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#1 2007-06-01 21:39:08

FireFusion

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Registered: 2005-05-10

Posts: 698

Custom fields and article lists

I can’t really find an elegant way around this, so I thought I’d ask you guys.

I’m in a situation where I need the meta title coming from custom field. I use this code…

<title><txp:custom_field name="meta-title" /> | <txp:section title="1" /> | <txp:sitename /></title>

…which works fine for individual articles but fails on the article list. The article lists are all just a single static page I need the custom field bit too. Is there a way to use custom fields outside of the article tag on an article list?

Otherwise I will have to use this method…

<title><txp:if_individual_article><txp:custom_field name="meta-title" /><txp:else /> <txp:output_form form="section_titles" />|</txp:if_individual_article> <txp:section title="1" /> | <txp:sitename /></title>

And then a load of conditionals in that form which isn’t quite a elegant.

Last edited by FireFusion (2007-06-01 21:39:32)

#2 2007-06-02 08:30:38

Mary

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Registered: 2004-06-27

Posts: 6,236

Re: Custom fields and article lists

Is there a way to use custom fields outside of the article tag on an article list?

No. Those wouldn’t be article custom fields then, right?

And then a load of conditionals in that form which isn’t quite a elegant.

That would be the price you pay for using the same page template for each section: you either have a separate page for each section or use conditionals.

The best way, though, would likely be a plugin.

#3 2007-06-04 04:35:51

FireFusion

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Registered: 2005-05-10

Posts: 698

Re: Custom fields and article lists

Well I found my solution in the Textpattern Solutions (good choice of title). Since my static pages just show one sticky article I only had to do this…

<txp:if_individual_article>
<txp:article form="metadata" />
<txp:else />
<txp:article limit="1" status="sticky" form="metadata" />
</txp:if_individual_article>

Last edited by FireFusion (2007-06-04 04:36:05)

#4 2007-06-08 11:31:02

alannie

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From: Minnesota, USA

Registered: 2005-09-15

Posts: 150

Re: Custom fields and article lists

Here’s a variant of the solution. I’m curious, are you using multiple instances of the txp:article tag? Is it causing the issues mentioned in the other thread?

#5 2007-08-25 18:13:35

Logoleptic

Plugin Author

From: Kansas, USA

Registered: 2004-02-29

Posts: 482

Re: Custom fields and article lists

alannie wrote:

Here’s a variant of the solution. I’m curious, are you using multiple instances of the txp:article tag? Is it causing the issues mentioned in the other thread?

I ran across the technique mentioned by FireFusion earlier this year on Performancing. I did run into a little trouble when I tried to implement it on my site, but adding allowoverride="0" to the <txp:article /> tag fixed things. Works like a charm now.