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    Is there a way to assign a class to just the page title when it is outputed by the NewsListing snippet?  What I want to do is have a style class to assign a background image and a CSS border to the title as it sits just above the summary. 

    eg:

    ---------------------------------------------------------------------
    |  Article Name                                                                 |
    ---------------------------------------------------------------------
       This is the content of the article.  Lorem ipsum dollar sign sit onit!

    ---------------------------------------------------------------------
    |  Article 2 Name is just as good                                   |
    ---------------------------------------------------------------------
       This is the content of article 2.  Isn’t it lovely and insightful?



    Any ideas?

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      Super easy to do... but I’ve got to spend some time with the wife... so it’ll have to wait until later this weekend. Good night!
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        Just create a new chunk using the proper placeholders (look in the comments part of the snippet) and call it appropriately.
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          Quote from: Mark at Oct 29, 2005, 05:07 AM

          Just create a new chunk using the proper placeholders (look in the comments part of the snippet) and call it appropriately.

          ok, I found it in the comments. I copied and pasted the $tpl code in the snippet to a new chunk, but I can’t figure out how to call it. It is saved as {{BlogHeader}}, and I tried to call it with and without the brackets, but neither works. I am sure the answer is simple... and yes, I know I am a dumbass.

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            Look at the demo site content for examples of how to do this.
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              here is quick example.

              1. Given below code, save as chunk:
              <div style="border: 1px solid #000;"><h2>[+title+]</h2></div>
              <div>[+summary+]</div>
              <div>[+link+]</div>
              


              2. Call it as:
              [[NewsListing? &tpl=`chunk_name_goes_here`]]
              


              I hope you will find it helpfull.

              regards,

              zi
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                Quote from: zi at Oct 29, 2005, 06:43 PM

                [[NewsListing? &tpl=`chunk_name_goes_here`]]
                


                I hope you will find it helpfull.

                regards,

                zi

                So, if my chunk is named headstyle, and I wanted to call in in an html page, I would put {{headstyle}} in the content of the page.
                But, if I want to call it in the NewsListing snippit, is it called like this:
                [[NewsListing? &tpl=`headstyle`]]
                

                or like this:
                [[NewsListing? &tpl=`{{headstyle}}`]]
                


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                  This

                  [[NewsListing? &tpl=`headstyle`]]
                  


                  Note that the chunk used as the template for each news item outputted by the snippet so it must contain the appropriate placeholders.
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                    Take a look at the WebLoginSideBar chunk for a good example of this.
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                      Well, I figured out why I couldn’t get it to work. I was using the single quote ( ’ ) instead of the tick ( ` ) which is next to the 1 key. So... there’s my lesson for the day! Pay attention Scotty!

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