Linklist Module v1.2.1 beta

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RE: LinkList. I am still having an issue where the linklist just won’t appear, even after adding dynamic=”off” to the tag. Here is an example:

www.gearlive.com

On the left, you will see a section titled “Links” where the link list is displayed. Now, try clicking on a category or permalink. The links disappear, even though I am using the exact same syntax :(

hmm. your best bet is to post the linklist code that you’re using on the categories page, then I can dissect it. 😊

Here you go:

<div class="box">
<div class="sidebartitle">Links</div>
{exp:linklist:entries linklist="glmedia" orderby="url_title" sort="ASC" status="open" dynamic="off"}
<a href="http://{linklist:url}">{linklist:url_title}</a>

{/exp:linklist:entries}
</div> <!--close box-->

And the code I am using on the main page:

<div class="box">
<div class="sidebartitle">Links</div>
{exp:linklist:entries linklist="glmedia" orderby="url_title" sort="ASC" status="open"}
<a href="http://{linklist:url}">{linklist:url_title}</a>

{/exp:linklist:entries}
</div> <!--close box-->

Only difference is dynamic=”off”. However, I have tried removing that from the category and permalink pages, but it still doesn’t work.

Hmm are you caching your templates? that might cause some craziness. Another thing i’ve noticed too with templates is with saving them as files. if you save templates as files, they can get flaky there as well if you don’t have your template directory set to an absolute path. I’ve had many problems with that as well.

But honestly, i don’t see a reason why the linklist would not be displaying anything unless there’s an error somewhere on that page that is causing it, although I’d have to wonder what that would be.

Browsing the Gearbox site I can’t replicate the problem.

Hmm, browsing now, yes, it appears that the links underneath the links section look like they’re coming up.

Something change?

Does anyone know if it’s possible to write a conditional using the LinkList plugin to add a class to the LI for dynamic highlighting? Here’s my code where segname is a dynamic variable created at the top of the template:

<ul id="subnav">
{exp:linklist:entries linklist="aboutNav" orderby="linklist_id" sort="ASC" status="open"}
<li {if segname == {linklist:url}}class="active"{/if}><a href="http://{linklist:url}">{linklist:url_title}</a></li>
{/exp:linklist:entries}
</ul>

This just returns all of the link items with a class=”active”.

what exactly are you checking for? In your code, what is segname? What are you trying to dynamic highlight in your example, i’m just kinda confused.

Sorry, I should have been more clear. This is the subnavigation in the left sidebar and I’m trying to highlight the navigation item of the page that the user is currently on. So, for example, if I’m on the “Our Mission” page, I want the “Our Mission” navigation link to be highlighted by having class=”active” to the LI.

The value of segname is checking the URL string:

{assign_variable:segname="/{segment_1}/{segment_2}"}

I was trying to use that to match the {linklist:url}, but it doesn’t seem to be working despite the fact that I can get values for both segname and linklist:url to print out separate from the {if} statement.

I understand that checking for the URL string is probably the totally wrong way to go, but I just can’t think of anything else to check against. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Ok, I think I understand now. I think seeing this in action may be the first step to figuring it out. I’m guessning that you’re using the linklist for navigating within your own site? instead of external links?

Actually now that I think about it, yeah, that won’t work because of the way conditionals are parsed in linklist. I’d have to do some testing on my dev server and see why it comes up as true all the time, but I’m thinking you’ll need an alternative way to displaying that.

But still, seeing it in action would be good too. 😊

You’re correct, I am navigating within my own site. It works great so far except for this highlighting issue. I just can’t show you the page in action because I’m building it locally to test it first. Sorry.

Ok, that’s no problem. Then i’m pretty sure I know why it’s doing it, let me fuss with the code a little bit and i’ll tell you exactly what we can do. 😊

Whew, let’s talk about craziness. Well, here’s a hack for you, there are just a few conditions. (no pun intended there.)

When you code the template, in your situation, you need to format it thusly:

{if {linklist:url} == "{segname}" }
...
{/if}

Notice two things: the linklist:url is on the left hand side of the conditional. it needs to be this way to work.

Also notice the quotes around segname. This must be there. otherwise you’ll get nothing or a big old fat PHP error if you’ve got it set to view those.

Just plug this haxored mod.linklist.php.txt into your modules/linklist directory, and change your code, and cross your fingers. don’t forget to get rid of the .txt on the end of the file so it’s just .php.

Oh, and please let me know if this hack worked. This is a temporary fix. Obviously I need to rewrite conditionals in a future release. /sigh 2.0…