topic Re: custom_widget usage in CMS Development

custom_widget usage

SteveHTM — Fri, 22 Mar 2019 20:56:15 GMT

I've created a custom module called "Event Details Entry" which works pretty well when "dragged" into a custom blog post template.

But there are limitations on getting access to the data fields when displaying the posts. So I started exploring the use of the custom_widget tag as documented https://designers.hubspot.com/docs/hubl/hubl-supported-tags.

{% custom_widget "Event Data" widget_name= 'Event Details Entry' %}

Basically - it does not work. The content editor flags up errors about finding the module name. I've scoured the forums here and found multiple posts that have different formats for invoking this tag and a related "module" tag. Very confusing for a newbie. So is the documentation fundamentally wrong or am I missing something here?

Re: custom_widget usage

dennisedson — Sun, 24 Mar 2019 00:32:04 GMT

@SteveHTM , could you post more code? i dont feel like i am getting the full picture

Re: custom_widget usage

SteveHTM — Mon, 25 Mar 2019 16:26:31 GMT

Well, I'm not sure what extra code woudl be helpful here. I'm trying to reference the custom module in the <additional head markup> of a blog page template. All other tags I have used in this markup work just fine, and I can see the data they contain in the blog post page via "widget_data" dict references. But when I try and add the custom module I see:

Re: custom_widget usage

ckrakowski — Thu, 20 Jun 2019 19:26:13 GMT

I'm having this same issue "Unable to find custom widget ..."

Did you find the solution for this? What is the correct formatting and/or does that Custom Module have to be in a certain folder?

Thanks!

Re: custom_widget usage

Jsum — Thu, 20 Jun 2019 19:47:45 GMT

@ckrakowski ,

here is a snap shot of the custom image tag requirements:

In my experience, the widget_name has to match the custom module name exactly.

You can get the "snippet" for any module from the custom module editor, left sidebar, at the bottom:

Does that help?

Re: custom_widget usage

ckrakowski — Thu, 20 Jun 2019 19:58:34 GMT

The module name is: Email_Article_Full_Width_Image

This is what I have in the template:

{% custom_widget "news_article" widget_name="Email_Article_Full_Width_Image", label="Email Article - Full Width Image" %}

And this is what my snippet is:

{% module "module_156106020113380" path="/Corp_Conc_May2018 Theme/Custom Modules/Email_Article_Full_Width_Image" %}

I get the error: Warning:168:13Unable to find custom widget Email_Article_Full_Width_Image

Not sure what I'm doing wrong 😞 Everything matches. Do I use the snippet instead of the Custom_widget HubL?

Thanks so much for your help!

Re: custom_widget usage

Jsum — Thu, 20 Jun 2019 20:05:19 GMT

@ckrakowski I would try the snippet and see. That should work better.

Re: custom_widget usage

ckrakowski — Thu, 20 Jun 2019 20:08:25 GMT

@Jsum you are a GENIUS! That works! Thank you so much!

Re: custom_widget usage

SteveHTM — Mon, 24 Jun 2019 18:47:46 GMT

Basically, I can't see how this response - referencing the use of a {% module %} tag - can be accepted as a solution for inadeqaute documentation and/or support on a potentially related but different {% custom_widget %} tag. Is one of these tags deprecated in some way?

Steve

Re: custom_widget usage

ModernVisual — Fri, 02 Aug 2024 10:43:30 GMT

try:
{% custom_widget "event_data" widget_name= 'Event Details Entry' %}
instead of:
{% custom_widget "Event Data" widget_name= 'Event Details Entry' %}

The first parameter cannot have spaces.
Also double check the name of the widget to make sure it matches.