[Zope-PTK] Re: [Zope] PTK issues

[Bill Anderson]

Nolan Darilek wrote:
> 
> This was originally posted to zope@zope.org, but I'll post my question
> here since it's more relevant.
> 
> >>>>> "Bill" == Bill Anderson <bill@libc.org> writes:
> 
>     >> Second, the main index_html includes the following:
>     >>
>     >> 5 Jan - Space for a NewsItem.
>     >>
>     >> So, am I supposed to edit that each time a new, newsworthy item
>     >> is created by a member? I thought that, by approving news
>     >> items, they would be displayed on the main page, or is this
>     >> only on the "Breaking News" link?
> 
>     Bill> You can do like I do, and return the results of a ZCatalog
>     Bill> search.  Or you can do it the old fashioned way ;)
> 
> Anyone have an example of how I might do this?
> 

Here is a cop-paste form one of my sites. If you want to see it in
action, 
http://www.libc.org/TheIgloo
========================================
  <TR>
   <TD WIDTH="1" ROWSPAN="2" BGCOLOR="<dtml-var SiteColor>"><IMG
SRC="Images/spacer.gif" ALT="Spacing image" WIDTH="1" HEIGHT="2"
BORDER="0"></TD>
   <TD VALIGN="TOP" CLASS="righttitle"><H2 CLASS="righttitle"><dtml-var
"getPortal().title"> News</TD>            
  </TR>

  <TR>
   <TD VALIGN="TOP">
        <P CLASS="right">
<dtml-in "getCatalog().searchResults(meta_type='News Item',
sort_on='Date', sort_order='reverse')" size="3" start="batch_start">
    &nbsp;<a href="<dtml-var "getCatalog().getpath(data_record_id_)">">
&dtml-title; </a></br>
</dtml-in> </P>

    <p class="right">
     <a href= recent_news>More</a> news ... 
    </p>
   </TD>
  </TR>
======================

Should help. :)


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