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is there a way to assign an image & download file to a single article?
i would like the client to be able to manage a single article where they can add a pdf file for download and a thumbnail image. is this possible?
the reason i want both in a single article is so the client can add multiple articles each with 1 pdf and 1 thumbnail. the form would then display all the articles. here is what i’m trying to achieve (except dynamically): http://dhs-wine.com/whatsnew.php.
maybe i’m thinking about this the wrong way? if there is a better solution let me know.
thanks.
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Re: is there a way to assign an image & download file to a single article?
Hi
you can use custom_field for that, articles have 10 custom field, you can use oen of them to insert the pdf id.
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Re: is there a way to assign an image & download file to a single article?
i’m having trouble getting the file id from the custom field. i created a custom field called pdf and called the field from the file download tag. here is the code i have:
<txp:article_custom page="sales-sheets">
<txp:article_image />
<txp:file_download_link id="<txp:custom_field name="pdf" />">
<txp:file_download_name /> [<txp:file_download_size format="mb" decimals="2" />]
</txp:file_download_link>
</txp:article_custom>the errors i get is:
Tag error: <txp:file_download_name /> -> Textpattern Notice: File tags cannot be used outside a file context on line 2337
Tag error: <txp:file_download_size format=“mb” decimals=“2” /> -> Textpattern Notice: File tags cannot be used outside a context on line 2337
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Re: is there a way to assign an image & download file to a single article?
Did you try putting that inside of <txp:if_custom_field>?
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#5 2011-08-10 20:38:20
- GugUser
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Re: is there a way to assign an image & download file to a single article?
<txp:file_download_link id='<txp:custom_field name="pdf" />'>Tag in tag must have single quotes.
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#6 2011-08-11 14:40:58
- jelle
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Re: is there a way to assign an image & download file to a single article?
Hi Nicolas,
have a look it Redbot’s plugins: Bot_Image_Upload and Bot_File_upload
http://www.redbot.it/txp
allows your user to select files/images and the write tab and “attach” them to the article.
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Re: is there a way to assign an image & download file to a single article?
thanks for all the help! the single qoutes did the trick and i love the bot_image_upload plugin.
jelle: i’m read the instructions for the bot_file_upload but don’t understand how it works. or maybe i didn’t install it properly? i am assuming it’s supposed to work like the bot_image plugin where i can select from a list but i don’t see that? do you have a screenshot of what it’s supposed to look like?
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Re: is there a way to assign an image & download file to a single article?
never mind jelle. got it to work. thanks for the awesome plugins. this will really make things easier for my client.
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