r1620 - possibly thisarticle/sticky article solution

zem · 2006-08-05 07:23:18

See here for background.

I think this changes the old status semantics slightly on individual article pages. Now, <txp:article /> will only display a Live article, not Sticky, even on a Sticky article’s permlink page. (Previously, I believe <txp:article /> tried to be smarter, and fetch the article regardless of whether the status was Live or Sticky).

In other words, this:

<txp:article status="sticky" />
<txp:article />

..should work fine on both list pages and individual article pages without displaying duplicate articles.

YMMV.

jakob · 2006-08-05 07:32:42

If you want to achieve the old way can you still do <txp:article status="sticky,live" /> ?

I found it a useful way of flagging only certain articles for showing on the front page as a teaser whilst leaving the normal article list with both live and sticky articles in the respective section intact.

wet · 2006-08-05 18:06:24

Jakob, you can still use

<txp:article status="sticky" />
<txp:article status="live" />

zem, you’re right about the semantics change. This considered, the commit looks fine for my test case regarding sticky/live stati.

Last edited by wet (2006-08-05 18:06:41)

zem · 2006-08-06 00:53:09

can you still do <txp:article status="sticky,live" /> ?

No. I don’t believe that has ever been supported.

It’s not trivial to do, either. txp:article behaves differently depending on whether it’s displaying a sticky or live article; how should it behave if it’s displaying both? Lots of consequences and complex interactions.

Wet’s suggestion works and is much simpler.

Last edited by zem (2006-08-06 00:53:24)

jakob · 2006-08-06 12:23:47

thanks for the info. Wet’s suggestion lists the sticky articles at the top, though, rather than all articles in their normal order. I’ll have to try it out with a current update or maybe find another way of flagging individual articles to appear as teasers on the front page.

wet · 2006-08-06 14:07:56

jakob wrote:

[…] rather than all articles in their normal order.

I am confused :-(

What purpose would you use sticky articles for if they were rendered in posting date order? I always use them as an introductory article to a specific section article list, even restricting them to be displayed only on the very first page of an article list.

I think I am missing something…

jakob · 2006-08-06 20:34:42

I agree, I am not using them entirely as they were conceived, but as a way of flagging certain articles to appear on the front page. Imagine a normal website (not a blog) with sections and pages within them. The client could then set some to status=“sticky”, whether recent or not, and these would appear on the front page as teasers and otherwise in their normal position in their own section. I guess, I should use another way of flagging them in future.

Mary · 2006-08-06 22:01:36

Yeah, that would actually be an unintended “feature”.

I guess, I should use another way of flagging them in future.

Sure. You could use categories, or custom fields, for one. With custom fields, you could even make a plugin that has say, a dropdown or checkbox, rather than text to enter. A category might be worth investigating because, usually, frontpage articles are of the same “type”.

jakob · 2006-08-07 04:57:56

Yes, thanks (again) for the ideas :-) I’ll revisit here again before upgrading.

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