Manage sidebar through an article

caruso_g · 2010-05-28 15:01:29

Hi folks,
I would like to manage the sidebar content through an article of the current section, but I don’t know how to only select the article related to the sidebar and to filter it from the other article list on the page… :/ I hope I was able to explain, I am sorry if not.
Any solution?
Thanks in advance for your help.

floodfish · 2010-05-28 16:38:38

You may want to make a sticky article for each section and use that?

Or pull them manually something like this
<txp:if_section name=“foo”><txp:article_custom id=“123” /></txp:if_section>
<txp:if_section name=“bar”><txp:article_custom id=“234” /></txp:if_section>

caruso_g · 2010-05-28 16:56:05

Hi floodfish,
thanks for your reply.
Sadly, I already used a sticky article for the section landing page and I would like not to hard code the article id to let the client add pages freely without need to edit the template.
Is there a way to get all articles that are not, e.g., of a sub-category “sidebar” or that don’t have set a custom field “sidebar” so that I can just create the normal list and just set that article in the sidebar?
Or could be I can just create a second sticky article and use offset=1?

Thanks again

floodfish · 2010-05-28 17:04:29

Is there a way to get all articles that are not, e.g., of a sub-category “sidebar” or that don’t have set a custom field “sidebar” so that I can just create the normal list and just set that article in the sidebar?

perhaps
<txp:article_custom section='<txp:section />' category="sidebar" />
or
<txp:article_custom section='<txp:section />' custom_field_sidebar="sidebar_yes" />

Or could be I can just create a second sticky article and use offset=1?

That might work, but can you be sure they’ll be in the correct order?

MattD · 2010-05-28 17:11:24

How about combine the two? That way the sticky articles won’t show in your normal listing.

floodfish · 2010-05-28 17:13:38

How about combine the two? That way the sticky articles won’t show in your normal listing.

Quite right! So:
<txp:article_custom section='<txp:section />' category="sidebar" status="sticky" />
or
<txp:article_custom section='<txp:section />' custom_field_sidebar="sidebar_yes" status="sticky" />

You could even throw a limit="1" in there if you’re feeling paranoid.

caruso_g · 2010-05-28 17:20:31

Sorry Jason, I just didn’t notice your name after the nickname.

perhaps
<txp:article_custom section='<txp:section />' category="sidebar" />
or
<txp:article_custom section='<txp:section />' custom_field_sidebar="sidebar_yes" />

Yep, I know that, but I don’t know how to avoid that same article (the sidebar one) to appear to the list of article of the same main section I have on the same page.

That might work, but can you be sure they’ll be in the correct order?

I am using the article order plugin, but I would say the client to create first the landing page and then the sidebar one.

MattD · 2010-05-28 17:21:42

I would go with

<txp:article_custom section='<txp:section />' category="sidebar" status="sticky"   limit="1"/>

for the sidebar and

<txp:article_custom section='<txp:section />' category="landing" status="sticky" limit="1" />

for the landing pages

Last edited by MattD (2010-05-28 17:22:11)

caruso_g · 2010-05-28 17:26:42

<txp:article_custom section='<txp:section />' category="sidebar" status="sticky" />
or
<txp:article_custom section='<txp:section />' custom_field_sidebar="sidebar_yes" status="sticky" />

Ok, so, to separate landing pages from sidebar contents:

<txp:article_custom section='<txp:section />' category="sidebar" status="sticky" />
and
<txp:article_custom section='<txp:section />' category="lading-page" status="sticky" />

Right?

floodfish · 2010-05-28 17:28:05

Yeah, that ought to work. I think all three of us are saying the same thing now :)

caruso_g · 2010-05-28 17:28:20

MattD wrote:

I would go with

<txp:article_custom section='<txp:section />' category="sidebar" status="sticky"   limit="1"/>

for the sidebar and

<txp:article_custom section='<txp:section />' category="landing" status="sticky" limit="1" />

for the landing pages

Thanks Matt, you was quicker. :)

I am going to test it, thank you both again.

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