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LostCoder
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Nov 2, 2006, 12:33 PM

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Displaying a List of Category Specific Articles Within an Article Can't Post
Hello,

In my old version of AM i would publish an article in 'Category 1' and when the article was viewed, there was a list of articles for that category at the bottom.

This was done by inserting the following code:

<?php include("/home/yyyyyyy/public_html/main/$file_headlines$"); ?>

The upgrade converted this line to say:

<?php include("/home/yyyyyyy/public_html/main/$published.categoryHeadlines.filename$"); ?>


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I have changed the publish directory for the index pages to main_index and my articles are currently publishing as follows:

http://www.mysite.com/artman2/publish/CATEGORY1/articlename.php

Could you please help me to come up with the correct syntax for displaying article lists?

Also, I used to have a file called "headlines_plus.htm" where i would code up how i wanted the headlines to display.

Is there a similar file I need to update in AM 2?

Thanks.

LC


Theo
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Nov 2, 2006, 3:39 PM

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Re: [LostCoder] Displaying a List of Category Specific Articles Within an Article [In reply to] Can't Post
Thanks for posting, LostCoder!

I think this will be a quick fix for you. I suspect the problem is simply that the files you're trying to include aren't in the same location that they were before. So the hard-coded directory in your PHP includes isn't working.

Replace this include:

<?php include("/home/yyyyyyy/public_html/main/$published.categoryHeadlines.filename$"); ?>

With this one:

<?php include("$published.categoryHeadlines.filepath$"); ?>

And then republish your articlePages.

I hope that helps, let us know if you need any further assistance!


Theo Wiersma
Project Manager


LostCoder
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Nov 3, 2006, 10:49 AM

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Re: [Theo] Displaying a List of Category Specific Articles Within an Article [In reply to] Can't Post
Good deal -- works like a champ.

Thanks for the assistance.

As a side note for other would-be article list publishers ---

The code Theo posted:
<?php include("$published.categoryHeadlines.filepath$"); ?>

basically tells the page to go to the "categoryHeadlines" place holder set name at 'Admin > Publishing'

This utilizes the 'categoryHeadlines.html' file located in cgi-bin/artman2/templates/articlelists directory.

So, to change the display of your article list, just change around the look and feel in the aforementioned .html file.

Or, you can always create a new html file called whatever you want and set it up as needed. Just remember to change the Template under the placeholder set name.


--wow -- i like the new AM :)

Thanks Theo.

LC