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  yehosef Reply #31, 20 years, 2 months ago

  Hello,
  
  It seems that if I sortBy pub_date but a page doesn’t have a published date - it thinks the pub_date is the epoch instead of the created date.
  
  Can anyone confirm that this is what is happening? Is it supposed to be?
  
  Thanks
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  MARKSVIRTUALDESK Reply #32, 20 years, 2 months ago

  This is an issue with MODx itself as it does not set a pub_date by default. I removed the complex SQL query that replaced those with the createdon value in Ditto 1.0.2. I *hopefully* plan on adding this back in as a php function in 1.0.3.
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  Ryan Thrash Reply #33, 20 years, 2 months ago

  Mark can you check the SVN trunk to see if this issue with Pub Date is set? I think we’ve changed this recently in prep for the next release. If not, please making a suggestion to the rest of the core team. Thanks!
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  yehosef Reply #34, 20 years, 2 months ago

  Quote from: Mark at Jul 16, 2006, 06:44 PM

  
  This is an issue with MODx itself as it does not set a pub_date by default. I removed the complex SQL query that replaced those with the createdon value in Ditto 1.0.2. I *hopefully* plan on adding this back in as a php function in 1.0.3.
  

  
  Thanks for confirming what was happening. Can you just select both the pub and created date and if pub is null/0 use the created date? I haven’t looked at the code yet but it seems it would just be one line added:
  
  

  $pub_date=$pub_date?$pub_date:$created_date;

  
  
  Is it not so simple?
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  sottwell Reply #35, 20 years, 2 months ago

  It appears that Ditto does not honor the seeThroughUnpub option; it will "see" through an unpublished folder in any case. Looking at the code, I tracked the value all the way to where the actual documents are retrieved, and I don’t see where it is used at all. In the getAllSubDocs function, it should be passed to the getChildIds function, where it would be used to determine whether to loop through a folder or not, depending on if it were published or not.
  
  
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  Braininator Reply #36, 20 years, 2 months ago

  Hey
  
  Feel really stupid asking this, but can someone provide me with a really simplified tutorial for setting up Ditto from scratch. Maybe I’m having one of those days, I’ve looked through the majority of the threads and the website documentation but still having no success.
  
  Cheers
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  MARKSVIRTUALDESK Reply #37, 20 years, 2 months ago

  Tutorial:
  
  1. Create a folder. Note its ID.
  
  2. Create numerous documents within this folder.
  
  3. On either a separate page or the folder insert a Ditto call like so:
  
  

  [[Ditto?startID=`IDofFolder`]]
  

  
  
  Thats it! You can use any of the parameters to alter the output to your liking. A full reference is available in the Documentation > Core Snippets > Ditto section of the MODx CMS site.
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  simon79 Reply #38, 20 years, 2 months ago

  How can I write a tv to select a filter which has the output of a certain word (e.g. MPC)?
  
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  Is &filter=`tvFilter,MPC,1` right?
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  MARKSVIRTUALDESK Reply #39, 20 years, 2 months ago

  If you are saying that you wish to remove the documents with the value of Filter being MPC then your filter parameter is correct.
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  perlmonger Reply #40, 20 years, 2 months ago

  Quote from: Mark at Jul 18, 2006, 08:45 AM

  
  Tutorial:
  
  1. Create a folder. Note its ID.
  
  2. Create numerous documents within this folder.
  
  3. On either a separate page or the folder insert a Ditto call like so:
  
  

  [[Ditto?startID=`IDofFolder`]]
  

  
  
  Thanks
  Thats it! You can use any of the parameters to alter the output to your liking. A full reference is available in the Documentation > Core Snippets > Ditto section of the MODx CMS site.
  

  
  
  I’ve followed you instructions but I get "No entries found". I’m sure its something simple but I just don’t see it. I’ve created a folder but should it be published? Should the documents inside the folder be children of the folder? Can you expand a little. I’m sure this is simple to a seasoned MODx user but some detailed step-by-step configuration instruction would certainly help.
  
  Also, I’m assuming that the snippet call params should be separated by a space, right?

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