Persistent front page

debegray · 2009-02-15 13:54:08

Hi all,

I would like to have a persistent intro on my front page that never gets moved down when new content comes on. Is there a way to do this?

TIA

keith · 2009-02-15 14:15:46

Is there a way to do this?

Yes.

There is.

jstubbs · 2009-02-15 14:16:23

Use sticky articles. For example:

<txp:article limit="1" status="sticky" />

Then, set the article to status “sticky” in the Write panel.

debegray · 2009-02-15 14:46:37

Thanks – it worked!

debegray · 2009-02-15 16:48:39

Oops, it didn’t. If I use the sticky option, other articles don’t show up when I click on them. I looked at the process for creating a static page, and apparently you’re supposed to set it to not appear on the front page. Am I missing something? Is that just because the example is for an About page?

els · 2009-02-15 17:17:42

I usually create a section ‘intro’ or ‘frontpage’, set it not to appear on the frontpage, write the intro article in it, make it sticky, and use this code on the page:

<txp:if_section name="">
<txp:article_custom section="intro" limit="1" status="sticky" form="yourform" />
</txp:if_section>

or

<txp:if_section name="">
<txp:article_custom id="123" status="sticky" form="yourform" /><!-- id '123' is your intro article -->
</txp:if_section>

After this code you can place your article tag(s) to display your other content.
This way the chance that the intro article will show up somewhere where it is not wanted is as good as zero.

Last edited by els (2009-02-15 20:11:24)

debegray · 2009-02-15 18:07:29

That sounds like what I’m trying to do. I followed your instructions and can’t get it to show up on the front page. After I write the article, do I change the section back so that it does appear on the frontpage?

jstubbs · 2009-02-15 18:21:15

I think you are missing another article tag. Try this:

<txp:article limit="1" status="sticky" /> (show the sticky article first)
<txp:article limit="10" /> (then show the other articles)

Is this what you are looking for? If not, can you post your page template contents and tell us what it does not do for you…

debegray · 2009-02-15 18:31:13

Jstubbs, that worked! Els, I appreciate your idea. I think I’ll keep playing with it.

I really appreciate everyone’s help so much.

jstubbs · 2009-02-15 18:57:04

I normally use a slightly different method from Els – I create a section called “Home” and set it to display on the front page.

Then, I just create one article for the front page (Home section). Works fine for static sites. Of course, you could just adapt it slightly if you have more than one article, using the code I posted above.

I’ll write a TXP Tip on this by next weekend…

debegray · 2009-02-15 19:00:33

Something a little weird. Now, if you go to a specific article, it shows up twice on the page.

debegray · 2009-02-15 19:41:37

I solved the duplicate problem by removing
<div class=“hfeed”> <txp:article limit=“5” /> </div>

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