In this presentation, Professional Services Manager Penny Kronz will demonstrate the new velocity locator tools that were released in version 7.4 of Cascade Server.
2. Locator Tool
● Velocity Tool that provides a way of retrieving
specific content from the database
● Retrieves Page, Folder, File, Block, and
Symlink content
● Allows for retrieval of content without an
Index Block
● Does not necessarily require XPath
knowledge
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3. Are Index Blocks going away?
No.
Index Blocks will still be used for retrieving
most content.
Index Blocks can retrieve content and cache
this content which will make them faster at
providing the same content that the Locator
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4. Additional Velocity Tools
• Global Variable
o $currentPagePath
o $currentPageSiteName
• PropertyTool
o outputProperties
o isNull
• #import directive
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5. Examples
• Current Page example
• Navigation
• Breadcrumbs
• Displaying most recent press releases with
thumbnail image
• Keyword example
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The use of the Locator Tool will happen mostly in conjunction with Index Blocks. It takes approximately 5ms to retrieve an asset using the locator tool.
