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test for presence of article image
I always imagined/assumed there was a tag called <txp:if_article_image />, until I needed to use it, when I found it didn’t exist!
Seems pretty simple, but how exactly do you test for a value in the Article image field? I’ve used chh_if_data in previous situations, but that one wont work in the current context. Is there something more specific?
cheers
Stu
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Re: test for presence of article image
What is the context chh_if_data won’t work in?
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hi Wet
I want to set a class on the containing element when an image is present. This works
<li class=”<txp:zem_nth step=2 of=2>alternate </txp:zem_nth>clearfix<txp:chh_if_data> hasthumb”> <txp:upm_article_image type=“thumb” /><txp:else />
But I also want to make the image a link, like this, but the tags in the URL mean that chh_if_data is always true, so the else will never be parsed
<li class=”<txp:zem_nth step=2 of=2>alternate </txp:zem_nth>clearfix<txp:chh_if_data> hasthumb”> <a href=”/<txp:section />/<txp:category1 />/<txp:url_title />” title=“full info & mp3”><txp:upm_article_image type=“thumb” /></a><txp:else />
chh_if_data is really useful most of the time, but I occasionally run into a situation like this where I can’t figure out how to stop it being true in all cases
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I am happy with my own plugin in such cases:
<txp:chh_if_data><txp:wet_article_thumb class="foo" /></txp:chh_if_data>Maybe this works for you as well, as the link to the article is included inside the plugin, for free. Get it while supply lasts!
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cheers Wet
that stops the if_data problem
I need to try and generate the custom URL though – <a href=”/<txp:section />/<txp:category1 />/<txp:url_title />” rather than the default Txp permlink, which is the equivalent of <a href=”/<txp:section />/<txp:url_title />”.
Is it possible to add the category1 bit by hacking your plugin? I’m a php baby so any suggestions much appreciated ;)
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Re: test for presence of article image
Find this line in the plugin’s code almost at the end:
return '<a href="'.permlinkurl_id($thisarticle['thisid']).'" title="'.$title.'">'.join(' ',$out).'</a>';and replace it with this line:
return '<a href="/'.$thisarticle['section'].'/'.$thisarticle['category1'].'/'.$thisarticle['url_title'].'" title="'.$title.'">'.join(' ',$out).'</a>';This is the only line in the whole mess which contributes to the article link, so it’s rather simple to build any URL you can imagine.
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Re: test for presence of article image
sir, you are a gent!
and I am a very happy bunny :)
ps.
for anyone else who might find this useful, there was a lil typo in there
return '<a href="/'.$thisarticle['section'].'/'.$thisarticle['category1'].'/'.$thisarticle['url_title'].' title="'.$title.'">'.join(' ',$out).'</a>';
should be
return '<a href="/'.$thisarticle['section'].'/'.$thisarticle['category1'].'/'.$thisarticle['url_title'].'" title="'.$title.'">'.join(' ',$out).'</a>';
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