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    coldhand Reply #1, 14 years, 9 months ago
    Hi all,

    I've been experimenting with the latest RC (MODX Revolution 2.2.0-rc3 (traditional)) and the new Articles module.

    Have to say, this is absolutely amazing and perfect for MODX, thanks Shaun!

    Have a question though, how can i pull the latest article and present it on the front page?

    In ditto it was done something like this:

    [!Ditto? &parents=`5` &extenders=`summary` &tpl=`tplBlog` &orderBy=`createdon ASC` &display=`6` &truncText=`Continue Reading This Article` &dateFormat=`%e %B %Y`!]


    Chunk: tplBlog

    <h1>[+pagetitle+]</h1>
<p>[+summary+]</p>
<p>[+link+]</p>
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      sottwell Reply #2, 14 years, 9 months ago
      You can use getResources to do the same thing. While the individual articles aren't listed in the Tree, they are all children of the main Articles document, so you can use it as the parent.
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        ambaxter Reply #3, 14 years, 9 months ago
        If anyone is having trouble displaying postings when using getResources, the trick is to use

        &showHidden=`1`

        within your gR call.