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#13 2006-04-27 21:04:55

lisionosk

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From: Switzerland

Registered: 2006-02-10

Posts: 99

Re: Random archived page.

Above the first “else” tag is:

<code><txp:if_section name=“tag”> <txp:tru_tags_handler form=“thumbnail_form” />
</div></code>

It calls for the “tag” page. The random link would point to older entries of the “photolog” section. :)

#14 2006-04-27 21:17:01

els

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Registered: 2004-06-06

Posts: 7,458

Re: Random archived page.

I think you can just paste it in the ul, like this:
<code>
…
<li><a href=”/archives/”>view all</a></li>
<li><txp:article_custom section=“photolog” form=“random_form” limit=“1” sortby=“rand()” /></li></ul>
</code>
I just put the article_custom tag at the bottom of my article form and it worked.

#15 2006-04-27 21:27:51

lisionosk

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From: Switzerland

Registered: 2006-02-10

Posts: 99

Re: Random archived page.

Pasting this code snippet that way worked to make the link point to a random archive entry, but, unfortunately, it causes the images to not be displayed anymore.

#16 2006-04-27 21:37:06

els

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Registered: 2004-06-06

Posts: 7,458

Re: Random archived page.

Ah I see, that’s a pity. I wouldn’t know why this is unfortunately. One thing you could try is giving the form ‘random_form’ type: misc, and call it in your article form with <txp:output_form form="random_form" />. Don’t ask me why, I remember that doing this once solved a problem for me, but what problem that exactly was I don’t remember…

Edit: it’s also possible that I put the article_custom tag in a misc form and called that one with txp:output_form.

Last edited by els (2006-04-27 21:43:46)

#17 2006-04-27 21:44:26

lisionosk

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From: Switzerland

Registered: 2006-02-10

Posts: 99

Re: Random archived page.

And… where would you put <code><txp:article_custom section=“photolog” form=“random_form” limit=“1” sortby=“rand()” /></li></code> in there ? ;)

Sorry to tax you so much. After this, I might just try to tweak some more, and failing that, a ‘Random Link From a List’ script.

#18 2006-04-27 22:07:16

lisionosk

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From: Switzerland

Registered: 2006-02-10

Posts: 99

Re: Random archived page.

PANIC.

I was tweaking with the forms, and seeing as it was not working (the photolog page was taking very long to load), I selected the random forms to delete them, and since then have started getting blank pages with the message ‘Fatal error: Call to undefined function: parse() in /home/urbangri/public_html/textpattern/lib/txplib_misc.php on line 1309’ on every page of the TXP web interface!

Please. Help. I swear I will leave the code alone, after this.

Last edited by lisionosk (2006-04-27 22:19:16)

#19 2006-04-27 22:27:54

lisionosk

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From: Switzerland

Registered: 2006-02-10

Posts: 99

Re: Random archived page.

Well, I don’t know what happened, but it recovered now. Thanks for your time, Els. I won’t bother you anymore. Enjoy the rest of the evening. :)

Last edited by lisionosk (2006-04-27 22:28:11)

#20 2006-04-27 22:29:27

els

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Registered: 2004-06-06

Posts: 7,458

Re: Random archived page.

I didn’t mean to get you into trouble ;) Sorry for that.

#21 2006-04-27 22:32:19

lisionosk

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From: Switzerland

Registered: 2006-02-10

Posts: 99

Re: Random archived page.

Sure, it’s ok! You tried to help, and that’s great. :)