ChetW
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Nov 15, 2006, 9:52 AM
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Re: [jublack2000] The value of static includes
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Hi Juliana,
Thanks for the extra info!
Article Manager has some really powerful publishing options that are going to make it easy to publish a page of your featured articles. There is a bit of setup to get it going so I have outlined all the steps below:
1. Login to your Article Manager admin section and go to 'Admin' --> 'Publishing', on this page select the 'create' button.
2. You will now be on a page where you create Publish Rules, we are going to create a rule based on the publishcron.ini information that you have provided. This new Publish Rule will include:
--> The template to use for publishing this content.
--> How many article will be published to this page.
--> What category this page publish rule will apply to.
--> Where this published static page will be placed on your server.
3. Fill in the Publish Rule you are creating with the follow details:
Rule Name:
featuredProjects
Rule Description:
This creates a static featured projects page.
Rule Type:
select "a list of articles"
Template:
select your "featuredProjects.html" template file.
Placeholder set name:
featuredProjects
Published Files:
Be sure that "One file - listing articles from selected categories" is picked.
For filename type "featured-projects" and leave the <ext> that is in the second text field.
Limit Results:
1 to 2
Publish Dir:
Pick "Use custom publish directory", then use the browse button to point this publish rule at the /cron-includes/ directory on your server. Also fill in the actual Publish URL this url may look similar to:
http://www.mysite.com/cron-includes/
Category filters:
Select which category this publish rule applies to.
When you are finished save your changes, what you have just done is create a publish rule that will create a static html page in your /cron-includes/ directory.
This static page will be called "featured-projects.shtml" and will display only two listings from whichever category you are looking at. The include statement will look like this:
<!-- #include virtual ="$published.featuredProjects.webpath$ -->
Give this a try Juliana and if you have any questions I will be happy to help out. :)
Cheers,
Chet Woodside - Product Specialist
support@interactivetools.com
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