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#1 2012-02-13 19:55:17

adamr

Member

Registered: 2011-08-01

Posts: 10

Listing articles under category

Hi,

I’m trying to display a list of articles under a category, and an error message if there are no articles. So this is what I’ve got so far;

<h2>Category1</h2>
<txp:article_custom section=“section1” category=“category1” form=“form1” />

But obviously if there are no articles filed under ‘Category1’ then nothing appears. I’d like a message to appear with something like <p>Sorry, there are no articles under this category!</p>

Thanks for your help!

Edit: It would be even better for the message to say ‘Sorry, there are no articles under Category1!’. So it would display the category name as well.

Last edited by adamr (2012-02-13 19:57:26)

#2 2012-02-13 20:35:10

milosevic

Member

From: Madrid, Spain

Registered: 2005-09-19

Posts: 390

Re: Listing articles under category

try chh_if_data plugin. It does exactly what you want:

<txp:chh_if_data>
<h3>Here's an article list</h3>
<txp:article_custom category="Nogo" />
<txp:else />
<p>article_custom had nothing to say.</p>
</txp:chh_if_data>

Last edited by milosevic (2012-02-13 20:36:06)

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#3 2012-02-13 21:04:25

els

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From: The Netherlands

Registered: 2004-06-06

Posts: 7,458

Re: Listing articles under category

Or without plugin:

<h2><txp:category title="1" /></h2>
<txp:variable name="has_articles" value='<txp:article_custom category=''<txp:category />'' limit="1">yes</txp:article_custom>' />
<txp:if_variable name="has_articles" value="">
<p>Sorry, there are no articles under <txp:category title="1" />!</p>
<txp:else />
<txp:article_custom section="section1" category='<txp:category />' form="form1" />
</txp:if_variable>

#4 2012-02-13 21:40:34

MattD

Plugin Author

From: Monterey, California

Registered: 2008-03-21

Posts: 1,254

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Re: Listing articles under category

Does the chh_if_data way only go to the database once? (Assuming that with two article_custom tags Els’ solution makes two.)

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#5 2012-02-13 21:40:44

adamr

Member

Registered: 2011-08-01

Posts: 10

Re: Listing articles under category

Hi guys, thanks for the quick reply. The server seems to currently be down for the plugin so I’d ideally like to try it without plugin. I’ve tried the code you gave me Els, but it doesn’t seem to work – I think because it may be in the wrong context? It’s currently on a main section page.

#6 2012-02-13 21:44:24

els

Moderator

From: The Netherlands

Registered: 2004-06-06

Posts: 7,458

Re: Listing articles under category

adamr wrote:

I think because it may be in the wrong context? It’s currently on a main section page.

Yes, probably. You can try to wrap it in <txp:if_category> tags.

#7 2012-02-13 22:02:09

adamr

Member

Registered: 2011-08-01

Posts: 10

Re: Listing articles under category

i lie, the plugin’s working now :-)