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if different - show multiple days
i’m trying to get the hang of the powerful if_different tag.
i’d like to show:
May
Thursday
10
Thursday
17and so on but with this script it won’t do that
<txp:if_different>
<h2><txp:posted format="%B" /></h2>
</txp:if_different>
<txp:if_different>
<h2><txp:posted format="%A" /></h2>
</txp:if_different>
<txp:if_different>
<h2><txp:posted format="%d" /></h2>
</txp:if_different>Last edited by mrtunes (2010-06-23 06:32:23)
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Re: if different - show multiple days
maybe i should change the question to: how do you use if_different to display a calender-type view (obviously without the intricuicies of a real calendar)?
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#3 2010-06-24 20:28:03
- els
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- Registered: 2004-06-06
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Re: if different - show multiple days
I don’t think it can work with your example.
You need to use the if_different tags in exactly the same order as is set in the sort attribute in your article tag. This would work:
<txp:article sort="posted asc">
<txp:if_different>
Year: <txp:posted format="%G" />
</txp:if_different>
<txp:if_different>
Month: <txp:posted format="%B" />
</txp:if_different>
<txp:if_different>
Day: <txp:posted format="%d %A" />
</txp:if_different>
</txp:article>What you are trying to do is not sorting by date: May, Thursday 10 – May, Thursday 17 – May, Thursday 24 – May, Thursday 31 – May, Friday 11 – …
If you want a calendar, but only show the dates that have articles, you could try smd_calendar and hide the article-less dates with CSS.
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Re: if different - show multiple days
thank you els. i will give it another go later on.
last time i checked on smd_calendar, stef was planning on giving us the option to control its output (it’s in table format last i checked). waiting to see when the new version is out.
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Re: if different - show multiple days
i was able to put down a better idea of what i’m shaping here:
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Re: if different - show multiple days
with the amazing power of textpattern i was able to put something that resembles said mockup within approx. an hour.
i’m never short on kudos to this program!
<div id="events">
<txp:article_custom pgonly="0" section="eventstest" sortby="posted" sortdir="asc" time="any">
<txp:if_different>
<h2 class="eventYear alignRight"><txp:posted format="%G" /></h2>
</txp:if_different>
<txp:if_different>
<h2 class="eventMonth alignRight"><txp:posted format="%B" /></h2>
</txp:if_different>
<div id="eventWrapper">
<div id="dater">
<txp:if_different>
<h2 class="eventDayName alignLeft"><txp:posted format="%A" /></h2>
</txp:if_different>
<txp:if_different>
<h2 class="eventDay alignLeft"><txp:posted format="%d" /></h2>
</txp:if_different>
</div> <!-- end dater div -->
/* break */
<div class="eventListing alignRight">
<h3><txp:title /></h3>
<!-- some listing data -->
<txp:body />
</div> <!-- end eventListing class -->
</div> <!-- end eventWrapper div -->
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#7 2010-06-25 12:24:29
- els
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- From: The Netherlands
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Re: if different - show multiple days
Ah, was that what you meant, looks good. It doesn’t seem very logical to me not to display the day for every event, but that’s a personal preference I guess.
BTW sortby and sortdir are deprecated, use sort="posted asc".
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Re: if different - show multiple days
thanks!
yes you are right, i still have to test what happens when i put an event in between thurs june 3 and thurs june 10.
if thurs june 10 has no day name in that scenario, then it would definitely be confusing.
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