Ditto 1.0

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  sottwell Reply #81, 20 years ago

  The Ditto snippet automagically takes content from every document in the folder you tell it to use, this replaces the [+summary+] tags. You can use the "summary" (introtext) field of the documents, or you can have it take a certain number of characters from the main content of the documents.
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  ZAP Reply #82, 19 years, 11 months ago

  Rather than keep pounding my face into the keyboard until this works the way I’d expect, I think I’ll try asking some folks who know how it really works...
  
  I’m trying to filter by a TV, and I’m always getting "No entries found". The TV in question is a multi-select listbox, but I’ve tried using simple text TVs also and there was no change. My snippet call is the following:
  
  

  [!Ditto? &startID=`4` &tpl=`ShopXCategory` &summarize=`20` &truncSplit=`false` &sortby=`menuindex` &sortdir=`asc` &showInMenuOnly=`1` &filter=`tvitemStyles,pajama,1` &hiddenTVs =`itemStyles`!]

  
  
  I’ve tried several variations of this, but apparently not the correct one. Anyone see what I’m doing wrong? If so, please let me know.
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  ZAP Reply #83, 19 years, 11 months ago

  Hmm...
  
  Still no luck. The filter var just doesn’t seem to be working with my TVs at all. If I remove the filter, I get results; with any TV filter I get "No entries found".
  
  I’ve tried adding [+tvitemStyles+] to the template chunk and removing the hiddenTVs var, but no change.
  
  Is the filter var broken for TVs, or am I just doing it wrong?
  
  I need lists of docs with specific TV values, so I’m gonna write me a hack if I don’t hear some Ditto good news soon...
  
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  ZAP Reply #84, 19 years, 11 months ago

  OK I got it to work the way I wanted, but I did have to hack the code a little bit. So either I’m doing something the hard way or I’m doing something new. I don’t know which; I’m just glad it works now.
  
  My problem was that I have multi-listbox selector TVs, and I couldn’t get any of the existing filter methods to work when more than one item was selected in them. So I was looking for "pajama" in a TV that also contained "robe" and "sleep-shirt" (yes, it’s a pajama website - got a problem with that? ), but Ditto wasn’t finding it unless just "pajama" was selected in the document. So I created a new filter method (lucky number 7) that uses strpos() to see if the string exists in the TV output.
  
  My snippet call is like this:
  

  [!Ditto? &startID=`4` &tpl=`ShopXCategory` &summarize=`999` &truncSplit=`false` &sortby=`menuindex` &sortdir=`asc` &showInMenuOnly=`1` &hiddenTVs =`itemStyles` &filter=`tvitemStyles,pajama,7`!]

  
  
  And in ditto.class.inc.php I added the following to the end of the case statement in the basicFilter function:
  

  				case 7 :
  					if (strpos($value[$this->array_key], $this->filterValue)===FALSE)
  						$unset = 0;
  					break;

  
  
  Dunno if this will help someone else, but it’s working for me.
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  ZAP Reply #85, 19 years, 11 months ago

  And of course, as I knew would happen sooner or later, I found I needed the opposite method (string not found in field), so I added a case number 8 as well:
  
  

  				case 8 :
  					if (strpos($value[$this->array_key], $this->filterValue)!==FALSE)
  						$unset = 0;
  					break;
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  "Well, gee, Buddha - that wasn't very helpful..." - ZAP
  
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  MARKSVIRTUALDESK Reply #86, 19 years, 11 months ago

  You are correct in that filter modes one and two look for the exact entire string and not just a selection. Your solution is so elegant, would you mind if I included it in Ditto 1.1 Final?
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  ZAP Reply #87, 19 years, 11 months ago

  Of course not - it’d be an honor to have a couple lines of code in such a great snippet!
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  madmage Reply #88, 19 years, 9 months ago

  Can I use "publish date" and if it isn’t set, Ditto automatically read "created date"?
  Daniele "MadMage" Calisi
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  MARKSVIRTUALDESK Reply #89, 19 years, 9 months ago

  Yes, with 1.0.2 or 1.1b2
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  MARKSVIRTUALDESK Reply #90, 19 years, 7 months ago

  This thread is now locked as Ditto 1.0 is deprecated.

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