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#13 2008-10-15 13:36:07

kvnmcwebn

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Re: if_individual_article vrs. if_section

Els i see the beauty the article tag in conjunction with form and listform attributes now. But now im trying to think in what circumstances would i use the if_individual_article tag if i can just use the form and listform properties?

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#14 2008-10-15 17:38:48

els

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Re: if_individual_article vrs. if_section

You’ll probably find a use for it when you stick with Txp :) A couple of examples:

You can use it to style individual article pages differently, for instance by adding markup elements inside the if_individual_article tags on your page:

<txp:if_individual_article>
<div class="red">
<txp:else />
<div class="green">
</txp:if_individual_article>

On the default page template that comes with Txp it is used for pagination:

<txp:if_individual_article>
		<div class="divider"><img src="<txp:site_url />images/1.gif" width="400" height="1" alt="---" title="" /></div>

		<p><txp:link_to_prev>« <txp:prev_title /></txp:link_to_prev> 
			<txp:link_to_next><txp:next_title /> »</txp:link_to_next></p>
<txp:else />
		<p><txp:older>« <txp:text item="older" /></txp:older> 
			<txp:newer><txp:text item="newer" /> »</txp:newer></p>
</txp:if_individual_article>

And if you wish you can still use it for article display instead of making use of the article tag’s context sensitivity: instead of using form and listform attributes you can have <txp:article form="oneform" /> and one article form like this:

<txp:if_individual_article>
code for individual article
<txp:else />
code for article list
</txp:if_individual article>