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#1 2011-10-12 23:38:14
- frickinmuck
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txp:article displays either live OR sticky = annoyance
Here’s a pet peeve of mine – that is possibly just due to my own limited knowledge – that I really need to find a solution for.
I find it annoying that the txp:article tag will only show live articles OR sticky ones. Is there any way to get it to show the most recent article, regardless of status?
For clarification – I find it really limiting because I like to use status as a flag for some display options, but then it means those articles are basically completely separated from the rest of the content in ALL cases, which. Argh.
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#2 2011-10-13 06:03:35
- milosevic
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Re: txp:article displays either live OR sticky = annoyance
You can’t. The status is not a way for difference display options. You must use other way for that like a value in a custom field, a special category… anything but status.
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Re: txp:article displays either live OR sticky = annoyance
Mave, that annoys me too. txp used to work that way and at some point it got removed. I’ve campaigned for its reinstatement repeatedly (you’ll find numerous threads in the forum) but to no avail. If I really need it, and a workaround like milosevic suggests adds more overhead than it is worth, I take a dirty shortcut and patch the core.
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Re: txp:article displays either live OR sticky = annoyance
the txp:article tag will only show live articles OR sticky ones
The old and valid solution is to use txp:article twice. Try ‘sticky’ above ‘live’.
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#5 2011-10-13 14:40:30
- frickinmuck
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Re: txp:article displays either live OR sticky = annoyance
Yes, Markus, I used to do it that way as well, but then if there are sticky AND live articles in the section, then I end up with one of each.
Jorge, the “all or nothing” solution ignores the fact that articles may need to display differently in different sections or areas of the site, both perfectly valid. For example, suppose that I want an article treated as sticky on the home page, but in the section it belongs to, I want it to be treated like just another article?
I just don’t get why I can’t have txp:article status=“sticky, live” if I choose. What’s the rationale behind limiting it so much? Article is, after all, one of the key tags – one of the most important and most used. Why limit it like that?
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#6 2011-10-13 14:42:17
- frickinmuck
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Re: txp:article displays either live OR sticky = annoyance
jakob wrote:
I take a dirty shortcut and patch the core.
Sadly that sounds like the option available to me. Gah.
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Re: txp:article displays either live OR sticky = annoyance
There is also a solution using smd_query that let you choose exactly what youwant by an sql query!
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#8 2011-10-13 14:55:35
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Re: txp:article displays either live OR sticky = annoyance
That’s actually not such a bad idea, Rabah – thanks.
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#9 2011-10-13 18:39:56
- milosevic
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Re: txp:article displays either live OR sticky = annoyance
*frickinmuck
Jorge, the “all or nothing” solution ignores the fact that articles may need to display differently in different sections or areas of the site, both perfectly valid. For example, suppose that I want an article treated as sticky on the home page, but in the section it belongs to, I want it to be treated like just another article?
I think like you. It would be nice to have the option “any” for status.
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#11 2011-10-15 03:22:09
- frickinmuck
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Re: txp:article displays either live OR sticky = annoyance
Wow, after reading all that, I’m kind of amazed support for txp:article status=“all” sort=“statusdesc” or some such thing hasn’t been developed. or maybe a plugin providing that functionality. It seems kind of basic – a lot of forum-style blogs use sticky articles alongside regular ones.
At least I’m not alone in my plight! :^}
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