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need help with <txp:older> <txp:newer> tags
Hi again,
First time i’ve attempted to use the <txp:older> and <txp:newer> tags and I need some direction.
I need to put an older/ newer conditional statment below this article list, only doing 5 per page.
<h2>News Archives</h2>
<txp:article_custom form=“blog_listing” section=“blog” status=“sticky” />
<txp:article_custom form=“blog_listing” section=“blog” />
<txp:older> <p>older</p></ txp:older> “or” <txp:newer> <p>older</p></ txp:newer>
I know that txp:newer and older don’t work with article_custom. So what do you use a listform in the article tag or just a form?
<h2>News Archives</h2>
<txp:article listform=“blog_listing” section=“blog” status=“sticky” />
<txp:article listform=“blog_listing” section=“blog” />
<txp:older> <p>older</p></ txp:older> or <txp:newer> <p>older</p></ txp:newer>
not getting it.
And how do you do the conditional to make it show the newer or older link?
Last edited by kvnmcwebn (2009-09-30 00:15:31)
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Re: need help with <txp:older> <txp:newer> tags
I hope i’m understanding your questions correctly. If you use both a listform and a form, the form will only be used in individual article context. In other words no older or newer show up.
You have to set the attribute limit="5" on the article tag (10 is default).
Setting limit="5" will make the listing (rendered by the listform) jump by 5 when using the older newer links. If there is no newer listing available, the <txp:newer> will render void, same thing for older listings with the <txp:older> – if desired, you can overrule that by setting the showalways attribute.
Hope that helps,
Jan
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Re: need help with <txp:older> <txp:newer> tags
To clarify <txp:article_custom form=“blog_listing” section=“blog” limit="5"/> will use the form attribute for both listing and individual article contexts.
<txp:article_custom form=“blog_article” listform="blog_form" section=“blog” limit="5" /> will use blog_form in listing context and blog_article in individual article context.
Last edited by JanDW (2009-09-30 14:22:52)
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Re: need help with <txp:older> <txp:newer> tags
ok I got it.
I wonder though if I go back to using sticky articles and only wanted to display 5 how would I do it?
Like this there would be ten articles. No big deal though I’m still using categories instead of status for the moment anyway.
<h2>News Archives</h2>
<txp:article listform=“blog_listing” form=“blog_listing” section=“blog” status=“sticky” />
<txp:article listform=“blog_listing” form=“blog_listing” section=“blog” />
<txp:older showalways=“1”><p>Older</p></txp:older>
<txp:newer showalways=“1”><p>Newer</p></txp:newer>
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Re: need help with <txp:older> <txp:newer> tags
If you put a section attribute into article it won’t throw an error, but it won’t do anything either, I’m pretty sure.
Explicitly setting listform to the same form as form is redundant. Again, pretty sure.
Did you get this working the way you want?
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Re: need help with <txp:older> <txp:newer> tags
Jeff is right. I copied the section attribute from your tag without thinking.
About the sticky. Usually I just edit the (one) sticky if I want to add something to it. I think maybe with txp:variable and <txp:rvm_counter /> and a snippet of PHP you could cook up something. But maybe that’s too complicated a solution vs. using a category or just editing the sticky… or maybe someone else has a better idea…
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Re: need help with <txp:older> <txp:newer> tags
one sticky article, that’s interesting.
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