Getting Started

How it works

Blocks needs to fetch information from an EntryStore instance or other data source Start by providing a common configuration that points to a Entrystore instance and a context. In the following examples we use the demo-store. The context is often a number which can be found in the url when clicking on the catalogue or project in entryscape.

<div data-entryscape="config" data-entryscape-context="93"
     data-entryscape-entrystore="https://demo.entryscape.com/store"></div>

<!-- Put your blocks here -->

<script src="https://static.cdn.entryscape.com/blocks/1/app.js"></script>

Note that you need to load the blocks library after the block declarations.

text

To show a text from a single entry you can use a text block. Unless given a property or content it will try to display a suitable label for the specified entry by relying on default label properties. Read about Loading entries and labelProperties

<div data-entryscape="text" data-entryscape-entry="660"></div>

list

To show a list of entry's in the given context use the list block

<div data-entryscape="list" data-entryscape-rdftype="foaf:Agent"
     data-entryscape-limit="3"></div>

The tags above will generate a list of maximum 3 entries that are of rdftype = "foaf:Agent".

To generate a list with expandable drop-down you add a template reference by giving a rdformsid.

<div data-entryscape="list" data-entryscape-rdftype="foaf:Agent"
     data-entryscape-rdformsid="foaf:Agent"
     data-entryscape-limit="3"></div>

For more parameters that can be used to change lists, take a look at the Blocks Reference

Search

The searchList block is a version of the list block that also accepts user interactions via other search enabled blocks. In your code just change list to searchList in your code, add data-entryscape-facets= "true". Then and a simpleSearch block on the same page. The search button is optional, and it is possible to use the field without it. You are now able to search among all the entry's in your list.

<div data-entryscape="simpleSearch"
  data-entryscape-search-button="true"
  data-entryscape-placehoder="Search for..."></div>    
<div data-entryscape="searchList" data-entryscape-rdftype="foaf:Agent"
     data-entryscape-rdformsid="foaf:Agent"
     data-entryscape-facets= "true" 
     data-entryscape-limit="3"></div>

Next step

You can continue from here by adding blocks from the library using Blocks Reference or use one of the extension blocks Opendata extension. The extension blocks are styled collections of blocks and using them is the quickest and easiest path to getting a user interface up. Adding blocks by hand is moore advanced but gives you the opportunity to customize the user interface more.

Opendata Extension - datasetListLayout

You can test the most basic opendata extension - datasetListLayout by replacing your blocks from the examples above with the datasetListLayout block and the extension-library tag.

<div data-entryscape="config" data-entryscape-context="93"
     data-entryscape-entrystore="https://demo.entryscape.com/store"></div>
<div data-entryscape="datasetListLayout" data-entryscape-limit="3"></div>
<script src="https://static.cdn.entryscape.com/blocks-ext/1/opendata/opendata-sv.js">
</script>