Different number of articles on page 1 and following pages

Kjeld · 2021-03-16 05:39:38

etc wrote #329258:

This said, we can already break lists in variously sized chunks with breakby="5,6,6,..." Probably, pageby could do it too? I remember having thought about it, but something has stopped me… but what?

I tried using pageby in several configurations, but was unable to find one that worked.

Kjeld · 2021-03-16 05:47:35

Many thanks to all of you for thinking about a solution for this unusual case.

Because the know-how explodes off the page I have found reading your suggestions and explanations exhilarating.

Hopefully, other users will find this helpful, too.

Bloke · 2021-03-16 09:05:25

Kjeld wrote #329269:

The only drawback I can think of is that there can be only a single sticky article…

Not sure what you mean. You could put two stickies if you want. As long as you ensure that the one you want to appear first has a greater posting date than the second they’ll both show up. And if you want to do this in other sections, just put one or more stickies in those sections and apply the same logic.

Incidentally, I don’t fully understand how sort="Status DESC" makes the sticky article appear first.

It sorts the status by value. 5=Sticky, 4=Live.

Kjeld · 2021-03-16 09:16:45

Bloke wrote #329275:

Not sure what you mean. You could put two stickies if you want. As long as you ensure that the one you want to appear first has a greater posting date than the second they’ll both show up. And if you want to do this in other sections, just put one or more stickies in those sections and apply the same logic.

Sorry, I was not clear.

I intended to say that if you don’t want other stickies to appear on the default page, you can only make one article sticky.

It sorts the status by value. 5=Sticky, 4=Live.

Aha! Mystery solved. Thanks, Bloke.

Bloke · 2021-03-16 10:03:35

Kjeld wrote #329276:

I intended to say that if you don’t want other stickies to appear on the default page, you can only make one article sticky.

Ah, gotcha. In that case yeah, you’ll need to distinguish them by some other means (e.g. category or custom field) and find a way to exclude those from the tag, which probably means using <txp:article_custom> instead.

Kjeld · 2021-03-16 10:25:28

Bloke wrote #329279:

Ah, gotcha. In that case yeah, you’ll need to distinguish them by some other means (e.g. category or custom field) and find a way to exclude those from the tag, which probably means using <txp:article_custom> instead.

I was able to put them in a separate section and marked that section ‘No’ for ‘On default page’

Problem solved ^_-

Bloke · 2021-03-16 11:00:25

Kjeld wrote #329282:

I was able to put them in a separate section and marked that section ‘No’ for ‘On default page’

Cunning! I like it.

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#13 2021-03-16 05:39:38

Re: Different number of articles on page 1 and following pages

etc wrote #329258:

#14 2021-03-16 05:47:35

Re: Different number of articles on page 1 and following pages

#15 2021-03-16 09:05:25

Re: Different number of articles on page 1 and following pages

Kjeld wrote #329269:

#16 2021-03-16 09:16:45

Re: Different number of articles on page 1 and following pages

Bloke wrote #329275:

#17 2021-03-16 10:03:35

Re: Different number of articles on page 1 and following pages

Kjeld wrote #329276:

#18 2021-03-16 10:25:28

Re: Different number of articles on page 1 and following pages

Bloke wrote #329279:

#19 2021-03-16 11:00:25

Re: Different number of articles on page 1 and following pages

Kjeld wrote #329282:

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