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Using linklist for creating a list of sources/bibliography
I rarely use links and linklist, but in my current design I needed a bibliography and linklist turned out to be a perfect solution.
By entering my list of books into links and using linklist, I can quickly and easily change the layout. Instead of having to change each entry of an article (or multiple articles), I just change the layout of the link form.
It also alphabetizes automatically, so prevents me from making a stupid mistake.
And I can also easily sort the list by publication date if I want to.
This would be helpful for other lists as well, like a list of contributors for example.
Perhaps, you’ll find this explanation helpful for one of your own projects:
This is what the bibliography list looks like:
The entries in links:
- Notice that for the date I have used the date that the book was published. In case I want to sort the list by publication date, I just add sort by date to my Textpattern tag.
An individual entry in links:
- Notice that it contains textile.
- This particular entry contains no link. But a link is fine, too.
I created a link form named “sources” with the following code:
<txp:evaluate test="link_url">
<a rel="external" href="<txp:link_url />" target="_blank"><txp:link_name /></a>
<txp:else />
<txp:link_name />
</txp:evaluate>
<txp:link_description escape="tidy, textile" />- This code checks if there is a link. If there is a link, the author’s name is linked in my example. If there is no link, no anchor html is added. But you could also add a linked link symbol to the end of the entry instead.
escape="tidy, textile"activates textile, allowing you to format your entries.
On the “Bibliography” page I used this Textpattern tag:
<txp:linklist form="sources" category="sources" sort="linkname" wraptag="ul" break="li" class="" />You could also add a list to an individual article and use different link categories for different articles.
Note
To clarify, I am not using this for notes, but for a bibliography (recommended reading).
Do let me know if I should not use links this way!
Last edited by Kjeld (2021-03-20 02:38:02)
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I love the possibilities of linklist and I’ve been using it extensively, and perhaps heretically, for a number of different purposes including loading random videos.
The only issue is that linklist items are not included in the search.
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Re: Using linklist for creating a list of sources/bibliography
colak wrote #329350:
I love the possibilities of linklist and I’ve been using it extensively, and perhaps heretically, for a number of different purposes including loading random videos.
The only issue is that linklist items are not included in the search.
Oh, that is an important point!
And I see that wet_haystack (if it still works in the most recent Textpattern version) does not offer an option to index the link column…
I love your random vimeo and quote solutions!
Last edited by Kjeld (2021-03-19 08:15:58)
• Old Photos of Japan – Japan in the 1850s~1960s (100% txp)
• MeijiShowa – Stock photos of Japan in the 1850s~1960s (100% txp)
• JapaneseStreets.com – Japanese street fashion (mostly txp)
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Yiannis
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That is indeed a cool use of link lists; an under-appreciated feature of Textpattern, imo.
I’ve just done something similar using links to create a tree of online manuals for an organisation. By creating a category tree under a single parent and some tag magic I can output sets of manuals by category. The journey is documented for anyone who wants to use something similar.
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Bloke wrote #329357:
The journey is documented for anyone who wants to use something similar.
BTW, have you tried 4.8.5 breakby/breakform powers?
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The smd plugin menagerie — for when you need one more gribble of power from Textpattern. Bleeding-edge code available on GitHub.
Txp Builders – finely-crafted code, design and Txp
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Bloke wrote #329357:
The journey is documented for anyone who wants to use something similar.
Fascinating. Thanks for sharing.
• Old Photos of Japan – Japan in the 1850s~1960s (100% txp)
• MeijiShowa – Stock photos of Japan in the 1850s~1960s (100% txp)
• JapaneseStreets.com – Japanese street fashion (mostly txp)
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