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#1 2009-08-12 10:49:05

stevieg_83

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From: Glasgow, UK

Registered: 2009-07-24

Posts: 14

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rss_auto_excerpt help

I want to restrict the number of words displayed in an article on my homepage.

I’ve got my form containing

bq..
<txp:article_image thumbnail=“0” /> <h3>MY BLOG</h3>
<txp:if_individual_article>
<h4><txp:permlink><txp:title /></txp:permlink></h4>
<txp:else />
<h4><txp:permlink><txp:title /></txp:permlink></h4>
</txp:if_individual_article>
<txp:body />
<txp:rss_auto_excerpt words=“50” />

but that’s not working – to be honest that doesn’t even look right to me. Should that tag be contained on my article form or on my actual page?

#2 2009-08-12 12:56:24

PascalL

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From: Switzerland

Registered: 2009-03-09

Posts: 132

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Re: rss_auto_excerpt help

I guess you want the article body for individual articles, and else, display the excerpt. Everything inside the “if” tag then:

<txp:if_individual_article>
    <h4><txp:permlink><txp:title /></txp:permlink></h4>
    <txp:body />
<txp:else />
    <h4><txp:permlink><txp:title /></txp:permlink></h4>
    <txp:rss_auto_excerpt words=“50” />
</txp:if_individual_article>

Edit:

and the h4 doesn’t need to be inside the conditional:

<h4><txp:permlink><txp:title /></txp:permlink></h4>
<txp:if_individual_article>
    <txp:body />
<txp:else />
    <txp:rss_auto_excerpt words=“50” />
</txp:if_individual_article>

Does that help?

Last edited by PascalL (2009-08-12 21:52:28)