OutOfContext

A Movable Type plugin

What is it?

OutOfContext adds a block template tag to take a block of template code out of the context of current template. This means that context sensitive tags can be built with a fresh context.

Use case

If you have a Category Entry Listing template and want to list the latest entries from all categories, you can wrap the mt:Entries block tag in the mt:OutOfContext block tag to remove the category context.

Install

1. Upload contents of the 'plugins' folder to the 'plugins' directory of your Movable Type installation
2. Wrap the block tag <mt:OutOfContext> around the blocks of code you want to remove entry/date/category contexts from

Usage

This example is from a Monthly Entry Listing template. The first mt:Entries block will only output entries from the current month, the block wrapped in mt:OutOfContext will pull in all entries, regardless of the date.

<mt:Entries>
  <article>
    <h1>
      <a href="<$mt:EntryPermalink$>"><$mt:EntryTitle$></a>
    </h1>
  </article>
</mt:Entries>

<mt:OutOfContext>
  <mt:Entries>
    <article>
      <h1>
        <a href="<$mt:EntryPermalink$>"><$mt:EntryTitle$></a>
      </h1>
    </article>
  </mt:Entries>
</mt:OutOfContext>