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Re: articles only from certain category
@ thebombsite:
is it possible to limit number of the results when you use your trick? right now it will show all articles from that category. Would if_article_list conditional do the trick on the archive page?
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Re: articles only from certain category
I use <code><txp:if_category></txp:if_category></code> tags which allows me to pop a title in for the category and use a different <code><txp:article /></code> tag for the listing. This would allow you to use a different form template, maybe only show excerpts, and have a different “limit” but that would only affect paging. As far as I know you can’t place a limit on the total number of articles that are output.
Mind you, I could be wrong there. Wouldn’t be the first time. ;)
Stuart
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Re: articles only from certain category
Yes, I need it only for paginating articles within a certain category, but I have like 30 cats, how can I do that? I would want the same properties for all of them, Same nuber of articles per page, same templates, same everything. I can’t seem to get that.
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Re: articles only from certain category
OK I have got to a point with if_category where i display as much articles as I would like, but how do I add pagination? txp:newer and txp:older don’t work. :( (it says they are an undefined variable)
Last edited by Dragan (2006-02-08 00:22:13)
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Re: articles only from certain category
You would need something like:-
<code>
<txp:if_category>
<txp:article limit=“30” form=“formName” />
<txp:else />
<txp:article limit=“5” />
</txp:if_category>
<txp:older>previous</txp:older> <txp:newer>next</txp:newer></code>
Stuart
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Telling the Truth is Revolutionary.
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Re: articles only from certain category
thebombsite that works like a charm, but, I can’t say I understand what it acctually does, here is what I put in in the archive page:
<code>
<txp:if_category>
<txp:article limit=“5” />
<txp:else />
<txp:article limit=“5” />
</txp:if_category>
<ul class=“pagin”>
<li><txp:newer>« Noviji</txp:newer></li>
<li class=“older”><txp:older>Stariji »</txp:older></li>
</ul>
</code>
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Re: articles only from certain category
Well it simply asks if we are in a category list output 30 articles using the “formName” form template, else if we aren’t, output 5 articles (using the default form which doesn’t need specifying), then output the paging links what ever we are in.
Stuart
In a Time of Universal Deceit
Telling the Truth is Revolutionary.
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Re: articles only from certain category
> doggiez wrote:
> bq. I’m also interested in getting rid of empty elements, for instance while paginating, when there is no “next” or “previous”.
Also, I don’t like having empty elements lying around serveing no purpouse.
Would chh_if_data help you with this?
I have been messing with this plugin and it doesn’t seem to do what I want. It still outputs an empty a element, my code goes something like this:
<code>
<txp:cch_if_data>
<a href=”<txp:site_url /><txp:section />/?c=<txp:category2 />”><txp:category2 title=“1” /></a>
</txp:cch_if_data>
</code>
Am I not using it correctly? I didn’t use the :else because I don’t want anything output.
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#21 2006-02-09 15:36:21
- els
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Re: articles only from certain category
Ah, I was wondering why you didn’t use <txp:category2 title=1 link=1 />, but I see you need the section in the url.
I think the plugin doesn’t work because there is more than one txp tag inside, and only one of them doesn’t have content.
Try this:
<code>
<txp:if_article_category number=“2” name=”“>
<a href=”<txp:site_url /><txp:section />/?c=<txp:category2 />”><txp:category2 title=“1” /></a>
</txp:if_article_category>
</code>
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Re: articles only from certain category
Oh my god I can’t believe that worked! :)
BTW, what’s the name=”“ for? I ditched it.
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#23 2006-02-09 19:41:46
- els
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Re: articles only from certain category
Ah, so it works without that as well? I am using that with <txp:if_category> to say ‘if we are on a (any) category page…’ so I guessed it would work with <txp:if_article_category>. But nice to know you don’t even need it :)
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Re: articles only from certain category
coudn’t be better :)
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