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4blacksheep
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Mar 14, 2008, 2:50 PM
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Hello,
I am trying to set up a way for users to chose which article would be featured on a separate section of the homepage.
This is what I did:
1. I created a checkbox custom filed named: homeFeatured
2. Created a new publish rule and sorted it by homeFeatured first and date second.
3. included this publish rule in my template:
<!--#include virtual="$published.homeFeatured.webpath$" -->
It shows an article alright, but not one that has been selected.
Why?
Thanks for your help,
Roni
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hsteensland
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Mar 15, 2008, 3:18 AM
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Hi
Did you select "Reverse order" when sorting by homeFeatured?
Harald
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4blacksheep
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Mar 16, 2008, 9:51 AM
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Thanks for the advice. I did try that.
The problem is not so much the order but the fact that an article that wasn't selected as homeFeatured appears there.
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hsteensland
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Mar 17, 2008, 3:31 AM
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Ah, I remember having had the same problem.
When a checkbox field is created later on in the process, the values for that field for articles having already been created is blank in the database. Articles created after will either get the value "0" or "1" when saved (depending on unchecked or checked). If you re-save all articles created before creating the new field, then their field value will no longer be blank.
The problem with the sorting arises because AM seems to list articles with blank values first no matter whether "Reverse order" is selected or not (though it seems to be limited to checkboxes).
What I did was was to use a listbox instead of a checkbox, where the "list" contains only one choice corresponding to a selected checkbox (it is given the value 1 in the field editor). This seems to avoid the problems with sorting based on checkbox fields.
(If you test this I recommend you create a new field and not convert the old one to a listbox)
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4blacksheep
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Mar 17, 2008, 10:06 AM
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Thank you. that explains a lot of things.
I did what you suggested, list vs. checkbox and created new articles.
It works now but (there is always a but) for only articles in "home" category even though the publish rule includes all categories..
any ideas?
Roni
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Jake
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Mar 17, 2008, 3:18 PM
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Hi Roni,
You might want to make sure that your secondary "Record Sorting" option of "Date" is set to show the most recent articles first (I believe this is reverse order). If this isn't set, then the first article selected as "Featured" will stay where it is indefinitely.
I hope that helps!
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4blacksheep
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Mar 19, 2008, 2:01 PM
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The "Date" sorting was set as Reverse order.
The problem remains to be that this all works fine for only the category I am in even though the publish rule is set for All categories.
Roni
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Jake
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Mar 20, 2008, 3:31 PM
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Hi Roni,
I'm a little confused by your last post - is this problem not yet resolved?
I look forward to your reply. 
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4blacksheep
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Mar 20, 2008, 4:12 PM
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no it has not been resolved.
I want to be able to chose one article from all the categories and feature it on the homepage.
right now it works for the category itself only. so if I am in "home" category it works for the articles in the home category. if I select a different article from a different category with a later date it wont show up on the homepage.
Hope this makes things clearer.
Roni
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Jake
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Hi Roni,
Is this include publishing rule currently set to create "multiple files" or "one file"? If it's set as multiple, that would be the cause of this - using the "one file" setting should make this work correctly.
If this is still not working how you expect it to, send us a second-level support request here so we can take a look at how you've got everything setup firsthand:
https://www.interactivetools.com/support/
Don't hesitate to contact us.
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4blacksheep
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Mar 21, 2008, 2:13 PM
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hallelujah!
That did it. I knew it was a easy fix but couldn't figure it out.
Thanks.
Roni
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Mar 29, 2008, 7:31 PM
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Hello, I am trying to do the same thing but I would like to display a picture also. I have created the publish rule as explained on this thread and think it's working ok, but I also added 2 new fields to my artman2:
- Front Picture and
- Lead Picture
The "Front Picture" is the one I want to display when I choose one of my articles to appear in my front page. It will be a bigger picture that will go below the article title and above the lead paragraph.
The Lead Picture is a little thumbnail that I will be using for all my articles, which will appear to the right of the lead paragraph. But this should NOT appear on the front page, as the front page article will have the "Front Picture" so it would look bad to have both pictures there, especially if they will very often be the same picture. I guess I have to add a "if ... then" statement to my articleLists templates to tell it if I have uploaded the "Lead Picture" to show it to the right of the lead paragraph.
How do I do these 2 things?
Thx a lot!
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Hi there!
Well, if you've got two images uploaded via different fields, the easiest way would simply be to call a different field depending on which template you're on. So, if you've got "Front Picture" as one field, you'll want to put that one on the front page template, and "Lead Picture" will go on the other template. No if statement required. :)
Does that make sense?
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Hi Donna, thx for answering. The problem is I need to use BOTH kinds in my home page. Please see www.deguate.com you will see the central part of the page (white background) is divided in two columns, in the first column just at the top I want to include the TOP STORY with the big picture that would be uploaded in the "Front Picture" field. Then in the right column just under the 300x250 banner are the latest stories that we upload and keep uploading all day long (from 9h00 to 17h00) and there is where I want to use the "Lead Picture" field.
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Hi svsanchez,
You could use some templateIf's to control which image is displayed, based off of the "Featured" checkbox. These would look like this:
<!-- templateIf: $article.featured$ eq "Yes" -->
***code to show the large image here***
<!-- /templateIf -->
<!-- templateIf: $article.featured$ ne "Yes" -->
***code to show small image here***
<!-- /templateIf -->
So whenever an article is set to "Featured", it will use the larger image format.
Let us know if you need anything else!
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Apr 4, 2008, 10:43 AM
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Hello Jake, thx for your reply, could you please send me the code to show an image as no matter what I try I get a red "x". This is what I have right now: <img src="$file.FotoPortada$" border=1>
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Jake
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Hi svsanchez,
On what type of page are you trying to use that code? Had you written up the template cell code for that field, or are you trying to use just that line?
I look forward to your reply.
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