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#1 2011-07-20 10:29:42

wornout
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From: Italy
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Alternative article navigation

Hi everyone,
I found a pretty and usable nav solution at Ecco Shoes

Mouse over next or prev button shows a list of newr or older articles (depending on their sort method).
Someone has any idea to reproduce this on Textpattern?

I try to solve, bu I think I need help :)

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#2 2011-07-20 10:32:52

Bloke
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From: Leeds, UK
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Re: Alternative article navigation

Have you looked at smd_horizon?


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#3 2011-07-21 10:28:37

wornout
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From: Italy
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Re: Alternative article navigation

With smd_horizon I can use article image in links but it publish only 1 step article. Right?
What I’m trying to do is publish a list of previous and next articles (if exist) relative to current. With a range value I can limit the output. A sort criteria maybe be usefull too.

For example:

In Fruits section I’ll see:

  • Apple
  • Banana
  • Cocco
  • Lemon
  • Peach

If I enter Cocco’s page I will see:

Previous
  • Banana
  • Apple
    Next
  • Lemon
  • Peach

The sort order is inverted in the prev list…
I think isn’t a small work…

Last edited by wornout (2011-07-21 10:30:31)

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#4 2011-07-21 18:37:30

uli
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Registered: 2006-08-15
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Re: Alternative article navigation

Still hoping for the day when article_custom accepts negative offset :)


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#5 2011-07-21 19:09:26

Bloke
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From: Leeds, UK
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Re: Alternative article navigation

wornout wrote:

With smd_horizon I can use article image in links but it publish only 1 step article. Right?

Ah yes, you’re right. Out of the box it (well, Txp) only has the capacity to store one article either side of the current article.

Of course with some smd_query magic inside your <txp:smd_next /> and <txp:smd_prev /> you should be able to make use of <txp:article_id /> to figure out what the next article is and then pull out limit articles that occur after this ID (inclusive). Similarly on the previous side you can pull out limit articles before the previous ID (again, inclusive) assuming you ORDER BY date and take the current section / category into account.

Actually, that’s a pretty nifty request so I might consider seeing if it’s possible to build that functionality into the plugin. Not convinced it can be done due to Txp’s limitations, but if it’s possible I’ll find a way :-)

Last edited by Bloke (2011-07-21 19:09:45)


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#6 2011-07-29 08:24:01

wornout
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From: Italy
Registered: 2009-01-20
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Re: Alternative article navigation

adi_image_tab does something similar.

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