Is there a MT tag to bring up any one of the last 5 entries as they change?
Cheers.

I'm not that clear on what you actually want. This code will display links (to the individual entry archive) of the last 5 entries. Is that what you want?


If that's not what you wanted, can you please clarify exactly what it is that you do want?

I am already aware of the tag that will display last 5 entries, however I need to link to them seperatly as I am using that information in conjunction with javascript.

Nomatter how many new entries I always need to reference only the current last 5 entries and they need to be individually accessed (all 5 on seperate lines in the javascript code).

Think of a drop down list box in javascript. Each archive link would have to be on it's own line in order to appear, each would have to link to it's respective entry.

I only actually need the title of the last 5 entries with their respective link to entries.

I hope that explains it's better.
Thanks.

use a series of lastn="1" s and offsets.

MTEntries with lastn="5" would still be the way to go here; I'm not sure I see what wouldn't work. To set that up you'd just need something like this:

Lummox JR

Hmm..I'm thinking about charle's suggestion.

What does "offset" mean?

I'm thinking if I can do something like last 5 entries=#1, #2, #3, etc. So I can specify #1, #2, #3, etc. in the javascript.

So why doesn't Lummox's suggestion work? It will make a single line for each javascript value - everything inside the MTEntries container will be repeated for each entry.

But if the offset would help you more, here's the format:


Kristine

Right, I get it. OK I'm gonna try it out.
Essentially I have to place a tag where I would normally place a url in the javascript.
I'll let you know the success of it.
Thanks all.

Keep in mind, the MT tags are evaluated at build time, but the JavaScript is not. Basically what you're doing is using MT to build JavaScript, not vice-versa. (To use JavaScript to build MT tags you'd basically need to activate mt-view.cgi and use that somehow. Not a great idea, and PHP would be the better choice for that.)

Lummox JR

OK now...

I have my main index page with a link to an external .js file which displays data in a certain format.

Also in my main index page I have method to enter the data to be formatted. Here is an example:

d.add(8,1,'mylastpost','example01.html');

"8" defines where the data shows in succesion (1,2,3,4,etc.) "1" is a sub succesion, "mylastpost" is the name of the link that appears on my main page, this is followed by the url link (example01.html).

Now with the MTEntries tag contains both the entry title name and the link url. So I need to seperate the name of the entry title and the url so I can put it into two fields.

I also need to do the same with my monthy archives.

Of course I could link it all manually but it wouldn't update when I update my blog.

would the MTEntryPermalink help me in any way?

Thanks for the help. This is my last challenge in completing my blog.

I'd hate bump this but I'm hoping to find a solution today so I can finish my blog (finally, heh heh)