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#1 2009-03-22 16:39:51
- ogdehpes
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problem with article limit parameter
On my main page, I have one main area (A) that displays the latest articles from all categories except for one (ideas). On the same page, the articles from the Ideas categories are displayed in a separate area (B).
I use the following line of code to limit area A to display only the latest 4 articles: <txp:article limit=“4” />
The trouble with this is that area A does not always display 4 articles (for example, right now it is only displaying 2 articles) because it counts articles categorized as Ideas in its limit=“4”.
So – how can I set area A to display the latest 4 articles but NOT count articles from the Ideas category in its count?
Thanks!
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Re: problem with article limit parameter
Hi ogdehpes
did you try the article_custom tag?
something like <txp:article_custom section="a,b,c" limit="4"> and <txp:article_custom section="ideas" limit="4">
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Re: problem with article limit parameter
How are you making it omit the “ideas” category? If you’re skipping ideas within your article form, what you observe will happen as txp:article goes and gets 4 articles, then goes about displaying them and skips the one’s in the category you instructed.
Try using txp:article_custom instead with category attribute, omitting the one you don’t want from the comma-separated list (e.g. in the example below, cat3 has been omitted):
<txp:article_custom section='<txp:section />' category="cat1,cat2,cat4,cat5" />The section='<txp:section />' is optional and just restricts to the currently displayed section.
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