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#1 2009-10-31 19:46:54

eliotlovell

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Registered: 2009-10-31

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How do I ... post an article excerpt on the front page of my site?

Hi -

I’m very new to Textpattern. I’ve got a very basic site slowly coming together, but I want to have three article excerpts on the home page of the site, trailing 3 separate articles and linking off to them.

The homepage is here:

http://fashionfusionexpo.co.uk/

Any help much appreciated – thanks :-)

Eliot

#2 2009-10-31 21:05:59

els

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Registered: 2004-06-06

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Re: How do I ... post an article excerpt on the front page of my site?

FAQ: How do I show only an excerpt in article lists?

#3 2009-10-31 21:41:39

eliotlovell

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Re: How do I ... post an article excerpt on the front page of my site?

Hi –

Thanks for the link – I was reading through that page earlier and tried some of the tags on the page – but couldn’t get the excerpt to appear. I managed to get an Tag error –

Tag error: <txp:if_excerpt> -> Textpattern Notice: Article tags cannot be used outside an article context on line 217

But that’s about it :-/

Not sure what else to try.

#4 2009-10-31 23:13:04

els

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Re: How do I ... post an article excerpt on the front page of my site?

eliotlovell wrote:

Tag error: <txp:if_excerpt> -> Textpattern Notice: Article tags cannot be used outside an article context on line 217

The tag is supposed to go inside your article form.