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[Snippet] NewsListing 6.4.2 [Stable]

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    MARKSVIRTUALDESK Reply #71, 17 years, 11 months ago
    I see the problem. Add summary text to the document to have that field be propagated. The release of [-TOP SECRET-] will fix this by actually using the description as the description! LOL!
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      jbjones Reply #72, 17 years, 11 months ago
      I think that first Description field is pulling from the template. Do you have a description entered for your template? Here’s what I have for mine which currently is still using filler info to test.

      <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<!DOCTYPE rss SYSTEM 'http://my.netscape.com/publish/formats/rss-0.91.dtd'>
<rss version='0.91'>
<channel>
<title>ACGI News</title>
<link>http://modx.acgi.org</link>
<description>The News Feed of the American Consultancy Group International</description>
<language>en-EN</language>
[!NewsListing?startID=`37`&tpl=rsstemplate&datetype =pub_date&hidefolders=1&showarch=0&multilevel=1&summarize=10&paginate=0& sortby=pub_date&emptytext=0!]
</channel>
</rss>



      Which then feeds out this:

      http://modx.acgi.org/rss.html


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        OncleBen31 Reply #73, 17 years, 11 months ago
        OK thanks smiley,

        A little bit hard to think that the description field of the document is not used for the description label in the xml. It’s work fine with the summary field grin
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          jbjones Reply #74, 17 years, 11 months ago
          The release of [-TOP SECRET-] will fix this

          I was wondering what that new name would be called. [-TOP SECRET-] huh? I like that a lot better than feeder or data-spitter-outer.

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            MARKSVIRTUALDESK Reply #75, 17 years, 11 months ago
            Laughs! The new name (not "TOP SECRET") really fits well. I can’t wait to release it! Just gotta finish up some things to ensure that all legacy code is removed.
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              Gyro Reply #76, 17 years, 11 months ago
              I’m getting a corrupted zip file when I try to download it. huh
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                kaust Reply #77, 17 years, 11 months ago
                Curious about templates. I’ve tried using this string:
                [[NewsListing? &startID=92 & tpl=WebDirectory]]

                With no luck!

                I have a chunk named WebDirectory:
                <div>
                <h3>[+title+]</h3>
                <p>[+description+]</p>
                <p><a href="[+link+]" target="_blank">[+link+]</a></p>
                </div>

                I *always* get the default template. Cleared the cache of the site and my browser and still no changes.

                I’m running the latest stable release 6.4.2 and the latest version of MODx - 0.9.2.

                Any suggestions?
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                  kjaebker Reply #78, 17 years, 11 months ago
                  Try this, the ampersand should not have a space between it and tpl and the snippet parameters need to have `` around them.

                  [[NewsListing? &startID=`92` &tpl=`WebDirectory`]]



                  Kyle
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                    kaust Reply #79, 17 years, 11 months ago
                    Kyle, thanks! That worked. Don’t know how I missed it.

                    Question, is it possible to use NewsListing to list Weblinks and use the Weblink URL for the link rather than the "document alias"?

                    I realize this might now belong on this thread but am trying to access the Weblink object using NewsListing.
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                      kaust Reply #80, 17 years, 11 months ago
                      Found the answer to the Weblink issue after a dozen searches.

                      [+summary+] is the object to reference to access the direct URL -- for anyone that may search and find this thread.