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#1 2007-11-29 20:04:24

_n

Member

Registered: 2005-07-13

Posts: 44

categories and syntax...

Hello,

I’ve been sifting through the support forum and the FAQ but i can’t seem to find the answer to a simple question, its probably really easy, but i just can’t find it. If someone could drop a note and help me out i would be very appreciative.

Is it possible to do something like this:

<txp:article_custom limit=“5” section=“weirdsection” category=“ohio, cars” />

<txp:article_custom limit=“2” section=“weirdsection” category=“iowa, cars” />

So that textpattern will only display articles that are in ‘weirdesction’ and only if contained both in “ohio” and “cars” So in this case ohio will get 5 articles and iowa will only get 2 articles, both dealing with cars.

if i use this set up:

<txp:article_custom limit=“2” section=“weirdsection” category=“iowa” category=“cars” />

it will display everything both ohio and iowa because they have a second category of cars.

Sorry if it sounds confusing. But thanks to anyone that can point me in the right direction.

cheers

Nadine.

#2 2007-11-29 20:40:33

Logoleptic

Plugin Author

From: Kansas, USA

Registered: 2004-02-29

Posts: 482

Re: categories and syntax...

I’m pretty sure you can only use the category attribute once in a template tag, so the second example won’t work. I also don’t see any mention of this tag being able to take comma-separated values in its TextBook entry, though if it could then it would give you articles matching either category.

There’s a plugin called chh_article_custom that can do some of what you seem to be after. Perhaps it could help. Check the plugin’s attribute reference for details.

#3 2007-11-29 21:12:12

_n

Member

Registered: 2005-07-13

Posts: 44

Re: categories and syntax...

Thanks for the links and suggestions, i will check them out. :)

#4 2007-11-30 06:25:11

_n

Member

Registered: 2005-07-13

Posts: 44

Re: categories and syntax...

Hmm, here’s another question…

Is there a way to make a simple linear navigation for articles using just the <txp:article_custom /> tag? Actually this goes for the chh_article_custom tag too…its the only topic they don’t really talk about or that i can’t get a sense of through the attributes page…

So for example being able to use: <txp:link_to_prev>previous</txp:link_to_prev> but have it only go through articles in a particular combo like:
<txp:article_custom limit=“1” section=“mySection” category=“myCategory” />

as using this:
<txp:if_individual_article><p><txp:link_to_prev>Previous</txp:link_to_prev><txp:link_to_next>Next</txp:link_to_next></p></txp:if_individual_article>
<txp:if_article_list><p><txp:older>Previous</txp:older><txp:newer>Next</txp:newer></p></txp:if_article_list>

only works properly for <txp:article />

Thanks!

Nadine.

#5 2007-11-30 11:30:56

thebombsite

Archived Plugin Author

From: Exmouth, England

Registered: 2004-08-24

Posts: 3,251

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Re: categories and syntax...

I can’t think of a way of producing a “single” link as in prev/next however there is the <txp:related_articles /> tag which enable you to pull out a list of articles related both by section and category which could be placed beneath the article or article list.

or

You could try using the <txp:asy_wondertag /> plug-in with the <txp:article_custom /> tag and do something like:-

<txp:asy_wondertag><txp;article_custom section="<txp:section />" category="<txp:category />" form="formName" limit="999" /></txp:asy_wondertag>

where the form contains just the title tag wrapped in permlink tags. This method is a little more “automated” as it will look at the section/category that you are currently in. In either case you could maybe place the resulting list in your sidebar if you have one under a title like “From here you can also look at…”.

Just some ideas. :)

Last edited by thebombsite (2007-11-30 11:31:59)

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