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kezza
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Jan 30, 2007, 10:47 AM

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Hi guys - I've done a forum search on this one but can't seem to find anything that provides the answer. Is it possible to modify art_menus.html so that articles can be listed by a particular user? Basically, we have a someone set up as a writer and I'd like to be able to view a list of articles added by this particular writer even after I've set them 'visible'. I can't seem to find a guide on how to modify the art_menus template so that I can do this. Any advice would be appreciated!

Regards
Kerry
Kerry


ross
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Jan 31, 2007, 9:18 AM

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Hi Kerry.

Thanks for posting!

I have to admit that I don't think this is going to be something that works in the admin interface. Reason being, writer accounts are setup to just post new articles that get set to pending by default. This is part of the program itself so regardless of what you add to the template, you won't really be able to change that.

What you should be able to do though is use the search engine to bring back a list of all the articles by a specific user if you like. You could even put that link inside the interface so when they are logged in, they can click on it to get a list.

Does that sound like it would work? Let me know and I'll dig into that some more for you Smile.
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kezza
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Jan 31, 2007, 9:56 AM

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Hi Ross -

OK, the search link may provide a solution. Would you mind letting me know the easiest way to do this?

Thanks a lot

Regards

Kerry
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ross
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Feb 1, 2007, 4:29 PM

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Hi Kerry

Thanks for posting!

I am going to get our second level team to put together a walk through for you on this one. Basically, you are going to be taking a link that displays a list of all the articles created by the user you are currently logged in as, stick it into your interface.

That's what you are looking for right? We'll be in touch as soon as the walk through is ready Smile.
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kezza
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Feb 1, 2007, 10:48 PM

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Thanks Ross Smile
Kerry


Donna
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Feb 5, 2007, 9:23 AM

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Re: [kezza] Search by user [In reply to] Can't Post
Hi Kezza!

Thanks for your post. :)

To do this, you'll want to modify the _writer_menus.html template. If you want the link to appear on any other page, you can modify the appropriate template as well.

The code I ended up using was this:

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View all posts by: <A href="search.cgi?search=1&fields=art_field1&keyword=$created_by$">$created_by$</a>

The main catch is that it's actually searching the "Author" field, but pulling the keyword from the currently logged in user, so you'd want to make sure that they had entered their name into the Author field.

Does that work for you? Give it a try and let me know how it goes. :)

Donna

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