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sbrandon
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Oct 31, 2006, 9:44 AM

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Hi

I would like to add the latest headlines from each of my categories to my homepage (which is outside AM2). How do I go about this?

Ideally I would like to specify how many headlines are displayed for each individual category too - is this possible?

Thanks for any help in advance!!


Donna
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Oct 31, 2006, 3:01 PM

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Re: [sbrandon] Adding Headlines to a Homepage [In reply to] Can't Post
Hi there!

The steps are almost exactly the same as including them in the default index page via Article Manager, except rather than depending on the software to find the correct filename with a placeholder, you have to tell it what it will be.

So, by default, the category grouped headlines will be in /artman2/publish/include_groupedHeadlines.shtml

Therefore, you can add an SSI like this in your external page:

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<!--#include virtual="/artman2/publish/include_groupedHeadlines.shtml" -->

If you have a different folder layout or if you'd made any changes to the publish rule, you'll need to tweak that as necessary. But this will work with the default setup. :)

Donna

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sbrandon
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Oct 31, 2006, 3:33 PM

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Hi Donna

I have tried that, but just get a blank box. I guess I'm doing something really dim! Any chance you could take a look at www.1stwebsitedesign.net - the place I'm trying to get the headlines is in the box on the left under News?

Thanks a lot,

Simon


Donna
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Oct 31, 2006, 3:37 PM

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Re: [sbrandon] Adding Headlines to a Homepage [In reply to] Can't Post
Hey Simon!

Looks like your index file isn't a .shtml, it's a .htm. SSI's require a .shtml extension to work. Try renaming it to index.shtml, and it should work like a charm. :)

Donna

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sbrandon
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Oct 31, 2006, 4:04 PM

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Re: [Donna] Adding Headlines to a Homepage [In reply to] Can't Post
Hi Donna

I've renamed it as an shtml and am now getting a heading saying Latest Headlines... but no more!

Thanks, Simon


Donna
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Oct 31, 2006, 4:06 PM

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Hi Simon,

Can you let me know the syntax you're using so I can take a look at the page you're trying to include directly?

Donna

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sbrandon
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Oct 31, 2006, 4:10 PM

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Hi Donna

Sorry - not totally sure what you need to know! I'm trying to link to the headlines using:

<!--#include virtual="/publish/include_groupedHeadlines.shtml" -->

Thanks, Simon


Donna
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Oct 31, 2006, 4:18 PM

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Re: [sbrandon] Adding Headlines to a Homepage [In reply to] Can't Post
Yep, that's exactly what I was looking for. :)

As it turns out, it's displaying exactly right: The problem is, you don't appear to have any categories defined.

Take a look at your Artman publish page here:

http://www.1stwebsitedesign.net/publish/

As you can see, there's nothing showing up in the headlines there either -- and no categories being displayed in the category list. The category dropdown in the search engine shows no categories... so I'd say it's safe to assume that you currently don't have any categories, which is why nothing is showing up in the headlines grouped by categories -- there's nothing to group by. :)

So, create some categories, make sure your articles are propertly categorized... and they should start to show. :)

Donna

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sbrandon
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Oct 31, 2006, 4:27 PM

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Re: [Donna] Adding Headlines to a Homepage [In reply to] Can't Post
Ah-hah! It's showing up now - problem was that I had unlinked my categories. Reason was to get rid of category names in the Category Index files - I only have 3 cats with no subcats and so I didn't want to show something saying NEWS unncecessarily above each item (see http://1stwebsitedesign.net/publish/news/index.shtml) Is there any way I can stop this happening?

Thanks a lot for your help! Simon


Donna
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Oct 31, 2006, 4:37 PM

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Re: [sbrandon] Adding Headlines to a Homepage [In reply to] Can't Post
You bet! Find this line:

<!--#include virtual="$published.categoryBreadcrumb.webpath$" -->

...in your articleLists/globalIndex.html. Remove it. Save. Publish. Voila! :)

Donna

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sbrandon
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Nov 1, 2006, 2:40 AM

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Brilliant! Thanks for your help!!