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kano
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Oct 5, 2007, 11:36 PM

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I have set up a small AM2. Everything is 'out of the box' except that the main index page is set up to publish articles from just two categories. This works fine until I use the 'next articles' and 'prev articles' links. The 'next' and 'prev' search suddenly includes articles from all categories, and shows articles that really don't belong on the main index page. Anything I can do to avoid this?

Regards
Kjell


Jake
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Oct 7, 2007, 10:02 AM

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Hi Kjell,

Thanks for your post. Smile

Setting this up can be tricky, but there are a couple ways to get around the problem you described. A lot of it is going to depend on how your site is set up, specifically your category structure. Would you mind submitting a support request so that we can go over your site and offer you some suggestions? You can do so here:

https://www.interactivetools.com/support/email_support.cgi

I look forward to hearing from you!
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kano
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Oct 7, 2007, 10:37 AM

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Thanks, a support request has been submitted!

Kjell

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Kjell


ennisoft
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Aug 24, 2009, 2:22 AM

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Any chance of you guys expanding on this solution within the forum?

I've just come across this issue, and I'd consider it to be a serious bug in the functioning of an otherwise solid product.

The categories selected for the homepage can't change just because you click Next. And then clicking back gives you an altogether different first page! It's nonsense!

Please publish a walkthrough or something that allows us to put this right.

Ross


ross
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Aug 24, 2009, 4:39 PM

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Hi Ross

Thanks for posting!

What I'll get you to do is check that the URL's you have for your next and previous links have this at the end of them:

&categoryNum=$category.num$

It's the same for both. That will tell them what category you want to be using on the next and previous page. Make sure that isn't on your global index though. It won't work there. Just the category index template.

Give it a shot and let me know how you make out :).
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ennisoft
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Aug 25, 2009, 1:59 AM

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Hi Ross, thanks for the response. I have tried this, but the code doesn't resolve the $category.num$ (this is the GlobalIndex template we're talking about). The URL for the Next Page is:

http://www.clareed.ie/cgi-bin/content/search.cgi?action=search&page=2&perpage=5&template=articleLists/globalIndex.html&includeSubcats=0;&categoryNum=[unknown%20placeholder%20$category.num$]

and the generated page is a line of text:

Error: expecting a value (quoted string, bareword, or function) in where condition: "...cle.categoryNum IN ( ***ERROR*** [unknown placeholder..." at /usr/local/pem/vhosts/115566/webspace/cgi-bin/content/modules//IT/DB/WhereParser.pm line 486.

Think I'll change it back the way it was...

Ross


Donna
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Aug 25, 2009, 3:22 PM

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Hi there,

As Ross mentioned, that will only work on category index pages, not on the global index. You'll need to remove that bit of code from the global index template. Since there's no specific category number, it can't resolve. That code will only work on the category index template. :)

Donna

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ennisoft
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Aug 26, 2009, 5:02 AM

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Ok Donna, so what's the solution?

There really has to be a way to navigate through the homepage articles without the selected categories changing from under you, otherwise I effectively have no control over homepage articles at all.

I've installed AM2 on several websites - I can't believe I haven't come across this before. Am I missing something obvious here?

Ross


Donna
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Aug 28, 2009, 11:05 AM

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Hi Ross,

You could hardcode the categories into your global index "Next" buttons. So, instead of using:

&categoryNum=$category.num$

...you'd have something like this:

&categoryNum=4,2,15

...with your actual category numbers replacing the example I've added in there.

Let me know if that works for you.

Donna

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