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Show every post apart from latest - ditto

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    pipedragon72 Reply #1, 13 years, 2 months ago
    I want to show every post apart from the latest which I'm showing elsewhere on the page using ditto. So if i use $display='all'; in the config file it shows everything, but how would I change that to show everything apart from the latest one?

    Thanks!
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      sottwell Reply #2, 13 years, 2 months ago
      Use the &start or &offset properties; this will tell it how many to skip.
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        pipedragon72 Reply #3, 13 years, 2 months ago
        Quote from: sottwell at Aug 08, 2013, 12:42 PM
        Use the &start or &offset properties; this will tell it how many to skip.

        Thanks; not sure how to use it though; have tried different values in this code but doesn't work:

        <?
$parents='72';
$tpl = '@CODE <li><img class="left1" src="[+image+]" alt="" width="135" height="135" /><span class="green">[+longtitle+]</span><br />[+summary+] <a href="[~[+id+]~]" title="[+title+]"><br />[+link+]</li><div class="clearer"></div>';
$display='all';
$offset='0';
$showPublishedOnly='1';
?>


        What should the value '0' be in the offset parameter so that whatever the latest post is, it's not shown in the list? Thanks!
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          sottwell Reply #4, 13 years, 2 months ago
          If you want it to skip the first one, then &offset would be 1.
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            pipedragon72 Reply #5, 13 years, 2 months ago
            Quote from: sottwell at Aug 09, 2013, 03:47 AM
            If you want it to skip the first one, then &offset would be 1.

            hmm yes i tried that but still shows it. weird. does it matter what order the other parameters are?
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              sottwell Reply #6, 13 years, 2 months ago
              Try &start=`1` instead. The docs indicated that &offset was the same as &start, but &offset didn't work on my tests, while &start does.
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                pipedragon72 Reply #7, 13 years, 2 months ago
                Quote from: sottwell at Aug 09, 2013, 04:11 AM
                Try &start=`1` instead. The docs indicated that &offset was the same as &start, but &offset didn't work on my tests, while &start does.

                Aha yes that works!! Thanks very much for you help smiley