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Jesus
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Nov 15, 2006, 8:00 AM
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Hello everybody...
Im working with AM2, it has been a good change from the AM1 :)
There was an option on AM1 (Article Types) that I cant find on my AM2 version, and I need it because here its what I'm trying to do...
Im displaying the articles from a specific category (Category1) like this:
Article1
Article2
Article3
Article4
Now.. I wan to have Article4 as a URL (I cant find that feature on AM2) where it will be linked to a subcategory inside my Category1... example:
Article1
Article2
Article3
Article4 (url to: Category1/Subcategory/index.html)
That way I'll be able to display a subcategory on my menu as other articles.
Do I express myself correctly? (I hope so)
Thanks in advance for your comments and suggestions on this
Jesus
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Jesus
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Nov 15, 2006, 11:23 AM
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I think my question its not clear enough :p
We used to have on AM1...
Article type: Full article, Summary Only, Internet URL, Upload file.
Where can I see this options on AM2?
I'm reading the docs and trying to figure that out with the forums, still with no luck. Any help or pointing me to the right direction will be really appreciate it.
Thanks
Jesus
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Theo
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Nov 15, 2006, 3:14 PM
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Jesus,
Thanks for the post. I have a couple of questions:
Is this for a new installation, or for an upgraded Artman 1 site?
Do you actually want Article Types as they were in Artman 1, or are you looking to "re-purpose" one of the types to do something you did in Artman 1 as a workaround? (I ask because often there are MUCH better ways to do things in Article Manager 2.) We actually got rid of Article types in Artman 2. You can easily re-adopt them, but there's really no reason not to have an uploaded file on an article with a full page (and links are easily done with the WYSIWYG). You can also easily do "summary only" in a way that is independent of these other values (as demonstrated in this forum post).
At any rate, I can give you some specifics based on your answers to the above questions. :)
Talk to you soon!
Theo Wiersma
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Jesus
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Nov 16, 2006, 8:45 AM
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Hello Theo thanks for your answer.
Well, its for a new installation and here its why I was thinking to use those article types.
I'm building a website with some static pages content that will be handled by AM as well so, I've a category with 5 articles and inside this category I've also a subcategory that has their own articles so on my article list I want to display the 5 main articles on this category plus 1 link also to that subcategory (the one inside this category) (I really hope I explained this correctly :))
That was the reason I was thinking to have an article just with the url to the subcategory for this category, that way my article list will be complete and will give me control of my article list the way I need it.
Hopefully you can point me to the right direction about how to do this.
Your help will be really apperciate it :)
Jesus
PS
It might also help me for an upgrade that I'm planning for another sites I've using the previous AM version
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Jesus
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Nov 16, 2006, 3:52 PM
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Hello Theo, any news about this issue?
Thanks for the update and pointing me to the proper direction about how to handle this on AM2.
Jesus
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Damon
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Nov 17, 2006, 9:25 AM
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Hi,
Here are the steps to have the article title link to another webpage (similiar to URL article types in Article Manager 1):
1) Go to Admin > Database, and click "edit table & fields" for Articles.
2) Field Label is "URL", Name is "url", and Field Type is text field.
3) Stored as "string"
4) Click Save, then you'll be on the Table Editor page where you can update the Field Order to your tastes (for example move field to near the top).
5) Open and edit your articleList templates:
/templates/articleLists/globalIndex.html
/templates/articleLists/categoryHeadlines.html
Replace this code:
<a href="$published.articlePage.url$" class="summary_title">$article.title$</a>
With this code:
<!-- templateIf : $article.url$ eq "" -->
<a href="$published.articlePage.url$" class="summary_title">$article.title$</a>
<!-- /templateIf -->
<!-- templateIf : $article.url$ ne "" -->
<a href="$article.url$" class="summary_title">$article.title$</a>
<!-- /templateIf -->
Replace this code:
[ <a href="$published.articlePage.url$">Read More...</a> ]
With this code:
<!-- templateIf : $article.url$ eq "" -->
[ <a href="$published.articlePage.url$">Read More...</a> ]
<!-- /templateIf -->
That's it. Log in and enter a web address in the URL field and that article will now publish with that web address as the article title link.
I hope this helped and made sense. :) Let us know if you need any other details or have more questions.
Cheers
Damon Edis
interactivetools.com
(This post was edited by Damon on Nov 17, 2006, 1:11 PM)
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Jesus
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Nov 20, 2006, 12:13 PM
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Thank you Damon. It worked nicely ;)
Eventually I'll get more involved with this new version, which certainly it give us more possibilities :)
Jesus
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