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Answered Authors list display each author once

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    neoziox Reply #1, 11 years ago
    Hi!

    I use Articles. I have a navigation column to filter all the articles by tags, dates and authors.

    To display the list of authors, I use this simple code:
    [[!getResources?
	&parents=`15`
	&tpl=`articles.authors`
	&showHidden=`1`
]]


    But, this solution have a big problem. If a author writes several articles, he will be displayed several times.

    How can I display each author only once?

    This question has been answered by multiple community members. See the first response.

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      sottwell Reply #2, 11 years ago
      I would use an auto-tag TV for that. Then you can use the TagLister snippet to output your list.
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        neoziox Reply #3, 11 years ago
        Articles uses “Created By”. It's a shame to use multiple TV for that, isn't it?
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          sottwell Reply #4, 11 years ago
          Well, if you ask my opinion (which you didn't, I know) it's a shame you're using Articles in the first place.

          I'm sure there is some way you can get the created by IDs using a Group By clause, then get the users' names.

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            neoziox Reply #5, 11 years ago
            No offense sottwell. “It's a shame”: I mean, it's too bad… You know what I mean?

            So, what is the alternative to Articles?
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              neoziox Reply #6, 11 years ago
              You're right sottwell. I modify the getRessoures snippet.

              Add line 125:
              $groupby = isset($groupby) ? $groupby : '';


              Add line 354:
              /* New code */
if (!empty($groupby)) {
	$criteria->groupby($groupby);
}
/* End of new code */
if (!empty($where)) {
    $criteria->where($where);
}


              Very simple but it's work!

              And, of course, the snippet call:
              [[!getResources?
	&parents=`15`
	&tpl=`articles.authors`
	&showHidden=`1`
	&groupby=`createdby`
]]
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                sottwell Reply #7, 11 years ago
                pdoTools, and its included snippet pdoResources, includes a groupby property already. http://docs.modx.pro/en/components/pdotools/general-settings
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                  neoziox Reply #8, 11 years ago
                  Quote from: sottwell at Oct 15, 2015, 10:24 AM
                  pdoTools, and its included snippet pdoResources, includes a groupby property already. http://docs.modx.pro/en/components/pdotools/general-settings
                  Do you mean that I did something it's already did?
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                    sottwell Reply #9, 11 years ago
                    Not with getResources - or at least not as far as I know. pdoResources is another matter. And that's why I've been installing pdoTools and using its various listing snippets (pdoMenu, pdoUsers, pdoResources etc) for years.
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                      neoziox Reply #10, 11 years ago
                      Quote from: sottwell at Oct 15, 2015, 10:48 AM
                      Not with getResources - or at least not as far as I know. pdoResources is another matter. And that's why I've been installing pdoTools and using its various listing snippets (pdoMenu, pdoUsers, pdoResources etc) for years.

                      I see. It looks very good. Thanks.