Link to next article based on custom field

SPKuja · 2015-01-30 10:24:37

Hey guys, I wonder if some one can help.

I am trying to link to the next article based on the custom field entry. I thought some thing like this would work:

<txp:link_to_next YouTubeSeries=“alienisolation” ><txp:next_title /></txp:link_to_next>

I’m using glz_custom_fields to have more customer fields and YouTubeSeries is the name of the field. I basically only want to show the next article that has the same YouTubeSeries entry.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

etc · 2015-02-02 11:24:36

There currently seems to be no <txp:tag /> way, though the core code looks as if it was planned. Plugins (smd/etc_query, etc_search, ...) could do it, but <txp:php> solution is rather short:

<txp:variable name="previd"><txp:php>
global $thisarticle;
$prevart = getNeighbour( 
	'from_unixtime('.doSlash($thisarticle['posted']).')',
	$thisarticle['section'],
	'<',
	array('sortby'=>'Posted', 'sortdir'=>'desc', 'youtubeseries'=>$thisarticle['youtubeseries']) + filterAtts(),
	'cooked');
echo empty($prevart['ID']) ? '' : $prevart['ID'];
</txp:php></txp:variable>

<txp:if_variable name="previd" value=""><txp:else />
	<txp:article_custom form="your_link_to_prev_form" id='<txp:variable name="previd" />' />
</txp:if_variable>

Replace '<' with '>' for the next link, if it works at all (not tested with glz_custom_fields).

Edit: lowercase cf name and if_variable test.

Last edited by etc (2015-02-06 21:32:32)

SPKuja · 2015-02-02 16:03:02

Thank you for the reply. Unfortunately it does not work. Is there any way to achieve a similar function using keywords?

Thank you in advance, I really appreciate the help.

colak · 2015-02-02 17:06:14

I’m not sure if this will work

etc · 2015-02-02 19:27:26

SPKuja wrote #287983:

Thank you for the reply. Unfortunately it does not work. Is there any way to achieve a similar function using keywords?

Works for me if cf name is lowercase: youtubeseries. Will probably work with keywords too (untested).

SPKuja · 2015-02-06 19:23:43

etc wrote #287987:

Works for me if cf name is lowercase: youtubeseries. Will probably work with keywords too (untested).

Okay, I altered it to use lower case letters but when it gets to the 1st article it then shows all of the most recently posted articles. Is there any way to hide it once it is at the first article?

etc · 2015-02-06 20:37:48

SPKuja wrote #288076:

Okay, I altered it to use lower case letters but when it gets to the 1st article it then shows all of the most recently posted articles. Is there any way to hide it once it is at the first article?

Yes, sorry. Replace echo $prevart['ID']; with

echo empty($prevart['ID']) ? '' : $prevart['ID'];

and call

<txp:if_variable name="previd" value=""><txp:else />
	<txp:article_custom form="your_link_to_prev_form" id='<txp:variable name="previd" />' />
</txp:if_variable>

Last edited by etc (2015-02-06 21:32:47)

SPKuja · 2015-02-24 13:21:05

Sorry for the late reply. I still cannot get this to work. Is there any other method that may work? I can always do it based on category but I cannot seem to find any way to do that either. It doesn’t have to be by custom field, I just need a method to show the next article in the series, not every single article.

Bloke · 2015-02-24 13:34:22

SPKuja wrote #288547:

I can always do it based on category but I cannot seem to find any way to do that either.

Could smd_horizon help at all? That can navigate between categories.

SPKuja · 2015-02-24 14:57:58

Perfect! It works exactly as I need it too! Great plugin, thanks!

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