List of articles troubleshooting

maruchan · 2010-08-16 20:28:51

I’m new to Textpattern, and would like an “articles” section to display excerpts rather than full articles. What I have now shows full articles:

<txp:if_category>
		<h1><txp:category title="1" /></h1>
		<div class="hfeed">
	<txp:article limit=1 form="static_article" status="sticky" />
		</div>
<txp:else />
	<txp:if_search>
		<h1><txp:text item="search_results" />: <txp:page_url type="q" /></h1>
	</txp:if_search>
		<div class="hfeed">
		<txp:article limit="5" /> 
		</div>
</txp:if_category>
<txp:if_individual_article>
		<p><txp:link_to_prev>« <txp:prev_title /></txp:link_to_prev> 
			<txp:link_to_next><txp:next_title /> »</txp:link_to_next></p>
<txp:else />
		<p><txp:older>« <txp:text item="older" /></txp:older> 
			<txp:newer><txp:text item="newer" /> »</txp:newer></p>
</txp:if_individual_article>

What I want, according to Textbook: (shows as emptiness / nothingness when I try it now)

<txp:if_article_list>
    <txp:if_excerpt>
        <txp:excerpt />
        <p class="read-more>
           <a href="<txp:permlink />#body"
              title="<txp:title />">» Read more</a>
        </p>
    <txp:else />
        <txp:body />
    </txp:if_excerpt>
<txp:else />
    <txp:if_excerpt>
        <txp:excerpt />
    </txp:if_excerpt>
    <div id="body">
        <txp:body />
    </div>
</txp:if_article_list>

I currently have one article in this section with a completed excerpt and published as “live.”

Thanks for any help! Not sure what’s making it look empty when I try the code from Textbook.

uli · 2010-08-16 22:28:51

Empty page?

Two guesses:

The second code block is the only thing in between your opening and closing body tags, and in your preferences Production Status is set to Live?
Put it in a form ( form “static_article”), set Production Status to Debug or Test in order to get some more information.

You put everything in the right place, but you aren’t viewing a category page.
You should a) use a category link to view the article (you’ve assigned a category) or b) remove the if_category and else tags if they aren’t necessary.

Again: just guesses, you didn’t post the complete code.

maruchan · 2010-08-16 22:40:29

Sorry, I should be more clear: The part that’s empty is where the article excerpt should appear. The rest of the site (menus, other content) all appear as normal.

Also, it’s not a category page. It’s a section page that I want to present a list of excerpts + “read more” links, that show a full article when activated.

The code I’ve posted is what I have in between my <div id=“bodytext”></div> area of my website; in other words, that’s the main content section.

uli · 2010-08-16 23:17:09

I ignored the <txp:article limit="5" /> below the if_search part, so everything I guessed is a lie.

maruchan wrote:

The code I’ve posted is what I have in between my <div id=“bodytext”></div> area of my website; in other words, that’s the main content section.

Third guess: You posted two code blocks. The second one resides in your form “default” in order to be queried by the above article tag?

maruchan · 2010-08-16 23:23:27

Oh, I didn’t notice that I had the form call in there. It shouldn’t be…that’s how I’m displaying single articles for other sections. For this section I’d like a list of excerpts.

maruchan · 2010-08-16 23:25:47

OK, removed it. Here’s what I have now.

<txp:if_category>
<txp:else />
	<txp:if_search>
		<h1><txp:text item="search_results" />: <txp:page_url type="q" /></h1>
	</txp:if_search>
		<div class="hfeed">
		<txp:article limit="5" /> 
		</div>
</txp:if_category>
<txp:if_individual_article>
		<p><txp:link_to_prev>« <txp:prev_title /></txp:link_to_prev> 
			<txp:link_to_next><txp:next_title /> »</txp:link_to_next></p>
<txp:else />
		<p><txp:older>« <txp:text item="older" /></txp:older> 
			<txp:newer><txp:text item="newer" /> »</txp:newer></p>
</txp:if_individual_article>

That’s working: At least it displays a full-length article. If I could just get this thing showing an excerpt rather than the full article, that would be great. Then I could work on showing a list of excerpts. :-)

Edit: I think if_category is unnecessary but am not sure if I should leave it in there just in case somebody requests a category or what.

Last edited by maruchan (2010-08-16 23:26:34)

uli · 2010-08-16 23:40:38

What works on your page is the <txp:article limit="5" /> tag below the if_search part. And it’s querying your form default cause you didn’ specify another one. If it’s not displaying excerpts, the second part of the code you posted in post #1 does not seem to be in that form.

maruchan · 2010-08-16 23:49:17

Here’s my form default:

<txp:if_individual_article>
<h1 class="entry-title"><txp:permlink><txp:title /></txp:permlink></h1>
<txp:else />
<h3 class="entry-title"><txp:permlink><txp:title /></txp:permlink></h3>
</txp:if_individual_article>
<div class="entry-content">
<txp:body />
</div>

Do I need to make a change to that?

Gocom · 2010-08-16 23:59:28

maruchan wrote:

Do I need to make a change to that?

Yes, but if you are already using the default form for other content, you could:

Create a new form and call it with the form attribute
Or you can use the article tag as a container.

For example, from:

<txp:article limit="5" />

To:

<txp:article limit="5">
	<txp:excerpt />
</txp:article>

See article
See excerpt”:http://textpattern.net/wiki/index.php?title=excerpt
Tag Reference”:http://textpattern.net/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Tag_Reference

Note that article tags always need to go to article context. They can not be used directly on page template.

Last edited by Gocom (2010-08-17 00:03:45)

maruchan · 2010-08-17 00:25:22

OK, I am learning a ton. :-) I made a new form and put this in it:

<txp:if_article_list>
    <txp:if_excerpt>
        <h3 class="entry-title"><txp:permlink><txp:title /></txp:permlink></h3>
        <txp:excerpt />
        <p class="read-more">
           <a href="<txp:permlink />#body"
              title="<txp:title />">» Read more</a>
        </p>
    <txp:else />
        <txp:body />
    </txp:if_excerpt>
    <txp:else />
        <p><a href="http://www.marccarson.com/site">Home</a> > <a href="http://www.marccarson.com/site/articles/">Articles</a></p>
        <h1 class="entry-title"><txp:permlink><txp:title /></txp:permlink></h1>
        <txp:body />
    </txp:if_excerpt>
</txp:if_article_list>

Does that look OK? It seems to work OK but I have no idea how it works exactly…at the bottom before if_excerpt is closed, I have <h1…<txp:body /> — when would that ever be used? Is it necessary?

uli · 2010-08-17 00:34:27

All this

	<p><a href="http://www.marccarson.com/site">Home</a> > <a href="http://www.marccarson.com/site/articles/">Articles</a></p>
	<h1 class="entry-title"><txp:permlink><txp:title /></txp:permlink></h1>
	<txp:body />

is displayed on individual articles’ pages. [EDIT: You’re in the “else” part of if_article_list] BTW You should delete the last if_excerpt tag, you have two closing ones.

Last edited by uli (2010-08-17 00:44:03)

maruchan · 2010-08-17 00:44:57

Is this <txp:body> necessary?

<txp:else />
        <txp:body />
    </txp:if_excerpt>

I’m not sure why that would be useful.

I deleted the other if_excerpt tag.

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