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I plan to have intro teasers including links to a lot of content on the front page of my site, and I'd like to limit the number of these that will show on the page, to keep the page to a reasonable size.
Is there a way to paginate this content? To have it display, for example, the 20 latest teasers and then a link to "page 2" or "older articles"? Ideally I'd like to set it up to hold the same amount of these teasers per page, preferably moving the blocks automatically as new content is added.
Is there a way to paginate this content? To have it display, for example, the 20 latest teasers and then a link to "page 2" or "older articles"? Ideally I'd like to set it up to hold the same amount of these teasers per page, preferably moving the blocks automatically as new content is added.
the page list should be able to do this for you.
Thanks for the reply! While it is true that Page List will do what I described above, it isn't very visually appealing (at least I haven't been able to make it so).
For an example of what I'm looking for, look at www.www.thebestcasescenario.com.... Their "blocks" (or whatever they're called in Drupal) are roughly the same size, contain a graphic header and a link to the article and discussion section of their forum, are listed in reverse chronological order (most recent first), and limited to 15 per page with the site automatically moving the blocks downward when a new block is added.
Granted their articles are written in vBulletin but the formatting is exactly what I'm hoping to achieve. I will have a discussion forum via C5 but the link on the front page need only point to the article page, which in this case will be an actual C5 page rather than a vBulletin page. I can decide on the discussion options from there.
This seems suspiciously like a blog in its formatting, yet doesn't have that bloggy feel to it, just what seems to me to be a logical and clean navigation system for the site's content.
Again, thanks for the reply, and for any others who may be able to help yet another new C5 user. Cheers.
For an example of what I'm looking for, look at www.www.thebestcasescenario.com.... Their "blocks" (or whatever they're called in Drupal) are roughly the same size, contain a graphic header and a link to the article and discussion section of their forum, are listed in reverse chronological order (most recent first), and limited to 15 per page with the site automatically moving the blocks downward when a new block is added.
Granted their articles are written in vBulletin but the formatting is exactly what I'm hoping to achieve. I will have a discussion forum via C5 but the link on the front page need only point to the article page, which in this case will be an actual C5 page rather than a vBulletin page. I can decide on the discussion options from there.
This seems suspiciously like a blog in its formatting, yet doesn't have that bloggy feel to it, just what seems to me to be a logical and clean navigation system for the site's content.
Again, thanks for the reply, and for any others who may be able to help yet another new C5 user. Cheers.
yeah, I see that. If you're going to be using scottcs blog addon, his page list allows you to list thumbnails, author avatar, and uses some nice custom styling, so if you want to buy a blog addon, that might work well. If not, try the built in page list template blog index. It's styled much nicer. Maybe just add a couple classes that you can hook into with css, and I think that might work out ok.
What you want to do is very possible with a custom template for the Page List block -- but this assumes you are somewhat familiar with HTML and CSS and know how to actually make the design you're imagining.
You can also try using the free "Page List Teasers" template from the marketplace (http://www.concrete5.org/marketplace/addons/page-list-teasers/... ) -- not sure if you are already aware of that or if you are using the term "teasers" in the general sense. That will actually output page content in the page list so if you had an image in the beginning of your page it would show that image in the page list as well.
There are also a few other page list templates on the marketplace that do interesting things as far as showing the list in a styled way, for example:
http://www.concrete5.org/marketplace/addons/thumbview-template/...
http://www.concrete5.org/marketplace/addons/page-list-views/...
http://www.concrete5.org/marketplace/addons/dojo-page-filter/...
(the first one is free, the other two are paid)
You can also try using the free "Page List Teasers" template from the marketplace (http://www.concrete5.org/marketplace/addons/page-list-teasers/... ) -- not sure if you are already aware of that or if you are using the term "teasers" in the general sense. That will actually output page content in the page list so if you had an image in the beginning of your page it would show that image in the page list as well.
There are also a few other page list templates on the marketplace that do interesting things as far as showing the list in a styled way, for example:
http://www.concrete5.org/marketplace/addons/thumbview-template/...
http://www.concrete5.org/marketplace/addons/page-list-views/...
http://www.concrete5.org/marketplace/addons/dojo-page-filter/...
(the first one is free, the other two are paid)
Outstanding, I will look into those, thanks very much!
