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Re: Plugin: pfa_beginning - excerpt generation based on length attribute
philipshlock: thanks
seku: I usually have this plugin autogenerate the excerpt also but sometimes I want something different than what is in the body or more control so I enter the excerpt manually.
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#74 2005-06-18 16:16:57
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Re: Plugin: pfa_beginning - excerpt generation based on length attribute
Another cheer and another request: I’ve found that when a post begins with a blockquote as entered in textile (ie bq . )
the plugin doesn’t close the blockquote. Is there a way around this?
Thanks again!
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Re: Plugin: pfa_beginning - excerpt generation based on length attribute
I had this same problem, so I basically ensured I removed ALL text formating from the start. If you want unformatted excerpts then you might want to try safe page excerpt.
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#76 2005-06-18 17:39:40
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Re: Plugin: pfa_beginning - excerpt generation based on length attribute
I’d actually like to keep the formatting. I’m wondering if there is a way for the plugin to close the tag if it spans multiple paragraphs.
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Re: Plugin: pfa_beginning - excerpt generation based on length attribute
the plugin could be made to see if there are open tags and close them if they haven’t been, but I don’t know how I could ensure that this was done in the proper order (ie have the tags nested as intended).
I think this would require some pretty good analysis of the tags used. I wonder if this might be easier to do before textile is applied, but I think it’s pretty much the same situation with html or textile tags. The code would probably have to run a lot of different tests to figure out what to do about open tags. This is not something I know how to do.
If anyone knows of an efficient solution, please contribute. Thanks.
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#78 2005-09-05 03:44:02
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Re: Plugin: pfa_beginning - excerpt generation based on length attribute
Could someone tell me where this plugin’s data has disapeared to? When I click on the download link all that appears in my browser is the enclosing tags for a PHP script and nothing more.
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Re: Plugin: pfa_beginning - excerpt generation based on length attribute
Even though you can’t see it the php is there. Press ctrl-A, to select all (or whatever the mac command for this is), ctrl-C to copy. Then paste that into the plugin box in your textpattern admin.
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#80 2005-09-06 07:09:46
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Re: Plugin: pfa_beginning - excerpt generation based on length attribute
Well whatta ya know?! Now the encoded data is there. Problem solved! :-)
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#81 2005-10-01 13:31:04
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Re: Plugin: pfa_beginning - excerpt generation based on length attribute
uhm… i cant get it to work properly. could also be i’m just too dumb, but i’m trying the following:
< txp:if_individual_article> < txp:article /> < p> Vorheriger Artikel: < txp:link_to_prev>« < txp:prev_title /> «< /txp:link_to_prev>< br /> Nächster Artikel: < txp:link_to_next>» < txp:next_title /> »< /txp:link_to_next> < /p> < /txp:if_individual_article> < txp:if_article_list> < txp:beginning length=“500” linktext=“weiter lesen” styleclass=“morelink” /> < p> < txp:older>zurück< /txp:older> < txp:newer>vor< /txp:newer> < /p> < /txp:if_article_list>
this is the content area of my default page… but if i do so, it just shows nothing, no output. any idea on this, or corrections on my way to put the articles there? :-)
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Re: Plugin: pfa_beginning - excerpt generation based on length attribute
You have to put the pfa_beginning-stuff in the article form, not on the frontpage.
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Re: Plugin: pfa_beginning - excerpt generation based on length attribute
I was just going to write something similar, but let me elaborate some more. You should replace the <code>< txp:body /></code> tag in your “default” form with the <code>< txp:pfa_beginning /></code> stuff. That should work.
What the heck, here’s what I use to see the excerpt for the list and the full article “if individual”.
<pre><code>< h2>< txp:permlink>< txp:title />< /txp:permlink> < /h2>
< txp:if_individual_article>
< txp:body />
< /txp:if_individual_article>
< txp:if_article_list>
< txp:beginning length=“200” linktext=“Mehr…” styleclass=“more” />
< /txp:if_article_list>
</code></pre>
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#84 2005-10-01 13:53:36
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Re: Plugin: pfa_beginning - excerpt generation based on length attribute
ah, sorry, now i got it :-) thx
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