Using TemplateVariable checkbox ModX

Question

I'm trying to display social icons if user check checkbox in template varribles.
So i made everything I need to display this checkbox on each page (i have 1 template only) in template varribles.
Next i put this code into base.html (i use static files for all chunks and template - this file is BaseTemplate static file)

<?php if ($modx->getTemplateVar(1,'Yes')) { ?>
  <a href="#"><img src="assets/templates/default/images/facebook.png" alt="Facebook" style="width: 26px; height: 26px; border: 0; margin-left: 40px;" /></a>
  <a href="#"><img src="assets/templates/default/images/twitter.png" alt="Twitter" style="width: 26px; height: 26px; border: 0; margin-left: 10px;" /></a>
  <a href="#"><img src="assets/templates/default/images/linkedin.png" alt="LinkedIn" style="width: 25px; height: 25px; border: 0; margin-left: 10px;" /></a><br /><br />
<?php } ?>

Also i tried:

<?php if ($modx->getTemplateVar($social,'Yes')) { ?>

where social is a name of my TV, 1 is id of my TV.

And this is what i get on website:

getTemplateVar($social,'Yes')) { ?>

I though this is because i cant use php in chunks/template file, so i create snippet and put code to check TV is checked into it, but this didnt give me any results.

Here is documentation i read to use TV.
What em i doing wrong? How to use TV in this way, not as a filter while display resource?

Sean Kimball Sean Kimball · Accepted Answer · 2012-07-04T15:47:26

Try this, you don't need to use a snippet or write any code to make this work,

In your template [base.html]:

[[*social:eq=`Yes`:then=`[[$YourSocialHTMLChunk]]` ]]

[better yet, change your "social" TV to a numeric type of 1 or 0, you may have to double check the output filters: http://rtfm.modx.com/display/revolution20/Input+and+Output+Filters+(Output+Modifiers), I'm not sure if the 'eq' will work on a string... ]

Then stick all your social links into whatever you want to name YourSocialHTMLChunk

Using TemplateVariable checkbox ModX

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