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I am using pagination in a channel tag. I need to use a custom image for my “previous” and “next” links, not the < and > chars that get output automatically. I can hard code those in and get the links working using {auto_path}. But I can’t get rid of the < and > which appear.

My code:

{exp:channel:entries channel="visual_diary_archive" disable="categories|category_fields|member_data" dynamic="off" paginate="bottom" limit="1"}    
{paginate}
{if previous_page}
<li class="prev"><a href="http://{auto_path}">prev</a></li>
{/if}
<li>{pagination_links} of {total_pages}</li>
{if next_page}
<li class="next"><a href="http://{auto_path}">next</a></li>
{/if}
{/paginate}                    
{/exp:channel:entries}

You can see I am inserting a class=“next” in the LI that contains the prev/next. With CSS I am using a BG image and hiding the text “prev” and “next”. That’s working fine. But my problem is that this code:

<li>{pagination_links} of {total_pages}</li>

generates the < and > links that I want to get rid of. Possible?

Rory,

that type of pagination is for a listing page where you show multiple entries. Looking at your channel:entries tag it looks like a single entry page. Is that correct?

You cannot use the parameter dynamic= with that pagination either

These are the tags you should be using outside your channel:entries tag for single entry pagination

To answer your specific question you would need to use a plugin like Low replace to remove those links

Ah, I had set the channel tag to limit=1 just because I was testing the pagination and since there were only 2 entries,  I needed to limit them to 1 to force the pagination to show. But yes, this is a multi-entry page, when there are more entries there will be 12 per page. Is it still true with the multi-entry concept that I cannot use dynamic= in the channel tag? I’m not sure why not, I want to bring in everything, up to the limit.

Other than that minor question, I think with your suggestion about Low replace I am all set. Also, your note about single entry pagination was a life saver in another coding quandary I had on another page, so double thank you!

Delighted that’s working out for you!

with regards to the dynamic=no it is used for content you want to be the same no matter what page you are on. Pagination is a dynamic function by nature show dynamic should not be “no”.

Please post again with any future issues 😊