List excerpts of articles from another section?

jessejericho · 2006-03-21 04:27:23

Hello, I have 4 sections in my site:

Restaurant 1
Restaurant 2
Restaurant 3
Events

I want to be able to list the excerpts of some articles from the Events section on an article within one of the Restaurant sections – I have been racking my brain trying to figure out how to do this, trying different combinations of article_custom, with category and section modifiers… but I can’t seem to figure it out. Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Jesse

zem · 2006-03-21 04:35:22

Use article_custom. That’s what it’s for.

maniqui · 2006-03-21 05:20:33

To clarify a bit…

First: read the link posted by zem.

Option A

1. in the page template asociated with “one of the Restaurante sections”, put something like:
<txp:article_custom form="justexcerpt" section="Events" excerpted="y" />
Wrap it in <txp:if_section name="restaurante1"></txp:if_section> if you need it.
2. create an article form and name it “justexcerpt”. Inside, put:
<txp:excerpt />
That’s all. Play with the rest of article_custom attributes (limits, offset, etc)

Option B

1. 1. in the page template asociated with “one of the Restaurante sections”, put something like:
<txp:article_custom form="justexcerpt" section="Events" />
Wrap it in <txp:if_section name="restaurante1"></txp:if_section> if you need it.
2. 2. create an article form and name it “justexcerpt”. Inside, put:
<txp:if_excerpt><txp:excerpt /></txp:if_excerpt>

Option C

1. find it yourself
2. please, come back and share it here, or better, in this forum

@*zem* (or any other txp genius out there… well… you know how you are…)

I find very “rare” that excerpted="y" attribute!
Is it for backward compatibility?
Because I found that the similar things are achievable with <txp:if_excerpt></txp:if_excerpt>
Or is there an unknown power behind that excerpted attribute?

Thanks in advance for the illumination

zem · 2006-03-21 05:26:45

excerpted excludes articles with an empty excerpt from the list. It doesn’t control how they’re displayed.

maniqui · 2006-03-21 05:39:16

thanks, zem! now i understand a bit more, but …still trying to make my head around that attribute, hoping his unknow power will be revealed to me…

zem · 2006-03-21 06:11:38

FYI, I added the original question to the Common HDI FAQ.

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#1 2006-03-21 04:27:23

List excerpts of articles from another section?

#2 2006-03-21 04:35:22

Re: List excerpts of articles from another section?

#3 2006-03-21 05:20:33

Re: List excerpts of articles from another section?

#4 2006-03-21 05:26:45

Re: List excerpts of articles from another section?

#5 2006-03-21 05:39:16

Re: List excerpts of articles from another section?

#6 2006-03-21 06:11:38

Re: List excerpts of articles from another section?

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