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Exerpt in side column
Hi,
I write a blog page.
I’d like to have an exerpt on the front page side column.
How do I differentiate between the article and article exerpt?
I’ve been looking for a <txp> command to handle article exerpts but haven’t found it yet.
I guess its there somewhere or there’d be little point in having the exerpt box.
Can anyone speed up my search with a helpful prod in the right direction?
Thanks
Geoff
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Re: Exerpt in side column
Hi I’d found that tag but it has no attributes.
I need to display the exerpt of the most recent entry in section=“Blog”
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<txp:article_custom section=“Blog” exerpted=“y” limit=“1” /><txp:if_excerpt>
<txp:excerpt />
</txp:if_excerpt></txp:article_custom>
EDIT: Not working … it displays the article.
How do I wrap section and limit tags around <txp:exerpt />
Thanks
Last edited by geoff777 (2008-04-22 09:46:04)
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Ah, gotcha, sorry I misunderstood. A quick way round it might be to use article_custom in your side bar:
<txp:article_custom section="blog" form="my_excerpt_form" />
and then put the <txp:excerpt /> tag in my_excerpt_form. You may have to set the blog section to “show on front page” from the Sections tab, I’m not sure (I’ve never really figured it out definitively).
I’m sure someone can post a better solution.
EDIT: You beat me to it :-)
EDIT 2: You shouldn’t need the <txp:if_excerpt> if using excerpted="y"
Last edited by Bloke (2008-04-22 09:45:57)
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Thanks Bloke,
Finally got there.
<txp:article_custom section=“Blog” exerpted=“y” limit=“1” form=“exerpt_form” />
Thank you
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#7 2008-04-22 16:37:19
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Re: Exerpt in side column
Bloke wrote:
You may have to set the blog section to “show on front page” from the Sections tab, I’m not sure (I’ve never really figured it out definitively).
Not in this case. You only need to do that when you use the – context sensitive – <txp:article /> tag :)
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