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#1 2006-09-06 14:54:17

alittle116

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From: Brooklyn

Registered: 2005-09-14

Posts: 72

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dumb question about linking pages

I have a section called “Politics” which contains many articles. That section uses the page template “PoliticsPage” which basically shows only the most recent article.

Now, I want to also have a page called “PoliticsArchivePage” that will show all of the articles in the Politics section. I’ve already made this page (in the pages subtab), but how do i link to it? All i want is my archive button to link to the page “PoliticsArchivePage”.

Can I even do this? Do i have to create a section called PoliticsArchivePage?

Any help is much appreciated.

#2 2006-09-06 16:16:21

alittle116

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From: Brooklyn

Registered: 2005-09-14

Posts: 72

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Re: dumb question about linking pages

I guess what I really need to know is, how do you setup two different pages per section (a standard article page and an archive page) and how do you link from the article page to the archive page….

#3 2006-09-06 16:29:21

mstwntd

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From: Melbourne, Australia

Registered: 2004-12-25

Posts: 52

Re: dumb question about linking pages

Hi Adam,

You do not need to create a separate page nor section for the full listing. Here’s a quick example of an archive that uses the same section:

PoliticsPage

<txp:if_individual_article>

<txp:article form="myform" />

<txp:else />

<h1>Latest Article:</h1>
<txp:article form="myform-latest" limit="1" />

<hr />

<h2>Older Articles:</h2>
<ul>
<txp:article form="myform" limit="500" offset="1" />
</ul>
</txp:if_individual_article>

——-

myform

<txp:if_individual_article>

<h1><txp:title></h1>
<small><txp:posted /></small>
<txp:body />

<txp:else />

<li><txp:permlink><txp:title /></txp:permlink></li>

</txp:if_individual_article>

——-

myform-latest

<div class="latest">
<h2><txp:permlink><txp:title /></txp:permlink></h2>
<txp:body />
</div>

myform-latest just allows you to style the first article differently on the main page.

Let me know if you have any problems.

#4 2006-09-06 17:12:06

alittle116

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From: Brooklyn

Registered: 2005-09-14

Posts: 72

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Re: dumb question about linking pages

thanks! i think i have things working now..