Page Type or Layout or Plugin ???
Created 6 years ago by kiltedupHi, Seeking opinion(s) on the the following.
I have created a module that I will be using on 4 sites.
It is for 'additional content' and adds streams to hold such things as testimonials, team member bios for 'meet the team' style page etc. (not using repeaters/grids for a variety of reasons in case that is an answer !!!)
All working re module - no issues there but I need to then output this content when the user builds up their pages.
For example - there needs to be a testimonials page and I want that page to automatically include the entries from the testimonials stream.
I have played around with ALL of the following and they all work - so my question is which one would be considered the "correct" way to do it in Pyro.
Page Type: Create a 'testimonials' page type and add the code to display the testimonials in the page type layout.
Layout: Add a layout in the theme and add the code there so the user would just create a default page but choose 'testimonials' as the layout to use
Plugin: Create a plugin and have that included in whatever page is created to display them i.e. {{ testimonials()|raw }} or similar .....
Any thoughts? Is there a correct way or is it a case of whatever works and whatever one I like best ????
Ta
I would look into something like what the Comments module does. It uses a combination of plugins for quick access when you want to do 100% custom implementation (which may not be needed with entries plugin function - don't make more work for yourself). And it also includes partials you can drop in and instantly get setup and running (which you can then customize as needed if you want).