Help with my first theme...

I'm not sure if this is a Smarty issue or what...

I need the first page of my site to list the full text of the latest article and summaries for a limited number of prior articles (3-5).

Does anyone have suggestions for how to attack this particular issue?

Thanks a million!

I'm not sure if this is a Smarty issue or what... I need the first page of my site to list the full text of the latest article and summaries for a limited number of prior articles (3-5). Does anyone have suggestions for how to attack this particular issue? Thanks a million!

your template should have something like this in it (the number of articles displayed is controlled through options):

{if $articles}
<div id='news' class="sidebarbox">
<h2>News</h2>

{foreach from=$articles key=key item=article}
{if $article.ar_image}<img src="images/v7000/articles/{$article.ar_image}" alt = "{$article.title}" class="right-image" style="clear: right"/>{/if}
<h3><a href='{$article.url}'>{$article.title}</a></h3>
<p class='news-content'>
{$article.bodyplain|truncate:156:"..."}
<a class='links' href='{$article.url}' title="{$article.title}">&gt;&nbsp;Read&nbsp;more</a>
</p>
{/foreach}
<p class="links">&gt; <a href='{$SITEURL}/{$articleshome}/'>See all stories</a></p>
</div>
{/if}

the trick is to use the $key to control the truncate - so instead of :

<p class='news-content'>
{$article.bodyplain|truncate:156:"..."}
<a class='links' href='{$article.url}' title="{$article.title}">&gt;&nbsp;Read&nbsp;more</a>
</p>

use:

{if $key==0}
{$article.ar_body}
{else}
<p class='news-content'>
{$article.bodyplain|truncate:156:"..."}
<a class='links' href='{$article.url}' title="{$article.title}">&gt;&nbsp;Read&nbsp;more</a>
</p>
{/if}

your template should have something like this in it (the number of articles displayed is controlled through options): {if $articles} <div id='news' class="sidebarbox"> <h2>News</h2> {foreach from=$articles key=key item=article} {if $article.ar_image}<img src="images/v7000/articles/{$article.ar_image}" alt = "{$article.title}" class="right-image" style="clear: right"/>{/if} <h3><a href='{$article.url}'>{$article.title}</a></h3> <p class='news-content'> {$article.bodyplain|truncate:156:"..."} <a class='links' href='{$article.url}' title="{$article.title}">&gt;&nbsp;Read&nbsp;more</a> </p> {/foreach} <p class="links">&gt; <a href='{$SITEURL}/{$articleshome}/'>See all stories</a></p> </div> {/if} the trick is to use the $key to control the truncate - so instead of : <p class='news-content'> {$article.bodyplain|truncate:156:"..."} <a class='links' href='{$article.url}' title="{$article.title}">&gt;&nbsp;Read&nbsp;more</a> </p> use: {if $key==0} {$article.ar_body} {else} <p class='news-content'> {$article.bodyplain|truncate:156:"..."} <a class='links' href='{$article.url}' title="{$article.title}">&gt;&nbsp;Read&nbsp;more</a> </p> {/if}

Tom,

Thanks, that's lickity split!

Can I put that code in a content page created within JoJo? I'm hoping for this to be the front page of the site...

Thanks!

Tom, Thanks, that's lickity split! Can I put that code in a content page created within JoJo? I'm hoping for this to be the front page of the site... Thanks!

No.
You'll need to add that code to the templates/template.tpl file in your theme folder

if you want to limit it to displaying only on the homepage you can wrap the whole thing in another {if}{/if) set in theme template file:

{if $pageid==1}
( the article stuff)
{/if}

No. You'll need to add that code to the templates/template.tpl file in your theme folder if you want to limit it to displaying only on the homepage you can wrap the whole thing in another {if}{/if) set in theme template file: {if $pageid==1} ( the article stuff) {/if}