[Campsite Support] Beginner questions

[phorum]

Author: RobertB
Link:  http://code.campware.org/phorum/read.php?8,7762,7762#msg-7762
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Greetings to all
I found this excellent script/framework and I tried to build a test (radio) website on it .
I have read Campsite Manual v3.3, but I am looking for some explanation:

1. Breaking news dilemma:
Iam thinking to decided to make monthly issues and displaying news/articles by topics and subtopics.

Is it possible to configure Campsite that way, that if in the current issue I have no articles on particular topics, on web page will be displayed older articles from the previous (published) issue(s)?

2. Is it possible to change the templates so, that the topics and subtopics were presented in menus rather than issue/sections ?

3.I dont need a multilingual website. Is it possible to turn off this feature?

Thanks for help
Robert

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[Holman Romero]

Hi Robert,

> 1. Breaking news dilemma:
> Iam thinking to decided to make monthly issues and displaying news/articles by topics and subtopics.
>
> Is it possible to configure Campsite that way, that if in the current issue I have no articles on particular topics, on web page will be displayed older articles from the previous (published) issue(s)?

Yes, it is. Our template engine is powerful and very flexible. When
listing articles you can do something like:

{{ list_articles length="10" constraints="topic is <topic
name>:<language code>" ignore_issue="true" }}
    Title: {{ $campsite->article->name }}
    ...
{{ /list_articles }}

Notice the ignore_issue="true", it does exactly what you need.

> 2. Is it possible to change the templates so, that the topics and subtopics were presented in menus rather than issue/sections ?

Yes, it is.

> 3.I dont need a multilingual website. Is it possible to turn off this feature?

You can't turn off the feature, You must have at least one language
for your site, define which one you are going to use and stick to it.

Cheers,


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/holman