Hello.
I think this should be a real simple one but for some reason I can't seam to manage it.
I have a slogan that runs through all my site.
Currently I have a custom "Slogan" field in the CMS for every page type. And I retype the slogan into there for every page.
What I want to do is to get the "Slogan" field from the top most parent HomePage page type.
I might have two HomePage page types fathering different children with different slogans and so I would like the page that is asking for the slogan to pick it up from it's first parent HomePage page type.

Is there any way this could be done?

yes, of course:

In your template:

$Parent.Slogan

Or, when you're not in a child:

<% control Page(home) %>$Slogan<% end_control %>

Brilliant!
I knew there was an almost blindingly simple way to do this.
Thanks.

But say I want the template to grab the "Slogan" from it's topmost parent.
Just using $Parent.Slogan will only go one level up.
How would I get to the root HomePage dynamically without giving it a hardcoded name using the:

<% control Page(home) %>$Slogan<% end_control %>

Cheers for the quick reply.

You can't change the name of the homepage anyway, so you'll always have to call it 'home'.

But I figure something like $Parent.Parent.Slogan could work, but I'm not sure, havent tried it.

(do not forget to flush everytime you change yr template... otherwise you might not see the changes)

Thanks m8.

Wasn't aware you could chain variables like that.

It's just a guess... I haven't tried it so it might fail :)

Hey,

I just wanted to let you know that I figured out a way to get to the root and suck out my slogan.
All I have to use is:

<% control Level(1) %>
$Slogan
<% end_control %>

It was that simple.
Thanks for all your post comments you helped me a lot.

Yes,

you might be interested in this page:

http://doc.silverstripe.com/doku.php?id=built-in-page-controls

If you haven't already found it by now :)