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#1 2009-11-06 17:06:47
- Neko
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Select latest 10 articles, then display only 1 of them
Hi. As the title suggests, I’d like to have TXP select the latest 10 articles, and display only one of them (random).
I was playing around with article_custom but then I realized I’m not able to figure out how to achieve such a result. Any suggestion, please?
Thanks.
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#3 2009-11-06 20:20:30
- Neko
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Re: Select latest 10 articles, then display only 1 of them
Matt,
first of all, thanks for your answer.
I was trying to figure out how to use smd_r_t but I was able to pull the article ID only, and I don’t know how to ask for the latest 10 articles anyway.
<txp:smd_random_text type="database"
source="textpattern|ID" limit="1"
wraptag="ul" break="li" />Should I use that code in conjunction with other tags, such as txp:variable?
On a side note, Stef posing as Einstein is way too cool. XD
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#5 2009-11-06 20:46:23
- uli
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Re: Select latest 10 articles, then display only 1 of them
<txp:article_custom limit="10" sort="posted desc" /><txp:article_id /></txp:article_custom>Put this inside the smd_random_text tag (probably as the source value, don’t know it) which itself is used as an article tag’s id value (with limit=“1”).
In bad weather I never leave home without wet_plugout, smd_where_used and adi_form_links
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I’ve used smd_random_text with a txp:variable filled with delimeted text which could be articles.
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#7 2009-11-06 21:31:19
- Neko
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Re: Select latest 10 articles, then display only 1 of them
OK, thanks to all of you for your insightful tips.
I decided to go with Gocom’s suggestion since it’s the easier to implement, at least for me. Thanks!
<txp:article_custom section="Videogiochi, Merendine, Cavolate, Carta, Cartoni-animati, Cinema, Televisione, Giapponeserie, Animali" limit="1" offset='<txp:php> echo rand(0,9); </txp:php>' sort="ID desc">
<a href="<txp:permlink />" title="<txp:title />"><txp:article_image /></a><a href="<txp:permlink />" title="<txp:title />"><span><txp:title /></span></a>
</txp:article_custom>You can check out the result here (the little framed picture on top right, CSS might bomb in IE).
On a side note: do you notice some flickering while hovering the mouse on the main 8 images? I get that a lot using FF/Mac. Weird, tho, since the same (static) page on the same server using the same browser looks OK to me: http://www.numerozero.it/index.html.
Last edited by Neko (2009-11-06 21:38:34)
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I think you went with the best solution. I like it and it still looks good in IE7.
The main images have a onhover but it only works for me when I hover over the right border. If my mouse enters the image from any other side the hover doesn’t appear.
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#9 2009-11-07 22:22:43
- uli
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Re: Select latest 10 articles, then display only 1 of them
Neko wrote:
Weird, tho, since the same (static) page on the same server using the same browser looks OK to me: http://www.numerozero.it/index.html.
Neko, the a-tags inside you h2 don’t have titles on the static HTML site (actually they’re just empty). And that’s what causes the flickering (FF3.5mac here, too): As soon as the titles vanish FF rebuilds the red semi-opaque rectangles.
In bad weather I never leave home without wet_plugout, smd_where_used and adi_form_links
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#10 2009-11-08 01:38:20
- Neko
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Re: Select latest 10 articles, then display only 1 of them
Matt and Uli: thanks a bunch for the feedback. I got rid of the tiny JS code for those elements and I’m experimenting a bit with a CSS-only solution. It works fine on FF and Safari so far. No luck on IE, but the JS thing wasn’t working either so I guess it could not be considered a regression. :)
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