trying using images to control look, still working on my blog layout still a way to go til I get what I want, anyway if of interest, the twig etc file has additional stuff now
im ignoring the single blog page at the moment
That’s great @upssjw thanks for sharing.
what if you wanted your blog as a modal menu
same as above but with modal, same blog different page, on page blog list, the other modal blog list
not sure if this will break one page blog, container and item same page, arrgghh
just check modal cms works, https://sjwjaw.co.uk Blogdd and Easyflex
again just proof of concept
the home page is just entry, not in menu
two blog pages same md files
did say last go but could not resist, definitely last go with this design, still not what I want
3 blogs related and search included, featured on first blog, hopefully still works, one is blog on a page
project - elementsapp://downloadDocument/YEGu41Y51ckR
again remove late tonight
updated project, blog on a page works fine in Elements, but when uploaded I had to tweak the page address to get the blog to load on first entry, otherwise you get a no item found
this has collection and item components on same page - this might get broken with Elements updates
https://sjwjaw.co.uk BlogSP appears to now load with a blog showing
updated project
I just hid the BlogSP as it was already setup, created a link in the menu and directed it to one of the blogs, in this case
https://sjwjaw.co.uk/blogsp/?item=today
Checking on the server highlights a couple of areas need tweaking, not that I will use any of this
ok random image from markdown file works, only have set four images, they are almost all the same in each blog so no real visual effect, bonus, all Elements and CMS
using this code in the image cms, and pulling the image: eg img1 etc from the markdown, all my markdowns have the same images, not tried on server yet, just add more img’s for more choice, or use in single Item page
just keep refreshing
proof of concept works on server - page randimg
CMS is fairly powerful even at this stage, addicted now to CMS
simple use of CMS to create a random background on load, very basic setup, no blog just random image, only Elements, so many uses, 5 mins work not fully tested will check more after work today
checked on server, just refresh page, definitely now finished with this concept, will remove tonight
use of CMS different take
global menu background cms driven, random images on load
project - elementsapp://downloadDocument/nq9ylTFh55jF
live site -https://sjwjaw.co.uk/cmsdata/
I’m trying to achieve something similar to this pattern
{{ item.image.src | default(item.image.fallback_image) }}
The idea is that the fallback image should always be rendered whenever no image is defined in the blog post .
Unfortunately, this doesn’t work the same way as it does with text fields.
For text, the default filter behaves exactly as expected — but for images it doesn’t, at least not in my current setup.
It seems that Twig does not fully support this syntax for image objects yet, or the image field itself is not resolved as a simple scalar value (like a string), which causes the fallback logic to fail.
That’s why your suggested variant is interesting to me.
This approach works because it directly targets a string value (the image URL), instead of the image object itself. As a result, the default filter can properly evaluate whether the value is empty or missing and then fall back as intended.
I’m going to take a closer look at your solution — it might actually be the right workaround for this limitation.
At the very least, it looks like a solid and pragmatic approach until image fields support the same fallback behavior as text fields.
I have tried lots of things image related some work some dont
still playing with the code I have used, not sure or tried might be able to tweak the code
also been working with shuffle and an array
the large image on the contact page is an array and shuffle a lot shorter code should be able to add fallback?
the rest of the images are cms random
live site - https://sjwjaw.co.uk/cmsdata/