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Re: [Hypercontent-users] XML/XSL Include
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From: Carl B. <C.P...@hu...> - 2006-04-27 13:20:40
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This might actually be flawed. It seems the elements are numbers in
alphabetical order not as they are added so the numbers actually
change. So what I thought would be the latest 5 are simply the first 5
in alphabetical order. Do you have any ideas how to solve that?
Cheers
Carl
Carl Barrow wrote:
> Hi Alex,
>
> I didn't really want to create a specific navigation file for news and
> events so I've have set the news and events to order by date and done
> it as follows:
>
> <xsl:template match="newsbodytext">
> <xsl:variable name="emailadd" select="@email"/>
> <xsl:variable name="pos" select="position()"/>
> <xsl:variable name="include" select="ancestor::cms:include"/>
> <xsl:if test="$pos < '5'">
> <a
> href="{$rel-project-base}{$include/@directory}{$include/@basename}.html">
> <xsl:value-of select="@title"/>
> </a>
> <br/>
> <xsl:value-of select="summary"/>
> </xsl:if>
> </xsl:template>
>
> Is that an 'okay' way of doing it?
>
> Is the velocity template the one used for the ja-sig site? I have
> downloaded that and did use the RSS generation on a test site here. It
> works really well. However, at the moment since I am only live with
> 1.4 I haven't been able to use it for anything live.
>
> Cheers
> Carl
>
>
>
> Alex Vigdor wrote:
>> Hi Carl,
>> To generate a "top 5" list, I recommend creating a specific
>> navigation file to represent the list. You could set the root
>> nav-template to "/news/index.xml" and a child template to
>> "/news/*.xml", or whatever the appropriate pattern is; then set the
>> root template to sort children by date descending, and set the
>> maxChildren attribute to 5. I also have a velocity template that
>> will render such a navigation file to RSS if you're interested.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Alex
>>
>> On Apr 26, 2006, at 7:31 AM, Carl Barrow wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Alex,
>>>
>>> This has worked very well, I am using it for news and events too.
>>> I am generating a news index but also want to add the latest 5 news
>>> items on the Homepage. I was thinking that I could use something like:
>>>
>>> <xsl:variable name="include"
>>> select="ancestor::cms:include[position() < 6]"/>
>>>
>>> But I don't seem to be able to get it to work. Am I going about it
>>> the right way?
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>> Carl
>>>
>>> Alex Vigdor wrote:
>>>> Hi Carl,
>>>> Something like
>>>> <xsl:variable name="include" select="ancestor::cms:include"/>
>>>> <a
>>>> href="{$rel-project-base}{$include/@directory}{$include/@basename}.html">
>>>>
>>>> <xsl:value-of select="@firstname"/>
>>>> <xsl:value-of select="@lastname"/>
>>>> </a>
>>>>
>>>> By the way, have you considered using VCard for this information?
>>>> Then you could set it up to populate from LDAP, and get addressbook
>>>> integration as well. We'll often use VCard for basic contact info,
>>>> then use either additional attributes in the XML for more specific
>>>> info like office hours, degrees, etc., or put it in the VCard note
>>>> so it will show up in your addressbook as well.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Alex
>>>>
>>>> On Apr 24, 2006, at 11:13 AM, Carl Barrow wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Thanks Alex,
>>>>>
>>>>> Thats working for me now. I've turned the email address into a
>>>>> link easy enough, but I want to turn the persons name into a link
>>>>> to their page. I have only just started looking at it now, do
>>>>> you have any pointers?
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers
>>>>> Carl
>>>>>
>>>>> Alex Vigdor wrote:
>>>>>> Hi Carl,
>>>>>> What about something like this:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> <xsl:apply-templates
>>>>>> select="/cms:wrapper/cms:include/page/bodytext" />
>>>>>>
>>>>>> <xsl:template match="bodytext">
>>>>>> <xsl:value-of select="@firstname"/>
>>>>>> <xsl:value-of select="@lastname"/>
>>>>>> <xsl:value-of select="@email"/>
>>>>>> </xsl:template>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You'll of course need to make sure that your include has the
>>>>>> attribute data="yes".
