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#1 2005-11-08 23:42:19
- the-bhp
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Help on PHP needed (I guess): context-sensitive linking of articles
I am currently working on a site that provides profiles of bands and their records. What I want to do is to have on each band’s page a list of their records.
There will be a section for bands and a section for records. And it might be useful to store a band name as a keyword with each record and with each band.
So, in the form for the bands I need an output like that:
<code>
<txp:article_custom section=“records” keywords=”<txp:keywords />” />
</code>
But there’s two problems:
1. I can’t use txp:article_custom in forms. But txp:article doesn’t have the “section” attribute.
2. Tags within tags won’t work. But I want to have this “context-sensitive”.
Any suggestions? I have been thinking about this the whole evening…
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#2 2005-11-08 23:53:55
- zem
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Re: Help on PHP needed (I guess): context-sensitive linking of articles
txp:related_articles is similar to what you want. You could either adapt your method to use categories instead of keywords, or copy and adapt the existing tag as a plugin.
Alex
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#3 2005-11-09 00:08:06
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Re: Help on PHP needed (I guess): context-sensitive linking of articles
Thank you, that sounds quite interesting. I should have found that by myself…
Although, using categories might be a bit too complicated. But I’ll have a closer look tomorrow.
PS: Does this work in an article form?
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#4 2005-11-09 00:15:17
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Re: Help on PHP needed (I guess): context-sensitive linking of articles
Yes, that’s what it’s for.
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#5 2005-11-09 11:37:29
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Re: Help on PHP needed (I guess): context-sensitive linking of articles
I just tried it and it works quite nice, but I need the option to assign a special form to the list, so that the article images or thumbnails can be displayed. I checked dru_recent_articles and glx_recent_articles, but they don’t do that either.
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Re: Help on PHP needed (I guess): context-sensitive linking of articles
Would a modification of Sencer’s code come handy?
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#7 2005-11-09 21:17:26
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Re: Help on PHP needed (I guess): context-sensitive linking of articles
> wet wrote:
> Would a modification of Sencer’s code come handy?
Only partly cause I guess I still have the problem that article_custom doesn’t work in forms, or do I get this wrong?
But maybe I found a solution: forum.textpattern.com/viewtopic.php?id=10856
I’ll try that later today. But still, thanks a lot!
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Re: Help on PHP needed (I guess): context-sensitive linking of articles
the-bhp,
Did you ever find a solution to this? I’m working on a site for a label and I need to accomplish pretty much exactly the same thing and I’ve run into all the same issues. I tried several PHP solutions, but there’s still the issue of getting it to display thumbnails. Any help would be appreciated. I’ll keep you posted on anything I discover.
Cheers,
Tom
P.S. TBHP rules. My friend Jimmy Lavalle played with them for a bit.
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#9 2005-11-10 22:17:31
- the-bhp
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Re: Help on PHP needed (I guess): context-sensitive linking of articles
Hey renobird,
unfortunately, not yet. I’m close to giving in and use related_articles, which would be without thumbnails and which meant that authors had to create a new category for each new band they add. That’s not really how I want it to be since I don’t want to bother authors with the internal structure of the site.
If only tyom’s idea worked – it’s exactly what I need.
I’ll keep you updated if I find something.
PS: The BHP surely is one of my all-time favourite bands. Some of the best shows I ever saw were theirs. And, by the way: I’m also doing a website for a label :)
Last edited by the-bhp (2005-11-10 22:39:06)
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Re: Help on PHP needed (I guess): context-sensitive linking of articles
Yeah…I’ve been attempting to get Tyom’s plug-in to work. Hopefully it’s something that we can get figured out. Between the 2 of us, we’ve got to be able to come up with a way to make this happen. It’s kind of essential for the site I’m working on. If I knew enough about programming I’d attempt a plug-in myself.
Cheers Mate,
Tom
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#11 2006-01-05 22:15:01
- the-bhp
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Re: Help on PHP needed (I guess): context-sensitive linking of articles
Renobird, I still couldn’t find a solution that allows to show an image, so I settled for something less.
Check out the “Bands” link, you’ll find a list of releases for each artist. But without the image.
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Re: Help on PHP needed (I guess): context-sensitive linking of articles
BHP,
Thanks for the update.
I ended up doing something very similar with chh_related_articles.
http://www.fightingrecords.com/index.php
on the mainpage under > featured artist > releases
BTW…nice job on your site.
Cheers,
Tom
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