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Mar 4, 2010, 2:30 PM

shimmy1

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Mar 4, 2010, 2:30 PM

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Featured Links on Homepage

Hi,

I'd like to put some featured links on my homepage. I found a great thread in here , that did it, but I am tryng to modify it so it goes 3 columns across.
I have the links going 3 columns across in my categories, but when I try to do it on my homepage it messes up all the tables.

So, now I trying to do it in the globals alone and it's still not working, here is what I have:

Code:



sub {  
my $link_db = $DB->table('Links');  

$link_db->select_options ("ORDER BY rand()","LIMIT 12");  
my $sth = $link_db->select ({isFeature => 'yes', isValidated => 'Yes' });  
my $output;  
while (my $link = $sth->fetchrow_hashref){  
$output .= Links::SiteHTML::display ('homepagelink', $link), Links::Utils::column_split($links_loop.length, '3');  
}  
return $output;  
}

any help would be much appreciated

Mar 5, 2010, 12:13 AM

Andy

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Mar 5, 2010, 12:13 AM

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Re: [shimmy1] Featured Links on Homepage In reply to

I think you may find it better to do it with a loop, so:

get_the_feature

Code:
sub { 
	my $link_db = $DB->table('Links'); 
	$link_db->select_options ("ORDER BY rand()","LIMIT 12"); 
	my $sth = $link_db->select ({isFeature => 'yes', isValidated => 'Yes' }); 
	my @loop; 
	while (my $link = $sth->fetchrow_hashref){ 
		push @loop, $link; 
	} 
	return { feature_loop => \@loop } ; 
}

Then in your template, have:

Code:
<%~set split = Links::Utils::column_split($feature_loop.length, 3)%> 

<%loop feature_loop%> 
  <%~set splitmod = $row_num % $split%> 
  <%~if row_num == 1 or splitmod == 1 or split == 1%><dl><%endif%> 
<%~include homepagelink.html%> 
  <%~if row_num == $feature_loop.length or splitmod == 0%></dl><%endif%> 
<%~endloop%>

Untested, but should work.

Cheers

Andy (mod)
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Andy: Mar 5, 2010, 7:48 AM

Mar 5, 2010, 5:45 AM

shimmy1

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Mar 5, 2010, 5:45 AM

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Re: [Andy] Featured Links on Homepage In reply to

Hi,

Thanks, but it's not working yet. There are no errors, it just doesn't show anything at all Frown

Mar 5, 2010, 7:05 AM

Andy

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Mar 5, 2010, 7:05 AM

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Re: [shimmy1] Featured Links on Homepage In reply to

Sorry,forgot to tell you to add this code BEFORE that loop template code I gave you:

<%get_the_feature%>

Also, I renamed the global (as there was a typo in it :))

Cheers

Andy (mod)
andy@ultranerds.co.uk

Mar 5, 2010, 7:26 AM

shimmy1

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Mar 5, 2010, 7:26 AM

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Re: [Andy] Featured Links on Homepage In reply to

thanks,

Ok I added <%get_the_feature%> before the template code, and renamed my global.

I now get this error...

Unable to compile 'get_the_feature': No such class link at (eval 19) line 5, near "; my link" syntax error at (eval 19) line 5, at EOF Global symbol "@loop" requires explicit package name at (eval 19) line 7. Global symbol "@loop" requires explicit package name at (eval 19) line 9.

Mar 5, 2010, 7:28 AM

Andy

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Mar 5, 2010, 7:28 AM

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Re: [shimmy1] Featured Links on Homepage In reply to

Please try the modified version. Was an error :)

Cheers

Andy (mod)
andy@ultranerds.co.uk

Mar 5, 2010, 7:36 AM

shimmy1

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Mar 5, 2010, 7:36 AM

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Re: [Andy] Featured Links on Homepage In reply to

hi, okay got a different error:

Unable to compile 'get_the_feature': Global symbol "@loop" requires explicit package name at (eval 19) line 7. Global symbol "@loop" requires explicit package name at (eval 19) line 9.

Mar 5, 2010, 7:38 AM

Andy

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Mar 5, 2010, 7:38 AM

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Re: [shimmy1] Featured Links on Homepage In reply to

Oops, please replace:

my @link

with:

my @loop

Stupid error Tongue