Central storage for site-wide constants: Helpful?

hakjoon · 2008-05-28 19:21:24

That’s exactly what I was thinking of.

wet · 2008-07-02 04:50:36

Food (hmm, rather a snack) for thought.

zero · 2008-07-02 10:06:16

Brilliant! So many possibilities…

iblastoff · 2008-07-02 10:17:58

so is it basically this idea?

Last edited by iblastoff (2008-07-02 10:18:07)

Bloke · 2008-07-02 10:22:16

Yes wet, very useful for those that don’t do stripes in jQuery.

In the same vein… untested but should work if I’ve understood the syntax:

<txp:variable name="plural" value='<txp:comments_count />' />
<p>
  <txp:comments_count /> comment<txp:if_variable name="plural" value="1"/><txp:else />s</txp:if_variable> so far.
</p>

Last edited by Bloke (2008-07-02 10:23:37)

wet · 2008-07-02 10:25:20

iblastoff wrote:

so is it basically this idea?

I think the original base is the Registry Pattern. At least, this is what I had in mind.

uli · 2008-07-02 10:49:30

Very sweet little examples for txp_var, Robert and Stef. I’m beginning to see the light ;)

uli · 2008-07-02 11:50:06

Would this give just todays articles, then?

<txp:variable name="today" value='<txp:php>echo date("Y-m-d");</txp:php>' />
<txp:if_variable name="today" value="<txp:posted format="%Y-%m-%d" />"/>
<txp:output_form form="my_article" />
<txp:else />
No events today!
</txp:if_variable>

wet · 2008-07-02 11:57:39

At first glance, this is almost working. if_variable receives a Textpattern tag as the attribute’s value, so you would need to enforce parsing with single quotes around <txp:posted format="%Y-%m-%d" />.

<txp:variable name="today" value='<txp:php>echo date("Y-m-d");</txp:php>' />
<txp:if_variable name="today" value='<txp:posted format="%Y-%m-%d" />' />
<txp:output_form form="my_article" />
<txp:else />
No events today!
</txp:if_variable>

redbot · 2008-07-02 14:42:59

uli wrote:

… I’m beginning to see the light ;)

Well now I can see the light fully. It’s strange but as soon as I read wet’s odd/even example my brain switched to “php mode” and all became clear in a second. Very strange, previously I had an hard time understanding… probably it’s me being completely brain-dead.
Anyway – as ever – thanks, very appreciated

mrdale · 2008-07-02 16:26:50

OK, here’s an idea…

For an upcoming project, I’ve decided to adapt this geographic selector to instead show a map of a facility and the various events that are going on at present, and immediately following.

The current region selector is based on articles that have a regional multi-select custom field (thanks to gerhard lazu). Then articles for a region are listed inside a dd and shown with a hover over the associated “visual” dt. Right now I’m using multiple article_custom calls that make each region’s dd.

The new idea would have to use custom fields for day, time and room. Then list events in a room’s dd based on a comparison between “now” == “day+time”.

It all seems theoretically possible, but the specifics are eluding me, and my cranium is minuscule in comparison with those of you gents…

Last edited by mrdale (2008-07-02 16:32:11)

uli · 2008-07-02 18:03:50

mrdale wrote:

Then list events in a room’s dd based on a comparison between “now” == “day+time”.

Should be doable for smd_query, I think.

mrdale · 2008-07-02 20:33:27

Oh yeah, that makes sense. Just need to put together a query…

els · 2008-07-02 20:43:07

I think I’m getting it (but not quite sure yet…). Would this work (in an – individual – article form)?

<txp:if_individual_article>

<h3>Related Articles</h3>

<txp:variable name="match" value='<txp:category1 />' />

<txp:article_custom limit="5">
	<txp:if_article_category name='<txp:variable name="match" />'>
		<txp:if_first_article><ul></txp:if_first_article>
		<li><txp:permlink><txp:title /></txp:permlink></li>
		<txp:if_last_article></ul></txp:if_last_article>
	<txp:else />
		<p>No related articles.</p>
	</txp:if_article_category>
</txp:article_custom>

</txp:if_individual_article>

Bloke · 2008-07-02 20:46:29

mrdale

Is this still related to your foreach thing? I couldn’t quite get my head round your problem. If I get a chance I’ll take another gander.

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