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#1 2007-04-18 00:51:01
- Aleksandersen
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Numeric issues (ALA style)
Hi, I am curious whether Textpattern support nummeric issue publishing. A List Apart — style:
A List Apart publishes a couple of articles at a time, and wrap them togheter in issues. The most current issue is their front page while older issues ends up at /issues/issue-number. Each issue contains a quick issue summary, and headlines, and excepts from that issue’s articles.
Try it by going to A List Apart, and clicking on the current issue number (top left). Read an article or two, go back an issue, and you will understand how they structure things.
Can Textpattern do the same, and how to set it up?
I would gues a section for issues, and one for articles. Though I have no idea how one could possibly have the apropriate articles show up in the right issue…
Last edited by Aleksandersen (2007-04-18 00:58:15)
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Re: Numeric issues (ALA style)
Wouldn’t you only need one section for issues and articles? Just create a new, numerical section for each new issue. So…
- Issue 1
- Section: 1
- Post articles to: 1
- Categorize articles if applicable
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#3 2007-04-18 06:10:49
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Re: Numeric issues (ALA style)
No, two sections to make this URL schema:
/issues/numbers (/issues/25)
/articles/articletitle (/articles/cmsortextpattern)
The problem, I think, is making the issues…
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#4 2007-04-18 06:54:28
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Re: Numeric issues (ALA style)
What about categories?
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#5 2007-04-18 07:25:00
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Re: Numeric issues (ALA style)
How would I use categories to achieve this? :S
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#6 2007-04-18 07:35:27
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Re: Numeric issues (ALA style)
You could either make the categories represent the issue or the “sections”.
You could also store articles in a section such as “articles”, and have a section “issues” where you post an article with links to all the articles for that issue.
It really depends upon the content you want in your issues. Will it have “categories” that are the same for every issue? and so on.
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#7 2007-04-18 07:43:23
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#8 2007-04-18 08:07:12
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Re: Numeric issues (ALA style)
Okay, then the second approach I mentioned could do it, quite easily.
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Re: Numeric issues (ALA style)
Aleksandersen wrote:
No, two sections to make this URL schema:
/issues/numbers (/issues/25)
/articles/articletitle (/articles/cmsortextpattern)The problem, I think, is making the issues…
Ah, you want “issues” in the URL. In that case, Mary’s second approach with two sections would work well.
Sidenote: I personally think it’s more logical to have the article associated with the issue number in the URL (ex: /230/article-title), than in both /issues as a link and /articles.
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#10 2007-04-18 08:22:42
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Re: Numeric issues (ALA style)
Mary wrote:
You could also store articles in a section such as “articles”, and have a section “issues” where you post an article with links to all the articles for that issue.
I have though of that approch. The only problem is that that is not efficient, and if I ever wanted to change the HTML structure I would be in trouble too. Then I would have to manually edit every issue’s structure.
jm wrote:
Sidenote: I personally think it’s more logical to have the article associated with the issue number in the URL (ex: /230/article-title), than in both /issues as a link and /articles.
It is easier for the end user to remember /articles/title than /issues/*issue number*/title.
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#11 2007-04-18 17:30:10
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Re: Numeric issues (ALA style)
…and I would need some way of telling with issue an article is from too! :/ Could this be done with costume_fields, and how?
Is it possible to add this as content (to an issue) article? Not in the template, but as posting content.
<txp:article_custom excerpted="y" form="issuestyle" id="2" />
<txp:article_custom excerpted="y" form="issuestyle" id="3" />
<txp:article_custom excerpted="y" form="issuestyle" id="4" />
That is it for this issue!Last edited by Aleksandersen (2007-04-18 17:31:22)
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#12 2007-04-19 14:26:55
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Re: Numeric issues (ALA style)
Aleksandersen wrote:
Is it possible to add this as content (to an issue) article? Not in the template, but as posting content.
<txp:article_custom excerpted="y" form="issuestyle" id="2" />
<txp:article_custom excerpted="y" form="issuestyle" id="3" />
<txp:article_custom excerpted="y" form="issuestyle" id="4" />
That is it for this issue!
It did indeed work! :D Now my only remaning problem is:
…and I would need some way of telling with issue an article is from too! :/ Could this be done with costume_fields, and how?
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