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Re: Sort articles based on multiple dates defined in one custom_field
demoncleaner wrote #330142:
In my specific case I would need to handle multiple events at a day, yes.
That is not a problem, save (a little) for user convenience. You could structure your cf as (say)
[1]
date=2021-05-13
time=18:00
venue=Bolshoi Theatre
[2]
date=2021-05-13
time=21:00
venue=Bolshoi Theatre
...The only requirement is the [key] uniqueness, up to you to choose it.
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Re: Sort articles based on multiple dates defined in one custom_field
Sorry I am confused. So at the end it can work with multiple events a day? Like in your syntax above?
But you wrote:
sorry, I must release the ini-version first
So it cannot work, yet?
I tried
<txp:etc_query markup="ini" data="[Day 05]
title=Title of event A
link=https://www.ticketseller.com/12345
[Day 08]
title=Title of event B
link=https://www.ticketseller.com/67890">
<h4>{#}</h4><!-- date -->
<a href="{link?}">{title?}</a>
</txp:etc_query>But I don´t get any ouput apart from a 0.
Maybe I am doing a major mistake here but I am barely understanding the concept and I am not sure if it is supposed to work or not.
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Re: Sort articles based on multiple dates defined in one custom_field
I have just uploaded the ini version, please try again. Otherwise, you can store data in some <txp:variable name="events" /> and call
<txp:etc_query data="{?events||parse_ini_string.json_encode}" markup="json">...Yes, you can work with multiple events. The main question is what format is acceptable for your client.
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Re: Sort articles based on multiple dates defined in one custom_field
Yes it works and it looks very promising.
Just cannot figure out now how to sort it by date.
My cf looks like this:
[1]
date=2021-05-13
time=18:00
venue=Bolshoi Theatre
link=https://www.ticketlink.com/456
[2]
date=2021-05-26
time=21:00
venue=OtherTheater
link=https://www.ticketlink.com/1234Another article might have
[1]
date=2021-05-14
time=18:00
venue=Bolshoi Theatre
link=https://www.ticketlink.com/xxx
[2]
date=2021-05-25
time=21:00
venue=OtherTheater
link=https://www.ticketlink.com/yyyOutput works all fine. Just not ordered by the date.
How can I achieve the desired order now mentioned at the beginning of this thread?
Do I have to use the “xsl stuff” of your example (<xsl:sort select="." order="descending" />) to get the ordering done?
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Re: Sort articles based on multiple dates defined in one custom_field
Great! Yes, you must check first that xsl extension is enabled on your PHP server. Then you would loop over articles and structure the output, say:
<txp:variable name="eventslist">
<txp:article_custom wraptag="article"><!-- add attributes as needed -->
<txp:etc_query data='<txp:custom_field name="events" />' markup="ini">
<h4>{date?}</h4>
<div><a href="{link?}"><txp:title /></a> ({time?}, {venue?})</div>
</txp:etc_query>
</txp:article_custom>
</txp:variable>Then you pass this variable to etc_query again, to sort and output events:
<txp:etc_query data='<txp:variable name="eventslist" />'>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" xmlns:txp="https://www.textpattern.com">
<xsl:output method="html" encoding="utf-8" omit-xml-declaration="yes" />
<xsl:template match="article">
<xsl:for-each select="h4">
<xsl:sort select="." order="descending" />
<txp:if_different><xsl:copy-of select="." /></txp:if_different>
<xsl:copy-of select="following-sibling::div[1]" />
</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
</txp:etc_query>I have not tested it, but this should work.
Edit: splitting by [n] is a bit cumbersome, but you can replace them with something more human-readable, like ---. This would require some extra work, but is doable.
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Re: Sort articles based on multiple dates defined in one custom_field
That’s really sweet. Love it.
Very soon we won’t need a CMS. It’ll just be Apache + etc_query :)
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Re: Sort articles based on multiple dates defined in one custom_field
Yep! Tested it. It works like it should.
Big “Thank you” to you both!
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Re: Sort articles based on multiple dates defined in one custom_field
Just to let you know that I am still on it to make it work perfectly.
Because we do not use smd_calendar now anymore unfortunately I need to find another way on how to just display the events of the current month per page. And be able to list other months through a GET variable.
This was already working with my smd_calendar setup.
I try now to check the month from inside the cf inside the etc_query
<txp:variable name="mydate" value="{date?}"/>
<txp:if_variable name="mydate" value='<txp:variable name="search_month"/>' match="any">
...<txp:variable name="search_month"/> will be current month (2021-05) if no GET parameter was found.
This is almost working. I get some duplicate entries and will need to find out why. But I also ask myself if this is best practice or if it maybe slows things down and if there is a better way.
Last edited by demoncleaner (2021-05-13 15:52:34)
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Re: Sort articles based on multiple dates defined in one custom_field
demoncleaner wrote #330151:
I need to find another way on how to just display the events of the current month per page.
You should be able to pre-filter article_custom and then filter within XSL block:
<txp:variable name="eventslist">
<txp:article_custom events='%<txp:variable name="search_month" />%' wraptag="article">
...
</txp:variable>
<txp:etc_query specials="content"
....
<xsl:for-each select="h4[string()='{?search_month}']">And be able to list other months through a GET variable.
Not sure to understand you here.
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Re: Sort articles based on multiple dates defined in one custom_field
<txp:variable name="eventslist">
<txp:article_custom events='%<txp:variable name="search_month" />%' wraptag="article">
...
</txp:variable>
<txp:etc_query specials="content"
....
<xsl:for-each select="h4[string()='{?search_month}']">Whats that “events” attribute in the article_custom? Is that a regular attribute? I tried it out but it is not working.
Just added the events attribute and changed the xsl:for-each line to yours. I get no output anymore.
And be able to list other months through a GET variable.
Don´t worry. Thats not so important. It was just to explain what I am trying to do.
I will be calling my schedule through a URL /schedule/ and it will open the current month.
And I also will call it with /schedule/?search_month=2021-06 for example to display the next month.
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Re: Sort articles based on multiple dates defined in one custom_field
Try swapping events= for the name of your custom field that holds the dates (assuming it doesn’t have a space in its name).
Last edited by Bloke (2021-05-13 18:52:55)
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Re: Sort articles based on multiple dates defined in one custom_field
Don’t hesitate to post your full code here, it would be easier to debug.
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