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#1 2007-12-17 12:20:17
- ballmann
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- Registered: 2006-10-14
- Posts: 37
how do i make a "placeholder"-random-list of articles?
hi everybody!
i use for my website (which is divided in three columns – main-navigation on the left side, headlines of articles in the middle and the complete article on the right side) some code for a section containing categories and links which shows a list of random links UNTIL i click on a specific category to show only the links contained in this category. this is the code:
<code>
<div id=“column_2”>
<txp:category_list active_class=“active” type=“link” section=“beloved” />
</div>
<div id=“column_3”>
<txp:if_category>
<txp:asy_wondertag><txp:linklist category=”<txp:category />” /></txp:asy_wondertag>
<txp:else />
<txp:linklist limit=“10” sort=“rand()” />
</txp:if_category>
</div>
</code>
now i search for a way to do similar stuff with two sections which contain articles. until someone clicks on one of those article-headlines (what results in the complete article shows up in the right/third column) i want a random list of article headlines showing in this third column.
i tried to alter this category-code above for this task but it doesn´t work: it ALWAYS shows the random list even when i click on an article headline.
the CURRENT code for the article-section looks like this:
<code>
<div id=“column_2”>
<ul>
<txp:article_custom form=“liste” limit=“60” section=“References” sort=“Title asc” />
</ul>
</div>
<div id=“column_3”>
<txp:article form=“article_references” limit=“1” sort=“Title asc” />
</div>
</code>
any ideas how to get this random-placeholder-list?
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Re: how do i make a "placeholder"-random-list of articles?
I’m not exactly sure what you want to happen but maybe using the <txp:if_article_list> or <txp:if_individual_article> tags with <txp:else /> in the right places??
Stuart
In a Time of Universal Deceit
Telling the Truth is Revolutionary.
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#3 2007-12-17 15:19:46
- ballmann
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- Registered: 2006-10-14
- Posts: 37
Re: how do i make a "placeholder"-random-list of articles?
HEY – YES :-)
<txp:if_individual_article> did the trick!
thank you very much, stuart!
regards and best christmas-and-new-year-wishes
from hamburg/germany,
matthias
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Re: how do i make a "placeholder"-random-list of articles?
Hamburg – been there – very nice. Been down the lift and through the tunnel under the river to the port as well. All in a taxi. :)
Stuart
In a Time of Universal Deceit
Telling the Truth is Revolutionary.
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