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>> Alex
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Apr 24, 2006, at 8:22 AM, Carl Barrow wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi Alex,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On one of the sites here in Hull I have a file for each member
>>>>>>> of staff with the following dtd to define it:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> <!ELEMENT page (rightbox*,bodytext,leftbox?)>
>>>>>>> <!ELEMENT rightbox (html)>
>>>>>>> <!ELEMENT bodytext
>>>>>>> (photo,qualifications,researchinterests,researchcategories,biography,modulestaught,memberships,publications)>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> <!ELEMENT photo (html)>
>>>>>>> <!ELEMENT qualifications (html)>
>>>>>>> <!ELEMENT researchinterests (html)>
>>>>>>> <!ELEMENT researchcategories (html)>
>>>>>>> <!ELEMENT biography (html)>
>>>>>>> <!ELEMENT modulestaught (html)>
>>>>>>> <!ELEMENT memberships (html)>
>>>>>>> <!ELEMENT publications (html)>
>>>>>>> <!ELEMENT leftbox (html)>
>>>>>>> <!ATTLIST rightbox title CDATA #REQUIRED>
>>>>>>> <!ATTLIST leftbox title CDATA #REQUIRED> <!ATTLIST bodytext
>>>>>>> title CDATA #REQUIRED>
>>>>>>> <!ATTLIST bodytext firstname CDATA #REQUIRED>
>>>>>>> <!ATTLIST bodytext lastname CDATA #REQUIRED>
>>>>>>> <!ATTLIST bodytext academictitle CDATA #REQUIRED>
>>>>>>> <!ATTLIST bodytext honorarytitle CDATA #REQUIRED>
>>>>>>> <!ATTLIST bodytext extention CDATA #REQUIRED>
>>>>>>> <!ATTLIST bodytext roomnumber CDATA #REQUIRED>
>>>>>>> <!ATTLIST bodytext email CDATA #REQUIRED>
>>>>>>> <!ATTLIST page navigationtitle CDATA #REQUIRED>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I want to include the firstname, lastname and email for each
>>>>>>> member of staff on an index page. At the moment I only seem to
>>>>>>> be able to include everything on a staff page The code I have
>>>>>>> is as follows:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> <xsl:template name="bodytext">
>>>>>>> <xsl:for-each
>>>>>>> select="/cms:wrapper/cms:include[@pattern='/people/staff/*.xml']">
>>>>>>> <xsl:apply-templates />
>>>>>>> </xsl:for-each>
>>>>>>> </xsl:template>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I though I would be able to use:
>>>>>>> <xsl:apply-templates
>>>>>>> select="/cms:wrapper/cms:source/page/bodytext/@firstname" />
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> but that isn't working. Can you see what I'm doing wrong at all?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Cheers
>>>>>>> Carl
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --************************************
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Carl Barrow
>>>>>>> Systems Integrator
>>>>>>> e-Services
>>>>>>> The University of Hull
>>>>>>> Cottingham Road
>>>>>>> Hull
>>>>>>> HU6 7RX
>>>>>>> Ext. 6838
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>>>>> --************************************
>>>>>
>>>>> Carl Barrow
>>>>> Systems Integrator
>>>>> e-Services
>>>>> The University of Hull
>>>>> Cottingham Road
>>>>> Hull
>>>>> HU6 7RX
>>>>> Ext. 6838
>>>>> ************************************
>>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>
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>>>
>>> Carl Barrow
>>> Systems Integrator
>>> e-Services
>>> The University of Hull
>>> Cottingham Road
>>> Hull
>>> HU6 7RX
>>> Ext. 6838
>>> ************************************
>>>
>>> *****************************************************************************************
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>>
>>
>>
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Carl Barrow
Systems Integrator
e-Services
The University of Hull
Cottingham Road
Hull
HU6 7RX
Ext. 6838
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