Resource link list

Qwest · 2010-05-17 12:15:15

Hi,

Is there a way to add a list of links which relate to a each article as they go? Maybe a related list of links, or further reading? I would you my excerpt field, but that’s being used already.

Is there a plugin or feature that I could use to append a set of links after each of my articles?

Thanks

colak · 2010-05-17 13:14:23

Hi Quest

related_articles should do what you need.

Qwest · 2010-05-17 13:17:50

Thanks Colak, however that seems to be for articles within the textpattern installation. I’m talking about other articles on the internet, so like a list of external links which I would define.

Ive got no problem doing this in HTML, but would like somewhere like a custom field so I can place it in the content sidebar.

jakob · 2010-05-17 13:27:04

If you mean external www links, you could use a custom_field to hold either the link category or the individual link id numbers.

The category is easier as txp:linklist accepts a category attribute. You need to add this to your page template. For each article you then need to make a link category in the category pane, then create your links in the Content > Links pane, and assign them to that category. Any links in that category are then appended automatically to your article.

The other method using a series of txp link ID numbers in your custom_field, e.g. 3,7,9 is more complex. For this you need smd_each or rah_repeat, both of which allow you to break apart a comma-separated list and do something with each item. You then use this to construct your links using txp’s various link tags. Again, you create the actual links in the Content > Links pane.

If you want to do it manually, also check adi_link.

Last edited by jakob (2010-05-17 13:28:28)

Bloke · 2010-05-17 13:31:40

Or there’s smd_tags which allows you to tag links (and images, files, articles) with arbitrary names that you can then link to other things (such as other articles) with smd_related_tags.

Qwest · 2010-05-17 19:51:16

hmm, using the actual TXP link list seems a bit excessive for what I’m trying to do. Basically, once finished writing an article, I’d like to add a couple of URL’s used at the bottom, like further reading elsewhere. Reference links etc.

I was hoping there would be a plugin that would create a custom_field as a multi-line text box, which would allow me to list the links.

jakob · 2010-05-17 20:01:21

I was hoping there would be a plugin that would create a custom_field as a multi-line text box, which would allow me to list the links.

There is: glz_custom_fields. It’s not free but well worth the money. Note however that custom_fields have a 255 character limit unless you modify the database.

BTW: if you want to write your links as textile, you can use upm_textile to parse the custom_field as textile, e.g.:

<txp:upm_textile><txp:custom_field name="article_links" /></txp:upm_textile>

Bloke · 2010-05-17 21:21:51

Qwest wrote:

Basically, once finished writing an article, I’d like to add a couple of URL’s used at the bottom, like further reading elsewhere. Reference links etc.

I don’t get why you need a custom field for this then. There seems little point wasting a custom field (which as jakob mentions is size-limited) or creating TXP’s links because, as you say, it’s overkill for one-off links. You should probably just add the links directly to the article body:

h3. Further reading

"Life, The Universe and Everything":http://douglasadams.com/
"Vogon training simulator":http//6of3.com/vogontraining/

And of course references can be handled in Textile with the [1] and fn1. syntax. Perhaps I’ve misunderstood your motivation, though.

Qwest · 2010-05-21 12:28:35

Thanks Bloke – and I agree, adding to the body would be ideal, however I want the links to appear in the sidebar, so it’s no good appending them to the bottom of the article.

Jakob, thanks for the tip for GLZ_custom_fields. I was unaware of the 255 character limit though.

I think I’ll re-purpose the <txp: excerpt> field.

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