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How do I mimic rss_suparchive_bycat using textpattern conditionals?
Oh my photography page I output a list of articles in thumbnail form. When you click a thumbnail you go to that article. In the sidebar only thumbnails within the current article section category are displayed. How can I achieve this using conditionals and not the plug in.
Here is what it looks like at my site . Click on any of the thumbnails.
Here is the code using the plugin
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<code>
<txp:if_individual_article>
<h2>Choose an Image</h2>
<div class=“thumb_container”>
<txp:rss_suparchive_bycat section=“photography” useartcat1=“1” showcats=“0” showcatcount=“0” formwraptag=“ul” form=“article_thumbs” />
</div>
<txp:else />
<h2>Recent Photographs</h2>
<div class=“thumb_container”>
<ul>
<txp:article_custom section=“photography” limit=“6” form=“article_thumbs” />
</ul>
</div>
</txp:if_individual_article>
</code>
article_thumbs form
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<li>
<a href=”<txp:permlink />” title=”<txp:title />” class=“innerborder”><txp:bau_article_thumb /></a>
</li>
Last edited by mattmikulla (2007-01-11 02:39:32)
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Re: How do I mimic rss_suparchive_bycat using textpattern conditionals?
Not sure how you’re articles are setup (never used suparchive before), but I’d try something like this (backup your current template).
<txp:if_individual_article>
<h2>Choose an Image</h2>
<div class="thumb_container">
<ul>
<txp:article form="article_thumbs" limit="30" />
</ul>
</div>
<txp:else />
<h2>Recent Photographs</h2>
<div class="thumb_container">
<ul>
<txp:article_custom section=“photography” limit=“6” form=“article_thumbs” />
</ul>
</div>
</txp:if_individual_article>Form: article_thumbs
<li>
<a href="<txp:permlink />" title="<txp:title />" class="innerborder">
<txp:article_image thumbnail="1" />
</a>
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Re: How do I mimic rss_suparchive_bycat using textpattern conditionals?
Sorry. I had a typo in my original post. I had the word section (strike though) and I meant category.
I want to display the article list associated with the current article category. If I am displaying an individual article with the category1 of landscape I want to list all articles with a category1 of landscape in my sidebar.
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Re: How do I mimic rss_suparchive_bycat using textpattern conditionals?
Try one of these methods (tested locally with a few articles – hopefully it works):
With a plugin – download and activate asy_wondertag
<txp:if_individual_article>
<h2>Choose an Image</h2>
<div class="thumb_container">
<ul>
<txp:asy_wondertag>
<txp:article_custom form="article_thumbs" limit="6" category="<txp:category1 />" />
</txp:asy_wondertag>
</ul>
</div>
<txp:else />
<h2>Recent Photographs</h2>
<div class="thumb_container">
<ul>
<txp:article_custom section="photography" limit="6" form="article_thumbs" />
</ul>
</div>
</txp:if_individual_article>Without a plugin:
<txp:if_individual_article>
<h2>Choose an Image</h2>
<div class="thumb_container">
<ul>
<txp:php>
echo article_custom (
array(
'category' => $GLOBALS['thisarticle']['category1'];,
'form' => 'article_thumbs',
'limit' => '6',
)
);
</txp:php>
</ul>
</div>
<txp:else />
<h2>Recent Photographs</h2>
<div class="thumb_container">
<ul>
<txp:article_custom section="photography" limit="6" form="article_thumbs" />
</ul>
</div>
</txp:if_individual_article>Last edited by jm (2007-01-11 03:21:34)
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Re: How do I mimic rss_suparchive_bycat using textpattern conditionals?
Thanks JM, but I was hoping to do it without a plugin. I have it working with rss_suparchive_bycat, but I am trying to eliminate as many plugins as possible and use textpattern native.
I’ll try the php.
I would think that textpattern could handle it somehow with conditionals.
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