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#1 2008-01-31 03:35:13
- Josefin
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- Registered: 2008-01-30
- Posts: 18
How do I make the excerpt in an article appear in the right column
I would like to display the excerpts of each article in a right column of my site.
I created a form called static_right with:
<div id=“rightcolumn”>
<txp:excerpt />
</div>
and in the page in pages:
<div id=“right_column”><table width=“190” border=“0” cellspacing=“0” cellpadding=“0”>
<tr>
<td><txp:article form“static_right” /></td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
But all I get is the same text as in the body of the article.
(but yet also the bodytext in the left column as it is supposed to after entering this code:
<div id=“leftcolumn”>
<table width=“550” border=“0” cellspacing=“0” cellpadding=“0”>
<tr>
<td><txp:article form“static_text” /></td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
)
Help??
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Re: How do I make the excerpt in an article appear in the right column
the call should read <txp:article form=“static_right” /> instead of <txp:article form“static_right” />
also, i’m pretty sure all you need in the article form is <txp:excerpt/>
best,
a
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#3 2008-01-31 06:29:04
- marios
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- Registered: 2005-03-12
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Re: How do I make the excerpt in an article appear in the right column
To display a column with the last 5 article excerpts from all sections, you do something like this:
<div id=“right_column”><table width=“190” border=“0” cellspacing=“0” cellpadding=“0”> <txp:article_custom form“static_right” limit="5" />
</table>
</div>And the form static right
<tr><td><txp:excerpt /></td></tr>Else your table code also gets mixed up.
regards
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#4 2008-01-31 12:22:14
- Josefin
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- Registered: 2008-01-30
- Posts: 18
Re: How do I make the excerpt in an article appear in the right column
Nope! None of the above worked. The = after article form messed it up pretty bad.
I removed the <div> tags from the forms though.
But the issue persist:
This is my code in the page “static_page”:
<div id=“leftcolumn”>
<table width=“550” border=“0” cellspacing=“0” cellpadding=“0”>
<tr>
<td><txp:article form“static_text” /></td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
<div id=“right_column”><table width=“190” border=“0” cellspacing=“0” cellpadding=“0”>
<tr>
<td><txp:article form“static_right” /></td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
The static_text form contains: <txp:body />
The static_right form contains: <txp:excerpt />
Still… Both left and right column displays the bodytext on the frontend. !!!
???
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Re: How do I make the excerpt in an article appear in the right column
<txp:article form“static_text” /> makes no sense. you need the equal signs. and if you’re copying and pasting directly from this forum, replace all of those pretty curly textile quotes with normal ones.
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#6 2008-01-31 12:50:13
- Josefin
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- Registered: 2008-01-30
- Posts: 18
Re: How do I make the excerpt in an article appear in the right column
That did it! Thanks!
And accarter as well. You were right. I was wrong. ;-)
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