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#1 2011-09-12 16:25:29

vurt

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Registered: 2010-10-22

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Sticky article conditional

I need to display a single sticky article from another section on the default page. If it’s expired I need to display some other static content.

I’ve tried planting a variable in the sticky article form and then checking against it on the home page. No luck.

So far I’m stumped.

#2 2011-09-12 16:39:21

els

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Re: Sticky article conditional

Does if_expired help?

#3 2011-09-12 16:58:19

vurt

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Registered: 2010-10-22

Posts: 50

Re: Sticky article conditional

I’ve tried it also, but it only works – as far as I know – in an article context. Anything based on expiration that works in an article context won’t work because it’s, well, expired.

Isn’t there a way to conditionally check on page whether there is an article published?

I’m also trying to avoid using any categorization/custom fields, but it may come to that.

#4 2011-09-12 17:05:39

vurt

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Re: Sticky article conditional

Unbelievable: chh_if_data. Written in 2006 and still works.

Every time I need something for txp there’s someone out there who’s written a plugin.

#5 2011-09-12 18:02:54

Gocom

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Re: Sticky article conditional

vurt wrote:

Isn’t there a way to conditionally check on page whether there is an article published?

Yes, see variable and if_variable. Those two tags can basically do what chh_if_data can. I.e.

<!--
	Define a new variable named 'article' and populate
	it with the article tag of your likes. This variable is then used to check and output data
-->

<txp:variable name="article"><txp:artictle limit="10" form="myForm" /></txp:variable>

<!--
	Check if there is an article available
-->

<txp:if_variable name="article" value="">
	<!--
		Nope, no article.
	-->
<txp:else />
	<!--
		Yep, an article found, output it.
	-->
	<txp:variable name="article" />
</txp:if_variable>

---

Rah | GitHub

#6 2011-09-12 18:09:45

vurt

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Registered: 2010-10-22

Posts: 50

Re: Sticky article conditional

That’s the kind of thing that makes me re-think what <txp:variable /> is good for. Thank you!

Last edited by vurt (2011-09-12 18:12:47)