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#1 2007-10-24 13:27:24

castanet

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From: Oxford

Registered: 2005-03-19

Posts: 97

Filtering articles by category

I am trying to display articles by category on an inside section.
The section ‘londonproperty’ uses <txp:article_custom form=“profile” category=“london” limit=“100”/> to show excerpts of all articles saved in the category ‘london’. (Each full article opens in the section ‘article’.)

I want visitors to be able to filter out the article excerpts to show just those from the sub-categories ‘northlondon’, ‘eastlondon’ etc etc.
So, at the side of the section’s page I put:

<ul> <txp:category wraptag=“li” link=1 title=1 name=“eastlondon” /> <txp:category wraptag=“li” link=1 title=1 name=“northlondon” /> </ul>

Further down the page I have:
<txp:if_category>
<txp:article form=“profile” limit=“100” />
<txp:else /><txp:article_custom form=“profile” category=“london” limit=“100”/>
</txp:if_category>

The category list shows, but the links won’t display the article excerpts in the same section.
What am I doing wrong?
Thanks in advance

#2 2007-10-24 14:18:04

Gocom

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From: Helsinki, Finland

Registered: 2006-07-14

Posts: 4,533

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Re: Filtering articles by category

What am I doing wrong?

<txp:article_custom /> isn’t content sensitive as <txp:article />, so it will not change entries depending category. See:

1. txp:category_list
2. txp:article
3. txp:article_custom

Er – or:

The category list shows, but the links won’t display the article excerpts in the same section.

In the article- or londonproperty-section? Currently viewed? Try using <txp:category link="1" this_section="1" /> – it will show articles only in that section :-)

Cheers!

Last edited by Gocom (2007-10-24 14:23:44)

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#3 2007-10-24 18:04:19

castanet

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From: Oxford

Registered: 2005-03-19

Posts: 97

Re: Filtering articles by category

Thanks Gocom
<txp:article /> is what I have after <txp:if_category>

I tried using <txp:category link=“1” this_section=“1” /> but it doesn’t show the excerpts – just a blank page. Is it because the articles are saved in the section ‘article’ and I am trying to show the excerpts in the section ‘londonproperty’ ??

I am sure there’s a simple explanation – I just can’t see it at the moment!

#4 2007-10-24 18:34:26

Gocom

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From: Helsinki, Finland

Registered: 2006-07-14

Posts: 4,533

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Re: Filtering articles by category

Now I see. With help of plugin, asy_wondertag

At the section londonproperty:

<txp:if_section name="londonproperty">
	<txp:if_category>
		<txp:asy_wondertag>
			<txp:article_custom section="article" category="<txp:c />" limit="100" form="profile" />
		</txp:asy_wondertag>
	</txp:if_category>
</txp:if_section>

It will display category-based articles from the article-section at londonproperty-section.

Cheers!

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#5 2007-10-25 07:11:57

castanet

Member

From: Oxford

Registered: 2005-03-19

Posts: 97

Re: Filtering articles by category

Bingo!
I had to move <txp:else /> and then adjust the tag nesting but this works:

<txp:if_section name=“londonproperty”> <txp:if_category> <txp:asy_wondertag> <txp:article_custom section=“article” category=”<txp:c />” limit=“100” form=“profile” /> </txp:asy_wondertag>

<txp:else /><txp:article_custom form=“profile” sort=“rand()” category=“london” allowoverride=“1” limit=“100”/>

</txp:if_category>
</txp:if_section>

Many thanks Gocom and thanks to Sencer for the plugin !