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if_article_list
Hey
I am working on an article list defined by category.
All fine, linking to page okay and can get results for those articles which feature the relevant category name/title. However, I wanted to show a conditional argument if no articles were returned.
Was rather hoping a cunning combination of <txp:if_article_list /> and <txp:else /> would do the trick but it transpires that <txp:if_article_list /> returns a positive whether the article listing returns any articles or not. That it is being requested warrants its inclusion.
Anyone know how I might best achieve the above?
To clarify
- category listing
- when category defined article listing for articles featuring that category
- if no articles then message returned (no articles featuring that category, blah blah blah)
Cheers
Cole
Jack of all trades, Doctor of one
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#2 2009-07-14 00:35:21
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Re: if_article_list
You can use the old but still useful chh_if_data plugin in your article form .
Or you can probably use the native txp:variable tag even if it is a little more convolute for me (see here)
Last edited by redbot (2009-07-14 19:06:35)
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Re: if_article_list
See:
For example, let’s first build the listing and put it into <txp:variable />:
<txp:variable name="articles" value='<txp:article />' />The article tag there checks for articles and puts them into articles named variable. After that we can check if there is anything to show by using if_variable tags.
<txp:if_variable name="articles" value="">
<!--
We don't have any articles to show
-->
Sorry nothing here Mr. Anderson.
<txp:else />
<!--
Holy Cow, we have articles.
Let's output the variable's content:
-->
<txp:variable name="articles" />
</txp:if_variable>Last edited by Gocom (2009-07-14 04:12:04)
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