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Customizing the mighty page_list block - listing custom data and how does it all fit together?

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Firstly, working out what's possible - using the page_list block can you:
- Pull and list content from a custom area and truncate the content?
- Pull and list an image block from a custom area but display it as a thumbnail?
- Pull and list the tags a page is tagged with?

It looks like you can pull and list content from page attributes but we'd prefer to use content the client has entered on the page - if possible.

Cheers

Ben
 
cmscss replied on at Permalink Reply
After playing around, I've discovered that you can display content from a custom area from the listed pages with the following:

<!-- entry summary -->
   <p>
      <?php 
      $a = new Area('Summary');
      $a->disableControls();
      $a->display($cobj);
      ?>      
   </p>


It works, but I'm guessing it isn't the correct way as I can't work out how to:
- Limit the number of blocks that display to 1
- Truncate the content in the first block
- Resize images to show thumbnails

Any suggestions would be welcome.
jordanlev replied on at Permalink Best Answer Reply
jordanlev
You want this:
http://www.concrete5.org/marketplace/addons/page-list-teasers/...

(or if not, let me know why and I can explain how that works so you can put whatever pieces of it you want into your own templates)