set ($itemTitle = $_EscapeTool.javascript($node.getChild("title").value))
      
       #if ($node.getName() == "system-folder")
           #set ($itemPath = $itemPath + "/index")
       #elseif ($node.getName() == "system-symlink")
           #set ( $itemTitle = $_SerializerTool.serialize($node.getChild("link"),true) ) 
           ## #set($itemTitle = $_EscapeTool.javascript($itemPath))
       #end
       <a href="${itemPath}">${itemTitle}</a>
   #end
   

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8. 39 Posted by Charla on 11 Jul, 2012 03:47 PM

   

   Sorry, this macro in my format has no spaces and it's difficult to see
   where to put text.

   That fixed the & issue but broke my javascript escape. When someone type
   a apostrophe in a title, it breaks my js nav.

   On 7/11/12 10:39 AM, "Ryan Griffith"
   <[email blocked]> wrote:

   >## #set($itemTitle = $_EscapeTool.javascript($itemPath))

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9. Support Staff 40 Posted by Ryan Griffith on 11 Jul, 2012 06:33 PM

   

   This might be a long shot, but you could try the following:

   #macro (outputItemPath $node)
       ## Create a double-quote variable for simpler HTML quote escaping.
       #set( $Q = '"' )
       
       ## Get the title of the asset,
       ## if a symlink, we just want the Link.
       #set ($itemTitle = $node.getChild("title").value)
       #if ($node.getChild("content").getChild("system-symlink"))
           #set($itemTitle = $itemPath)
       #end
       
       ## Get the path of the asset, or the symlink's Link.
       #set ($itemPath = $_XPathTool.selectSingleNode($node, "content/system-symlink|link").value)
   
       ## Build the resulting HTML and output it with the EscapeTool
       #set ( $output = "<a href=${Q}${itemPath}${Q}>${itemTitle}</a>" )    
       $_EscapeTool.xml($output)
   #end
   

   I updated the following:

   • Removed the top if statements that checked the level because it didn't look like that was being used.
   • Updated the way the $itemPath and $itemTitle are set and the additional check for the Symlink because it looked like you were using getName which would return something like first-level-nav and not system-symlink or system-folder
   • Removed the check for system-folder, because I do not believe this would ever be present given the Data Definition
   • Ran the entire resulting HTML through the $_EscapeTool to make things a bit more efficient and easier to read

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