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Help is needed on editing BLOG-INDEX file

Permalink June 27, 2014 at 9:42 PM

Hi to all,

I am working on blog integration with a custom design. Everything is in place, except one thing which I can't solve. I have a page list that picks up the latest blog posts. Each post has an image at the bottom, that I want to hide for the last item as well as if page list blog entry count is set to 1.

The source code is below:

<div id="blog-index">
   <?php 
   $isFirst = true; //So first item in list can have a different css class (e.g. no top border)
   $excerptBlocks = ($controller->truncateSummaries ? 1 : null); //1 is the number of blocks to include in the excerpt
   $truncateChars = ($controller->truncateSummaries ? $controller->truncateChars : 0);
   foreach ($cArray as $cobj):
      $title = $cobj->getCollectionName();
      $date = $cobj->getCollectionDatePublic(DATE_APP_GENERIC_MDY_FULL);
      $author = $cobj->getVersionObject()->getVersionAuthorUserName();
      $link = $nh->getLinkToCollection($cobj);
      $firstClass = $isFirst ? 'first-entry' : '';
      $entryController = Loader::controller($cobj);
      if(method_exists($entryController,'getCommentCountString')) {
         $comments = $entryController->getCommentCountString('%s '.t('Comment'), '%s '.t('Comments'));
      }

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<div id="blog-index">
   <?php 
   $isFirst = true; //So first item in list can have a different css class (e.g. no top border)
   $excerptBlocks = ($controller->truncateSummaries ? 1 : null); //1 is the number of blocks to include in the excerpt
   $truncateChars = ($controller->truncateSummaries ? $controller->truncateChars : 0);
   foreach ($cArray as $cobj):
      $title = $cobj->getCollectionName();
      $date = $cobj->getCollectionDatePublic(DATE_APP_GENERIC_MDY_FULL);
      $author = $cobj->getVersionObject()->getVersionAuthorUserName();
      $link = $nh->getLinkToCollection($cobj);
      $firstClass = $isFirst ? 'first-entry' : '';
 
      $entryController = Loader::controller($cobj);
      if(method_exists($entryController,'getCommentCountString')) {
         $comments = $entryController->getCommentCountString('%s '.t('Comment'), '%s '.t('Comments'));
      }
      $isFirst = false;
   ?>
    <article class="case-study-pipes-1 clearfix">
   <div class="entry <?php echo $firstClass; ?>">
      <div class="title"><h3 style="display:none;"><a href="<?php echo $link; ?>"><?php echo $title; ?></a></h3><h4 style="display:none;"><?php echo t('Posted by %s on %s',$author,$date);?></h4></div>
 
 
      <div class="excerpt">
         <?php
         $a = new Area('Main');
         $a->disableControls();
         $a->display($cobj);
         ?>
      </div>
 
      <div class="ccm-spacer"></div>
      <div class="meta">
 
             <a href="<?php echo $link; ?>" class="read-more">read more</a>
 
      </div>
 
          <div class="excerpt">
         <?php
         $a = new Area('Image Area');
         $a->disableControls();
         $a->display($cobj);
         ?>
      </div>
 
   </div>
</article>
 
  <img class="shadow-separator-30 shadow-separator-30-1" src="<?=$this->getThemePath()?>/images/shadow-full-1050x104-1.png" data-rimage data-src="<?=$this->getThemePath()?>/images/shadow-full-1050x104-1.png">
 
 
    <?php endforeach; ?>
</div>

The image I'm referring to is:

<img class="shadow-separator-30 shadow-separator-30-1" src="<?=$this->getThemePath()?>/images/shadow-full-1050x104-1.png" data-rimage data-src="<?=$this->getThemePath()?>/images/shadow-full-1050x104-1.png">

Does anyone have any suggestions or recommendations?

Thanks in advance!

hutman replied on Jun 28, 2014 at 11:35 am Permalink Best Answer Reply

How about this instead:

<div id="blog-index">
   <?php 
   $pageCount = 0;
   $pageTotal = count($cArray);   
   $excerptBlocks = ($controller->truncateSummaries ? 1 : null); //1 is the number of blocks to include in the excerpt
   $truncateChars = ($controller->truncateSummaries ? $controller->truncateChars : 0);
   foreach ($cArray as $cobj):
      $pageCount++;
      $title = $cobj->getCollectionName();
      $date = $cobj->getCollectionDatePublic(DATE_APP_GENERIC_MDY_FULL);
      $author = $cobj->getVersionObject()->getVersionAuthorUserName();
      $link = $nh->getLinkToCollection($cobj);
      $firstClass = $pageCount == 1 ? 'first-entry' : '';
      $entryController = Loader::controller($cobj);
      if(method_exists($entryController,'getCommentCountString')) {

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<div id="blog-index">
   <?php 
   $pageCount = 0;
   $pageTotal = count($cArray);   
   $excerptBlocks = ($controller->truncateSummaries ? 1 : null); //1 is the number of blocks to include in the excerpt
   $truncateChars = ($controller->truncateSummaries ? $controller->truncateChars : 0);
   foreach ($cArray as $cobj):
      $pageCount++;
      $title = $cobj->getCollectionName();
      $date = $cobj->getCollectionDatePublic(DATE_APP_GENERIC_MDY_FULL);
      $author = $cobj->getVersionObject()->getVersionAuthorUserName();
      $link = $nh->getLinkToCollection($cobj);
      $firstClass = $pageCount == 1 ? 'first-entry' : '';
 
      $entryController = Loader::controller($cobj);
      if(method_exists($entryController,'getCommentCountString')) {
         $comments = $entryController->getCommentCountString('%s '.t('Comment'), '%s '.t('Comments'));
      }
   ?>
    <article class="case-study-pipes-1 clearfix">
   <div class="entry <?php echo $firstClass; ?>">
      <div class="title"><h3 style="display:none;"><a href="<?php echo $link; ?>"><?php echo $title; ?></a></h3><h4 style="display:none;"><?php echo t('Posted by %s on %s',$author,$date);?></h4></div>
 
 
      <div class="excerpt">
         <?php
         $a = new Area('Main');
         $a->disableControls();
         $a->display($cobj);
         ?>
      </div>
 
      <div class="ccm-spacer"></div>
      <div class="meta">
 
             <a href="<?php echo $link; ?>" class="read-more">read more</a>
 
      </div>
 
          <div class="excerpt">
         <?php
         $a = new Area('Image Area');
         $a->disableControls();
         $a->display($cobj);
         ?>
      </div>
 
   </div>
</article>
 
  <?php if($pageCount < $pageTotal): ?>
  <img class="shadow-separator-30 shadow-separator-30-1" src="<?=$this->getThemePath()?>/images/shadow-full-1050x104-1.png" data-rimage data-src="<?=$this->getThemePath()?>/images/shadow-full-1050x104-1.png">
  <?php endif; ?>
 
 
    <?php endforeach; ?>
</div>

Mellow replied on Jun 29, 2014 at 9:06 am Permalink Reply

Wow, I am impressed! Works like a charm :) Thank you very much.

I am learning back end scripting and I find this like a good tutorial. Will analyse the script, so I can improve my PHP skills too :)

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