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antifmradio
Showing more then 1 article news on mainpage

So i have the NEWS module 1.56 on my site
When i set it to show a SPOTLITE article on the mainpage
it will show JUST ONE article
a teaser of text below
and then links to the other recent articles below that

however,
what if i wanted to show say 5 teaser articles on the mainpage?


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sailjapan
Re: Showing more then 1 article news on mainpage

find xmspotlight module. You can show as many as you like.

Example here (currently set to show 4 articles)

[Edited: Link fixed]
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antifmradio
Re: Showing more then 1 article news on mainpage

thanks sailjapan but your link goes to http://http/

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antifmradio
Re: Showing more then 1 article news on mainpage

ok i have NO idea how to make this work

i enabled it after installing the module
but i still see only ONE article on mainpage.

What block does this work inside of?
where are the settings?

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sailjapan
Re: Showing more then 1 article news on mainpage

we're talking about xm-spotlight, right?

If so:
go to admin>xm-spotlight>admin>news spotlight

You will see that the screen has 4 areas:
10 Last News Post
Spotlight Images
Category Settings
Show SubCategory?

Start by defining your 4 available categories (you have already made categories in News module, I presume). click 'submit'.

These 4 categories will appear below your spotlighted news once all is set up.

Next. From the '10 Last News Post' section, check as many of the stories as you want to spotlight. click 'submit'

From admin>system>preferences>general settings
choose 'None' as your "Module for your start page"

Go to admin>system>Groups>
make sure that all the groups you want to be able to see xm-spotlight have the necessary permissions to do so.

Go to admin>system>blocks>

Blocks generated by xm-spotlight Blocks visible in Top page Groups access All types Visible All types
Note the XM-Spotlight News Block and make sure it's set to visible.

That should get you started.
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antifmradio
Re: Showing more then 1 article news on mainpage

ok there we go
i got it working

the problem was that in the admin>blocks area i cant see the block because it was only set for ADMIN to see
meanwhile admin>blocks keeps defaulting to show me what REGISTERED members can see

got it and thanks

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sailjapan
Re: Showing more then 1 article news on mainpage

Quote:
meanwhile admin>blocks keeps defaulting to show me what REGISTERED members can see

irritating, that, isn't it.
Never let a man who does not believe something can be done, talk to a man that is doing it.

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Anonymous
Re: Showing more then 1 article news on mainpage
  • 2008/12/8 10:19

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Quote:
sailjapan wrote:

irritating, that, isn't it.


It would nice to be able choose a default user-group to display. One for the devs I think.

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sailjapan
Re: Showing more then 1 article news on mainpage

Quote:
It would nice to be able choose a default user-group to display.

Or just have it stay where you'd set it before clicking on submit would make even more sense...
Never let a man who does not believe something can be done, talk to a man that is doing it.

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antifmradio
Re: Showing more then 1 article news on mainpage

Quote:

sailjapan wrote:
Quote:
It would nice to be able choose a default user-group to display.

Or just have it stay where you'd set it before clicking on submit would make even more sense...

i second this one


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