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#1 2008-04-02 21:46:27

the_ghost

Plugin Author

From: Minsk, The Republic of Belarus

Registered: 2007-07-26

Posts: 907

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Show by 2 articles from each category - how2?

I have 4 categories. On main page i want to show by 2 articles from each of categories with some text before every 2 articles. Now i can see only one solution – call artilce_custom 4 times.

For example i want to get this:

Articles from category ABC:
1. Title - Excerpt
2. Title - Excerpt

Articles from category JKL:
1. Title - Excerpt
2. Title - Excerpt

Articles from category ZYX:
1. Title - Excerpt
2. Title - Excerpt

Is there some more elegance method?

Last edited by the_ghost (2008-04-02 21:50:07)

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#2 2008-04-02 22:14:22

ricetxp

Member

From: London, UK

Registered: 2005-05-24

Posts: 89

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Re: Show by 2 articles from each category - how2?

I think you need txp:if_different in your article form. Here’s an example of how to use it.

#3 2008-04-02 22:20:27

the_ghost

Plugin Author

From: Minsk, The Republic of Belarus

Registered: 2007-07-26

Posts: 907

Website

Re: Show by 2 articles from each category - how2?

I thought over this, but how do I limit to show only 2 articles from each category?

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#4 2008-04-03 06:41:23

Mary

Sock Enthusiast

Registered: 2004-06-27

Posts: 6,236

Re: Show by 2 articles from each category - how2?

Well, you could also use zem_nth, I think.

It’s probably simpler to use article_custom 4 times, rather than use multiple plugins, unless you anticipate the number of categories to grow significantly.