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nolageek

Nov 30 2002, 03:09 PM

HEy there. I'm going to be using (maybe, depends on if they like the site) for the New Orleans Gay and Lesbian Film Festival and I'm trying to show a list of movies for the schedule page.

I have entered the films into the database as articles, placing them into various categories: Films, Schedule, and then into whatever category of genre they may fall. (Short Feature, Documentary, etc..)

For the schedule page, I am using the following code:

CODE

<MTEntries category="Schedule" sort_by="modified_on" sort_order="ascend''>

<MTDateHeader>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0">
<td width="105" class="sch-date" valign="top">
<$MTEntryDate format="%a %b %e"$>
</td>
<td width="422" class="sch-title" valign="top">
</MTDateHeader>
<a name="<$MTEntryID$>"></a>
<$MTEntryTitle$>
<div class="small">Categories:<MTEntryCategories glue=", ">
<a href="<$MTCategoryArchiveLink$>"><$MTCategoryLabel$></a>
</MTEntryCategories>
</div><br />
<MTDateFooter></td>
</table>
</MTDateFooter>
</MTEntries>

Two questions:

1: Why is the list coming out in reverse order? I've tried using sort_order="descend" and "ascend" but it comes out the same way every time.

2: Also, is there a way to prevent "Films" and "Schedule" from showing on the list of categories? They're mainly for back-end purposes, not really for the user to see.

Thanks so much!

Vincent

maddy

Nov 30 2002, 03:43 PM

2. Check out the MTFilteredEntryCategories tag in the Filter Categories Plugin. If you install the plugin (mega-easy, by the way), you'd just need to replace

CODE

Categories:<MTEntryCategories glue=", ">
<a href="<$MTCategoryArchiveLink$>"><$MTCategoryLabel$></a>
</MTEntryCategories>

with

CODE

Categories:<MTFilteredEntryCategories exclude="Films|Schedule" glue=", ">
<a href="<$MTCategoryArchiveLink$>"><$MTCategoryLabel$></a>
</MTFilteredEntryCategories>

1. I don't know! It didn't work for me when I tested it with one of my categories. Is there anything to stop you from changing the sort order in BlogConfig|Preferences to ascend? I guess that might not work if you want to have entries descending elsewhere on the site. Anyway, I'm sure someone can help more!

nolageek

Nov 30 2002, 04:13 PM

thanks maddie, that pluggin worked perfectly. (I just need to re-work it so I dont get blank category listings.

Any have any ideas why #1 isn't working?

I DID go back and make the authored-on date/times reflect the actual date and time of the events.

nolageek

Nov 30 2002, 04:19 PM

Ok, I tried using sort_order with a whole bunch of templates, sorting by title, modified_date, category, etc.. it never works. I then reversed my "default" sort order and then everything flipped. But I dont want it flipped throughout the site.. just in my schedule template. Any ideas? Is the sort_order screwed up in 2.5 or am I doing something wrong?

Vincent

nolageek

Dec 1 2002, 10:41 AM

Hmmmm. I still can't get this to re-sort using sort_order has anyoneused it and had it workwith 2.52?

girlie

Dec 1 2002, 10:46 AM

CODE

See that last double quote after ascend? Well, it's actually two single quotes. Replace those with a real double quote and you should be all fixed up!!

bmk

Dec 1 2002, 10:52 AM

good eye girlie!

;) ;)

nolageek

Dec 1 2002, 10:57 AM

OMG! I have been wrestling with that since Friday night. I am *SUCH* a moron sometimes! :) I swear, it's always something simple like that.

Thank you sooooooooooooooooooooooooo much!!

Vincent

girlie

Dec 1 2002, 11:19 AM

Brenna: Ironic, isn't it, considering what I just posted elsewhere about double/single quotes. Heh!

Vincent: Sorry you suffered so much. I guess this thread slipped by me.

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