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Re: upm_textile_toggle: Toggle default Textile setting for excerpts.
I have two questions about this plug-in, that maybe, the answer, should be added to the first post.
- Wich is the idea behind disable textile in excerpt? I mean, if someone feels comfortable using textile in the article’s body, why he/she wouldnt want to use textile in the excerpt?
If someone doesnt use textile in excerpt, he/she will need to add the necesary HTML for the excerpt (it can be added in the same excerpt or can be added in the article form, <code><p><txp:excerpt /></p></code>). Do I explain myself or am I asking a dumb question? - Suppose I want to use this nice plug-in and so, I get textile disable for excerpts. But one day, for an article, I want to write an excerpt using Textile. So I enable textile in the excerpt for that article and write the excerpt including some textile mark-up. Until that point, everything is ok. <br />Then, few months later, I want to edit a missed comma in that article. So I click in the article to edit it, add the comma and save it. But the problem is that when I clicked the article to edit it, the upm_textile_excerpt_off has turn-off textile for the excerpt in that article (without i notice it of course, that is the “issue” i’m talking about). <br />So, all my textile mark-up in the excerpt is displayed when viewing the article.
<p>I also apply this to my “mod”, that disables textile for the article too.
If I want to use Textile in an article, I enable it, write the article using Textile, then save it. Few months later, I want to edit a comma, but the plug-in “silently” disables Textile, and when I save it, tuc! the article is displayed with all my textile mark-up.</p>
Ok, one should check in the Preview subtab and also in the website that the article is being displayed as expected…
Last edited by maniqui (2005-10-31 21:47:18)
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#14 2005-10-31 20:55:12
- Mary
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Re: upm_textile_toggle: Toggle default Textile setting for excerpts.
- I dunno, it was asked for. Yes.
- There was no way to check for that. Its an actual setting in the database now, not in the stable but the svn version. Which is why I think this should revert to a simple patch, rather than a plugin.
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Re: upm_textile_toggle: Toggle default Textile setting for excerpts.
I ask:
<blockquote>Do I explain myself or am I asking a dumb question?</blockquote>
You reply:
<blockquote>1. I dunno, it was asked for. <strong>Yes</strong>.</blockquote>
I explained myself and I also asked a dumb question. :D
That’s me!
At least, I explained myself.
Thanks, mary.
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#16 2005-10-31 22:44:14
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Re: upm_textile_toggle: Toggle default Textile setting for excerpts.
Ak! now that’s not what I meant! that was to “…will need to add the necesary HTML…”
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#17 2005-11-02 05:56:02
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Re: upm_textile_toggle: Toggle default Textile setting for excerpts.
Plugin has been updated to work for 4.0.2.
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#18 2006-03-10 11:38:37
- hanz
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Re: upm_textile_toggle: Toggle default Textile setting for excerpts.
hi mary,
maybe i’m stupid, maybe i’m blind, but i have to tell you, what i can’t find…
it’s you’re plugin what i’m looking for.
here textpattern/plugin they say its “abandoned”, sounds scary, and here “http://www.upm-plugins.com/” it’s not listed.
i managed to get the ‘p’ tags away with the admin, but i wish i don’t have to do it for every single article.
please help a newbie!
thanx, hanz
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#19 2006-03-10 13:13:43
- Mary
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Re: upm_textile_toggle: Toggle default Textile setting for excerpts.
Plugin got renamed, here’s where you can find it.
Abandoned means just that: abandoned. As in, I’m not currently supporting my past plugins (I’m not actively developing any either). Developing plugins is one thing, supporting them is another entirely and took up a lot of my time. They are free for anyone else to adopt (rename, develop, etc), but it looks like no one’s really interested in doing that. A couple folks decided to “archive” the plugins at upm-plugins, so they’d still be available. That said, this particular plugin is an extremely basic, simple plugin; you shouldn’t have any problems with it.
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#20 2006-03-10 13:36:02
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Re: upm_textile_toggle: Toggle default Textile setting for excerpts.
thank you.
the renaming just confused me a bit.
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Re: upm_textile_toggle: Toggle default Textile setting for excerpts.
maniqui wrote:
Wich is the idea behind disable textile in excerpt? I mean, if someone feels comfortable using textile in the article’s body, why he/she wouldnt want to use textile in the excerpt?
If someone doesnt use textile in excerpt, he/she will need to add the necesary HTML for the excerpt (it can be added in the same excerpt or can be added in the article form, <code><p><txp:excerpt /></p></code>).
I think the idea is that the excerpt usually has a “Read more..” link which is the permlink to the full article. Normally, one would like that link to appear within the <p> tag of the excerpt, rather than on the following line – the <p> would be generated by the form as you have suggested. Now, I think the admin side of Textpattern is pretty accessible to the average client – but all those little things (having to open advanced prefs, rollover images to see their ID, etc..) perhaps make it seem more confusing or prone to error. So, if I can avoid having the client having to remember to turn off Textile for excerpts – or for there to have to be any additional steps in the process really – I certainly will choose to have it that way. Anyway, I think that is the explanation behind the plugin and while I still find it a very useful resource!
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#22 2006-06-10 23:57:13
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Re: upm_textile_toggle: Toggle default Textile setting for excerpts.
I use this plugin on a site where the excerpt field is used for the meta description … and u don’t want paragraph tags etc in there…
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#23 2006-10-19 20:56:47
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Re: upm_textile_toggle: Toggle default Textile setting for excerpts.
v.0.5
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Re: upm_textile_toggle: Toggle default Textile setting for excerpts.
Lovely! Thanks for this plugin.
For the first time ever, I edited the code of a plugin (I know this is ‘small-beer’ for many, but for me it’s a step I’ve never taken).
I just wanted to share in case it’s helpful for anyone else or in case anyone sees something wrong/dangerous in what I’ve done and is kind enough to let me know.
I simply edited selectedIndex = 2 to selectedIndex = 1 because for a particular site, we needed ‘Convert linebreaks’ as the default for Excerpt formatting.
Hope this is OK and is of some help to someone. Cheers! -Alan
At LAST I’ve cheerfully donated to the core devs at #TXP. I only wish I were able to give more. Thanks to the devs and ALL fellow TXPers. -A
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