<dpSpawn>

D E F I N I T I O N:

Spawn provides a method for a template to build additional files. This is most commonly used to generate server side includes, or to create and/or update mini sites.

This syntax it used to define a template inline. Mostly common for creating include files.

<dpSpawn path="relative path" file="file name">
   template defined here
</dpSpawn>

This syntax references an external template you've defined in the Template Manager. This is a common method for mini sites.

<dpSpawn path="relative path" file="file name" template="template name">

A T T R I B U T E S:

path="(relative path)"

The location or where the file should go, using relative addressing: path="/archives/"

file="(file name)"

The name of the file.

template="(template name)"

Name of external template.

E X A M P L E S:

The following code will build author archives for all of the authors in your database. It uses a template defined in the Template Manager called "author archives".

<dpQuery issue="all" realm="author">
   <dpSpawn path="/archives/authors/" file="<dpAuthorID>.html" template="author archives">
</dpQuery>

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