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    Modular content fields

    Note This guide assumes you have a basic knowledge of how Modular content fields work in DatoCMS. If this is not the case, please read this introduction first.

    Suppose a blog_post model has a modular-content field called content, which in turn accepts the following blocks:

    • Block blog_post_text_block: made of a text field (multi-paragraph text);

    • Block blog_post_quote_block: made of a quote field (multi-paragraph text) and author field (single-line string);

    • Block blog_post_gallery_block: made of a gallery field (image gallery);

    A modular-content field works much like a multiple links field, as it returns an array of the inner records. In your dato.config.js file you can dump a modular-content field inside the frontmatter of a post like this:

    // dato.config.js
    module.exports = (dato, root, i18n) => {
    // inside a "src/articles" directory...
    root.directory("src/articles", (articlesDir) => {
    // ...iterate over the "Blog post" records...
    dato.blogPosts.forEach((article) => {
    // ...and create a markdown file for each article!
    articlesDir.createPost(
    `${article.slug}.md`, "yaml", {
    frontmatter: {
    title: article.title,
    author: article.author.name,
    content: article.content.toMap()
    }
    }
    );
    });
    });
    };

    Depending on your static generator, you can then use the content key present in the frontmatter of the article to iterate over the blocks and present them in the page. Something like this:

    <article>
    <header>
    <h1><%= title %></h1>
    <p><%= author %></p>
    </header>
    <% content.forEach((record) => { %>
    <% if (record.itemType === "blog_post_text_block") { %>
    <div>
    <%= record.text %>
    </div>
    <% } else if (record.itemType === "blog_post_quote_block") { %>
    <blockquote>
    <%= record.quote %>
    <footer>
    <cite><%= record.author %></cite>
    </footer>
    </blockquote>
    <% } else if (record.item_type.api_key === "blog_post_gallery_block") { %>
    <div class="gallery">
    <% record.gallery.forEach((image) => { %>
    <img src="<%= image.url() %>" alt="<%= image.alt %>" title="<%= image.title %>" />
    <% }) %>
    </div>
    <% } %>
    <% }) %>
    </article>