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I love this site and I was wondering how one can do the book listing type on the bottom left?

http://pdim.net/

Where it lists the books and gives description? I’m not sure if that’s static or dynamic but is it possible to do that dynamically with ExpressionEngine?

Why not ask Hyun? He is one of us 😊

Why not ask Hyun? He is one of us 😊

Is he an active member? I would love to know how he did it and if it’s dynamic or static.

Where it lists the books and gives description? I’m not sure if that’s static or dynamic but is it possible to do that dynamically with ExpressionEngine?

Just define a weblog, say “listings”, define custom fields:
{thumb} to hold your img code
{title} title of book/ cd
{type} for type
{genre} for genre
He uses a definition list so a bare bones example would be:

<dl>
{exp:weblog:entries weblog="listings" limit="5"}
<dt><h4>{title}</h4><p></dt><br />
<dd>{img}</dd><br />
<dd>Type: {type}</dd><br />
<dd>Genre: {genre}</dd><br />
{/exp:weblog:entries}<br />
</dl>

You can add classes, id’s to the tags and or spans to give you css styling options and there you are.
I do something similar on my own blog, where all the image links in the sidebar (books, movies, cd’s) are in the same weblog, but I use categories to differentiate.\That’s a fab looking website BTW.

Where it lists the books and gives description? I’m not sure if that’s static or dynamic but is it possible to do that dynamically with ExpressionEngine?

Just define a weblog, say “listings”, define custom fields:
{thumb} to hold your img code
{title} title of book/ cd
{type} for type
{genre} for genre
He uses a definition list so a bare bones example would be:

<dl>
{exp:weblog:entries weblog="listings" limit="5"}
<dt><h4>{title}</h4><p></dt><br />
<dd>{img}</dd><br />
<dd>Type: {type}</dd><br />
<dd>Genre: {genre}</dd><br />
{/exp:weblog:entries}<br />
</dl>

You can add classes, id’s to the tags and or spans to give you css styling options and there you are.
I do something similar on my own blog, where all the image links in the sidebar (books, movies, cd’s) are in the same weblog, but I use categories to differentiate.\That’s a fab looking website BTW.

Thank you sir!

I’m doing what e-man suggested on my site. I’m also adding an amazon_id field that will contain the ASIN number or ISBN of the book. This amazon_id will create the link for me and also will display the image.
i.e.
ASIN/ISBN=B000F4PDFI
Generates
URL: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000F4PDFI
Image URL: http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000F4PDFI.01.THUMBZZZ.jpg

There is an amazon plugin around if you want something more complex

If you check the plugins, be aware that one uses the old Amazon APIs (not supported after December) and the other requires PHP-5.

Can you parse EE tags inside custom entry fields or publish area? It’s not letting me make permalinks inside the custom entry tags.

If I understood correctly you can’t put {exp:weblog:entries} tags unless you use the Allow ee code plugin. It is not recommended to do it for security reasons. Nevertheless, you can use some pMcode tags like [ b ] [ em ] [ email ] (remove the white space)

If I understood correctly you can’t put {exp:weblog:entries} tags unless you use the Allow ee code plugin. It is not recommended to do it for security reasons. Nevertheless, you can use some pMcode tags like [ b ] [ em ] [ email ] (remove the white space)

I had a brain fart, I just needed to correctly setup a conditional variable in the template instead of trying to add EE tags inside the entries. The other way would have been longer so it makes sense.

Hi there Webjunkie! Thanks for the kind words. 😊
As E-man had said, I did it the same. See my code below. I used the pull down method for “Type” & “Genre” in the custom fields. I hope this is helpful too. Cheers!

<h3>Recommendations</h3><p>    <br />
{exp:weblog:entries weblog="recommendation" orderby="random" limit="6" dynamic="off" rdf="off"}<br />
<dl><br />
<dd class="img">{recommendation_thumbnail}</dd><br />
<dd></p><h4>{recommendation_title}</h4>
<p><span class="secondaryContentBold">Type:</span> {type}<br />
<span class="secondaryContentBold">Genre:</span> {genre}        <br />
</dd><br />
</dl><br />
{/exp:weblog:entries}