Homepage template customisation

[Ross Shaw]

Hi,

I'd like to tweak the homepage of my roller blog (version 4.01) so it shows the most recent post from a category called 'features' at the top of the page, and then the latest posts from all other categories below it. I'm not using the 'frontpage' theme, so the 'pinned to main' function doesn't work.

Any thoughts on how to do this? Here is the relevant part of my existing weblog template if it helps.

<div class="content">                        

        ## show next/previous paging controls
        #set($pager = $model.getWeblogEntriesPager())
        <div class="next-previous">
            #showNextPrevEntriesControl($pager)
        </div>

        ## show entries
        #showWeblogEntriesPager($pager)

</div>

thanks,

Ross

[Ross Shaw]

Can anyone help with my request from a few weeks ago? I'm a newbie, so the answer may be staring me in the face if I know where to look.

Ross Shaw wrote:

Hi,

I'd like to tweak the homepage of my roller blog (version 4.01) so it shows the most recent post from a category called 'features' at the top of the page, and then the latest posts from all other categories below it. I'm not using the 'frontpage' theme, so the 'pinned to main' function doesn't work.

Any thoughts on how to do this? Here is the relevant part of my existing weblog template if it helps.

<div class="content">                        

        ## show next/previous paging controls
        #set($pager = $model.getWeblogEntriesPager())
        <div class="next-previous">
            #showNextPrevEntriesControl($pager)
        </div>

        ## show entries
        #showWeblogEntriesPager($pager)

</div>

thanks,

Ross

[Dave-401]

There is a method in the weblog object that get the most recent
entries in a weblog category:

   List getRecentWeblogEntries(String cat, int max)
   Get most recent WeblogEntries in the weblog up to the number max.
   You can specify a category name if you'd liike only entries from
one category (or “nil” for all categories).

There is also one in the model object that does the same, but with a pager:

Pager getWeblogEntriesPager(String catPath)
Returns a pager that contains only entries from the specified category.

If your weblog is the Front Page weblog and Aggregated front page
weblog is enabled, then those method will return entries from all
weblogs in the system.

Please refer to the Template Guide for more info/examples.

- Dave



On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 11:39 PM, Ross Shaw <ross.shaw@...> wrote:

>
> Hi,
>
> I'd like to tweak the homepage of my roller blog (version 4.01) so it shows
> the most recent post from a category called 'features' at the top of the
> page, and then the latest posts from all other categories below it. I'm not
> using the 'frontpage' theme, so the 'pinned to main' function doesn't work.
>
> Any thoughts on how to do this? Here is the relevant part of my existing
> weblog template if it helps.
>
> <div class="content">
>
>        ## show next/previous paging controls
>        #set($pager = $model.getWeblogEntriesPager())
>        <div class="next-previous">
>            #showNextPrevEntriesControl($pager)
>        </div>
>
>        ## show entries
>        #showWeblogEntriesPager($pager)
>
> </div>
>
> thanks,
>
> Ross
>
>
> --
> View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Homepage-template-customisation-tp26159966s12275p26159966.html
> Sent from the Roller - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
>
>

[Ana Pardo]

Is there a way that i could get the weblogs entries specifying the category
as the one that has been selected. For example if the user just clicked on
the Music category i want to tell the getRecentWeblogEntries to display the
category that has been click.

Thanks.


2009/11/18 Dave <snoopdave@...>

> There is a method in the weblog object that get the most recent
> entries in a weblog category:
>
>   List getRecentWeblogEntries(String cat, int max)
>   Get most recent WeblogEntries in the weblog up to the number max.
>   You can specify a category name if you'd liike only entries from
> one category (or “nil” for all categories).
>
> There is also one in the model object that does the same, but with a pager:
>
> Pager getWeblogEntriesPager(String catPath)
> Returns a pager that contains only entries from the specified category.
>
> If your weblog is the Front Page weblog and Aggregated front page
> weblog is enabled, then those method will return entries from all
> weblogs in the system.
>
> Please refer to the Template Guide for more info/examples.
>
> - Dave
>
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 11:39 PM, Ross Shaw <ross.shaw@...> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'd like to tweak the homepage of my roller blog (version 4.01) so it
> shows
> > the most recent post from a category called 'features' at the top of the
> > page, and then the latest posts from all other categories below it. I'm
> not
> > using the 'frontpage' theme, so the 'pinned to main' function doesn't
> work.
> >
> > Any thoughts on how to do this? Here is the relevant part of my existing
> > weblog template if it helps.
> >
> > <div class="content">
> >
> >        ## show next/previous paging controls
> >        #set($pager = $model.getWeblogEntriesPager())
> >        <div class="next-previous">
> >            #showNextPrevEntriesControl($pager)
> >        </div>
> >
> >        ## show entries
> >        #showWeblogEntriesPager($pager)
> >
> > </div>
> >
> > thanks,
> >
> > Ross
> >
> >
> > --
> > View this message in context:
> http://old.nabble.com/Homepage-template-customisation-tp26159966s12275p26159966.html
>  > Sent from the Roller - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
> >
> >
>

[Dave-401]

Again, from the Template Guide...

$model.weblogCategory give you the Weblog selected by the current request.

So $model.weblog.getRecentWeblogEntries($model.weblogCategory.path, 5)
should get you the most recent 5 entries in that category.

- Dave


On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 10:35 AM, Ana Mercedes Pardo
<anampardo@...> wrote:

> Is there a way that i could get the weblogs entries specifying the category
> as the one that has been selected. For example if the user just clicked on
> the Music category i want to tell the getRecentWeblogEntries to display the
> category that has been click.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
> 2009/11/18 Dave <snoopdave@...>
>
>> There is a method in the weblog object that get the most recent
>> entries in a weblog category:
>>
>>   List getRecentWeblogEntries(String cat, int max)
>>   Get most recent WeblogEntries in the weblog up to the number max.
>>   You can specify a category name if you'd liike only entries from
>> one category (or “nil” for all categories).
>>
>> There is also one in the model object that does the same, but with a pager:
>>
>> Pager getWeblogEntriesPager(String catPath)
>> Returns a pager that contains only entries from the specified category.
>>
>> If your weblog is the Front Page weblog and Aggregated front page
>> weblog is enabled, then those method will return entries from all
>> weblogs in the system.
>>
>> Please refer to the Template Guide for more info/examples.
>>
>> - Dave
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 11:39 PM, Ross Shaw <ross.shaw@...> wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I'd like to tweak the homepage of my roller blog (version 4.01) so it
>> shows
>> > the most recent post from a category called 'features' at the top of the
>> > page, and then the latest posts from all other categories below it. I'm
>> not
>> > using the 'frontpage' theme, so the 'pinned to main' function doesn't
>> work.
>> >
>> > Any thoughts on how to do this? Here is the relevant part of my existing
>> > weblog template if it helps.
>> >
>> > <div class="content">
>> >
>> >        ## show next/previous paging controls
>> >        #set($pager = $model.getWeblogEntriesPager())
>> >        <div class="next-previous">
>> >            #showNextPrevEntriesControl($pager)
>> >        </div>
>> >
>> >        ## show entries
>> >        #showWeblogEntriesPager($pager)
>> >
>> > </div>
>> >
>> > thanks,
>> >
>> > Ross
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > View this message in context:
>> http://old.nabble.com/Homepage-template-customisation-tp26159966s12275p26159966.html
>>  > Sent from the Roller - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
>> >
>> >
>>
>