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moosekow

Aug 29 2002, 05:35 PM

i've tried searching the forum for an answer, but i couldn't find any.

i was wondering if it's possible to have a link for extended entry (eg. "more...") and when the user clicks on the link, the extended entry is displayed in a pop-up window (fixed size). The pop-up window should only show the contents of the extended entry.

has anyone tried this successfully before?

kadyellebee

Aug 29 2002, 06:35 PM

You could use a second individual entry template for this.

Just put all the design that you want it in with only the basic tags in it -

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This will be generated for each entry you make.

Then use an archive filename (in Blog Config under Archiving) to name them differently than your normal Individual Archives - something like this:

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<$MTEntryID pad="1"$>_extend.html

and then in your Main Index Template, you'll want to add some code so this will popup -

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<MTEntryIfExtended>
<span class="extended"><a href="<$MTBlogArchiveURL$><$MTEntryID pad="1"$>_extend.html" onclick="OpenComments(this.href); return false">MORE</a></span></MTEntryIfExtended>

This will open it up in the same sized window as popup comments would.

Hope this helps!
Kristine

moosekow

Aug 29 2002, 07:51 PM

thanks for trying to help!

i did what you suggested, except for the first part i put:

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i would have thought it'd work..but i still faced a problem: instead of showing the extended text for that particular entry, the pop-up showed the extended text for ALL my entries one after another in the window! :0

The pop-up doesn't seem to be able to recognise the entry ID and pick out the relevant extended text.

Any solutions for this?

kadyellebee

Aug 29 2002, 07:55 PM

Did you use a new Index Template or a new Archive Template? It should be an Archive Template - this is done in the context of each entry, so it *shouldn't* show all the entries.

And sorry, I knew you meant MTEntryMore, I musta gotten carried away when I was typing

Kristine

moosekow

Aug 29 2002, 08:02 PM

i created a new Archive Template and associated it with Individual Archive like you advised, with template name:

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<$MTEntryID pad="1"$>_extend.html

Could it be because the "_extend.html" file itself doesn't have an entryID so it doesn't know which extended text to display? it seems to be working like an external file that displays ALL extended text. I checked all my "_extended.html" files created, and they all displayed the same thing (ie. extended text for ALL entries)

kadyellebee

Aug 29 2002, 08:20 PM

Oh man, I'm silly. I just went back and looked at the default template for the Individual Archive, and I figured out my mistake. Individual archives don't need MTEntries containers in them. So JUST put

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<$MTEntryMore$>

in it, and try that

Sorry!
Kristine

moosekow

Aug 29 2002, 08:30 PM

YESSS!!

It worked! You are amazing! :D

Thanks so much for your help. I can't believe I couldn't figure this out... ahaha. I guess sometimes the simplest solutions are the hardest to find.

WOOHOO.

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