Calling a templated Element through Twig

[mgiraud]

I’ve saved a block of code as an Element template in my Library. Now I’d like to pull that onto a specific page.

I’ve had success using the Twig Templates functionality (thanks to your help), but the element template above is clearly a different template. How do I pull an element I’ve templated?

{% if url.path == 'my-account' %}
{{ *print the templated element named 'latest-post'* }}
    {% else %}
    {% endif %}

Or barring that, is there a way to call a block of code (vs including the literal code in the Twig Template?)?

Thanks!

[Ismael]

Hello Matt,

Thank you for the inquiry.

Have you tried using the include function?

Example:

{% include 'cs-template:id-0' %}

Make sure to replace “id-0” with the actual ID of your template. For more info, please check this documentation: https://theme.co/docs/twig#including-templates

Let us know if you need more help.

Best regards,
Ismael

[mgiraud]

Sorry, it’s confusing there’s more than one kind of ‘template’ in Cornerstone. There’s the Twig Template workflow, where you pull a template you’ve coded into the Globals pane. But as I mentioned above, this is an Elements Template (Templates > Manage Library):

What I’d like to do is to use Twig to show this element ONLY on the ‘my Account/dashboard’ page. I’ve tried to do this with include both directly into a text block, AND/OR encoded into a Twig Template:

`{% if url.path == 'my-account' %}`
`{% include 'cs-template:Latest-post-element' %}`
    `{% else %}`
   ` {% endif %}`

but neither works:

It simply pulls in the name of the element, not the visuals.

If pulling and Element template isn’t possible with Twig, do you have any suggestions on how I can do this outside of hard coding this element (which pulls in the latest blog post and featured image) into a Twig template?

thx!

[Ismael]

Thank you for the clarification.

You may need to convert the element to a component, export it, then use the component shortcode in the Twig template. Please check this documentation: https://theme.co/docs/component-builder-overview#component-shortcode

This video shows how to export a component: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ke8AdlYaY7Y&t=264s

Example of a twig template with component shortcode:

<h1>Test</h1> [cs_component id="M9SHd7vqePH5BJcUCx"]

Let us know if you need more help.

[mgiraud]

Wow, cool, that worked! Thanks much!

[marc_a]

Hey Matt,

You’re most welcome!