Using Stash for parsing "needles" out of content fields (similar to techniques using Copee Pastee/LG Replace)

default.html

{!-- embed page template --}
{embed="site/_page"
  hide_site_title="{embed:hide_site_title}"
  body_class="p-default"
}

{!-- get channel data --}
{exp:channel:entries
  limit="1"
  entry_id="{embed:entry_id}"
  dynamic="{embed:dynamic}"
  require_entry="{if embed:dynamic != 'no'}yes{/if}"
  disable="categories|category_fields|member_data|pagination|trackbacks"
}

  {if no_results}{redirect="404"}{/if}

  {!-- set needles for inline wygwam replacement --}

  {!-- matrix --}
  {cf_page_resources}
    {exp:stash:set
      name="resource:{row_count}"
      type="snippet"
    }

      {!-- playa --}
      {cell_resource}
        {stash:embed
          name="inline_resource"
          process="start"
        }
      {/cell_resource}

    {/exp:stash:set}
  {/cf_page_resources}

  {!-- set stashes --}
  {exp:stash:set name="entry_id"}{entry_id}{/exp:stash:set}
  {exp:stash:set name="title"}{title}{/exp:stash:set}
  {exp:stash:set name="content"}
    <h1>{title}</h1>
    <div class="content-inner">
      {if segment_1 != "search"}
      <div class="group">
        <div class="content-1 append-gutter">
          {exp:stash:parse process="end"}{cf_page_body}{/exp:stash:parse}
          {exp:stash:get name="after_content"}
        </div>
        <div class="content-2">
          {if "{structure:child_ids}" || "{structure:parent:entry_id}" != "1"}
            <h2>More About {if "{structure:top:title}" == "About"}Telx{if:else}{structure:top:title}{/if}</h2>
            {exp:structure:nav
              start_from="/{segment_1}"
              css_class="sub-nav"
            }
          {/if}

          {if cf_page_resource}
            {embed="site/_resources" entry_ids="{exp:playa:child_ids field='cf_page_resource'}"}
          {/if}

          {if segment_1 != "about"}
          <h2>Interconnection Products</h2>
          {embed="products/_nav"}
          {/if}

          <h2>Our World Class Data Centers</h2>
          <p>Learn more about our data centers. Strategically located in nine Tier 1 markets. <a href="/data-centers/">Learn More &raquo;</a></p>
          {embed="data-centers/_medium-map"}

          <h2>Contact Us</h2>
          <p>Please contact our sales team to find out more about...</p>
          <ul class="contact-methods">
            <li class="email"><a href="http://map.telx.com/Web-Lead-Testing.html" class="fancy-iframe">Email</a></li>
            <li class="chat"><a href="">Chat</a></li>
          </ul>
        </div>
      </div>
      {/if}
      {exp:stash:get name="after_body"}
    </div>
  {/exp:stash:set}

{/exp:channel:entries}

inline_resource.html

<div class="inline-vid">
  <a href="#page-video" class="fancylink">
    <div class="mejs-overlay-button"></div>
    {exp:ce_img:single
      src="{cf_video_img}"
      width="260"
      height="150"
      crop="yes|center,center"
    }
  </a>
  {if cf_video_caption}
    <div class="caption">
      <div class="caption-inner">{cf_video_caption}</div>
    </div>
  {/if}
</div>

<div style="display: none">
  <div id="page-video" class="external-vid">
    {if cf_video_link}
      {cf_video_link}
    {if:elseif cf_video_mp4 || cf_video_webm}
      <video controls="controls">
        {if cf_video_mp4}<source src="{cf_video_mp4}" type="video/mp4" />{/if}
        {if cf_video_webm}<source src="{cf_video_webm}" type="video/webm" />{/if}
        <object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="/assets/js/lib/mediaelement/build/flashmediaelement.swf">
          <param name="movie" value="/assets/js/lib/mediaelement/build/flashmediaelement.swf">
          <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true">
          <param name="wmode" value="transparent">
          <param name="flashVars" value="config={'playlist':['{cf_video_img}',{'url':'{cf_video_mp4}','autoPlay':false}]}">
          <p>Upgrade your browser to watch the video.</p>
        </object>
      </video>
    {/if}
  </div>
</div>

Concept

You have a Matrix field with each row defining a "needle" of content. Some use Copee Pastee to help users copy/paste the needles. The other columns are whatever is necessary for your content. In this example, a Playa cell is used.

In a content field (textarea, Wygwam, Rich Text Editor), users can paste in {the_name_of_your_needle:row_number} wherever they like (e.g. {resource:4}.

In the template, Stash powers the parsing of these needles, and your content is...parsed.

Similar result to techniques using NSM transplant/LG Replace