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#1 2006-07-07 15:45:25

tdskate

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Registered: 2006-06-15

Posts: 7

sub sections?

So here’s the deal,
There are 5 sections, they are all displaying their articles directly.
But I only want that on the “news” page…
Other pages should just show the to their articles, and a small text about that certain section – how do i do that?

thx

#2 2006-07-07 16:54:55

Ace of Dubs

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Registered: 2006-04-17

Posts: 446

Re: sub sections?

WHat do you mean by “articles directly”?

Are the entire articles showing on your landing pages?

Have you tried making a customized excerpt form?

#3 2006-07-07 17:29:23

els

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From: The Netherlands

Registered: 2004-06-06

Posts: 7,458

Re: sub sections?

tdskate wrote:

Other pages should just show the to their articles, and a small text about that certain section – how do i do that?

If I understand you correctly, put this on the section page:
<code>
<txp:if_article_list>
<txp:article status=“sticky” form=“full_article” /></code> (this is your “small text about that certain section”, make that a sticky article)
<code><ul><txp:article listform=“article_list” /></ul>
<txp:else />
<txp:article form=“full_article” />
</txp:if_article_list>
</code>
Your form “article_list” should contain just something like <li><txp:permlink><txp:title /></txp:permlink></li>.

#4 2006-07-18 09:27:01

tdskate

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Registered: 2006-06-15

Posts: 7

Re: sub sections?

Nice. Thank you very much Els!
Ok, So far so good! Is it possible to keep this same Subnav visible when showing the articles?

Here’s how it looks now:
http://www.suigetsu.be/informatie/

When I click an item in the subnav, the bar dissapears because it’s not defined in the article post. I tried this:
<code>
<txp:if_article_list>
<txp:article status=“sticky” form=“full_article” />
<div id=“subnav”><ul><txp:article listform=“article_list” /></ul></div>
<txp:else />
<div id=“subnav”><ul><txp:article listform=“article_list” /></ul></div>
<txp:article />
</txp:if_article_list>
</code>

#5 2006-07-18 12:42:03

els

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From: The Netherlands

Registered: 2004-06-06

Posts: 7,458

Re: sub sections?

You could try and use <txp:article_custom /> instead.
If each section has it’s own page template, use
<code>
<div id=“subnav”><ul><txp:article_custom section=“name-of-this-section” form=“article_list” /></ul></div>
</code>
If you are using the same page for all sections, use conditionals:
<code>
<txp:if_section name=“informatie”>
<div id=“subnav”><ul><txp:article_custom section=“informatie” form=“article_list” /></ul></div>
</txp:if_section>
<txp:if_section name=“interactief”>
<div id=“subnav”><ul><txp:article_custom section=“interactief” form=“article_list” /></ul></div>
</txp:if_section>
</code>etcetera.

And keep this code outside of the if_article_list conditionals.

#6 2006-07-18 13:33:26

tdskate

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Registered: 2006-06-15

Posts: 7

Re: sub sections?

There is absolutely no way I could have ever found this on my own. THANK YOU!