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#1 2009-04-30 14:48:50

Gulfcoast

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Registered: 2009-04-12

Posts: 76

Category Exclusion

I have posted an article to be sticky on the default page:

<txp:article_custom status=“sticky” id=“3” />
<txp:article limit=10 />

It is fine except it is also showing up on category pages as well.
I’m trying to figure out the correct tag to exclude it from the categories: business and grace.
Would I due an exclusion tag to do this such as:

<txp:if_category=“business,grace”>
<txp:article form=“default” section=“article” limit=“10” />
<txp:else />
<txp:article_custom status=“sticky” id=“3” />
<txp:article limit=10 />
</txp:if_category=“business,grace”>

Thank you very much.

#2 2009-04-30 15:52:20

jsoo

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From: NC, USA

Registered: 2004-11-15

Posts: 1,793

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Re: Category Exclusion

Using status="sticky" as an attribute to article_custom doesn’t make the article sticky — it’s for limiting results to articles with that status. It is, I think, redundant to have both status="sticky" and id="3". Have you assigned article #3 sticky status? It sounds as though you haven’t. Do that, then your article_custom tag only needs id="3". (If #3 is your only sticky article, it would also work using only status="sticky".)

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#3 2009-04-30 16:03:31

Gulfcoast

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Registered: 2009-04-12

Posts: 76

Re: Category Exclusion

Thank you for your reply J Soo. I had indicated the article to be sticky and have since dropped the id=“3”. Is the additional code a valid way to accomplish my objective? Thank you kindly.

#4 2009-04-30 16:33:01

els

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From: The Netherlands

Registered: 2004-06-06

Posts: 7,458

Re: Category Exclusion

A couple of changes to your code:

<txp:if_category name="business,grace">
<txp:article />
<txp:else />
<txp:article_custom status="sticky" id="3" />
<txp:article />
</txp:if_category>

• you need the name attribute in the if_category tag.
• The <txp:article /> tag doesn’t have an attribute section. It doesn’t need it anyway, because the tag is context sensitive, meaning that it will only return articles from the section/category that is currently being viewed.
• ‘default’ is the default value for attribute form, so you don’t need it.
• ‘10’ is the default value for attribute limit, so you don’t need it.
• don’t use attributes in closing (if_category) tags.

This code will do the same:

<txp:if_category name="business,grace">
<txp:else />
<txp:article_custom status="sticky" id="3" />
</txp:if_category>
<txp:article />

Note that this code will only exclude the sticky article on your category pages for ‘business’ and ‘grace’. If you want to exclude it on all category pages, just use <txp:if_category> (without the name attribute), it means ‘if on any category page’.

#5 2009-04-30 16:52:49

Gulfcoast

Member

Registered: 2009-04-12

Posts: 76

Re: Category Exclusion

Got it Els. You are a God send. I’m learning, slowly but surely.