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Proper use of tags
Today, I read this FAQ about creating navigation. It suggests, among other things, to use this code in order to create a navigation list.
<code>
<ul>
<txp:section wraptag=“li” link=1 title=1 name=“about” />
<txp:section wraptag=“li” link=1 title=1 name=“articles” />
<txp:section wraptag=“li” link=1 title=1 name=“news” />
<txp:section wraptag=“li” link=1 title=1 name=“contact” />
</ul>
</code>
Now, perhaps I’m missing something obvious, but if I have to enter each section’s name as an attribute, why don’t I just code the navigation by hand? It’s hardly more work.
I’d appreciate anything that enlightens me on this since there are some more tags whose function I don’t understand because they contain nothing dynamic.
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Re: Proper use of tags
this is what you need
<code><txp:section_list wraptag=“ul” break=“li” /></code> and <a href=“http://textpattern.net/wiki/index.php?title=Txp:section_list_/”>here</a> it is in the manual
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Re: Proper use of tags
Thanks colak, but I know how to achieve this effect.
It was just an example because I don’t understand why you would use, e.g., the tag <txp:section name="about" /> instead of just writing “about”.
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It’s not the only strange tag doing strange things :)
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I am grasping here but maybe if you wanted to change your section title in txp’s sections tab then it would dynamically update your navigation. Using section_list does not usually work for me because I often have a section that I don’t want outputed in my main navigation.
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#6 2006-01-07 02:41:48
- zem
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Re: Proper use of tags
Now, perhaps I’m missing something obvious, but if I have to enter each section’s name as an attribute, why don’t I just code the navigation by hand? It’s hardly more work.
In case you change the name of a section, move your site, etc.
Alex
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Re: Proper use of tags
Ok, I see. I had thought of that but wasn’t sure if there was some other advantage I didn’t realise. Thanks, zem.
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