I want to show the news topic in the news_index.html template, and have it show the topic name as headline when a topic is clicked on and all the articles of that topic are listed.

But I have a problem. It won't show. When I write this:

<{$topic.title}>

It thinks it's a forum topic not the news topic. How can I show the selected news topic as headline?

You can see what's happening here:

http://www.xoopswiki.org/modules/news/index.php?storytopic=5

You see two headlines like below, neither try is working:

_MI_NEWS_NAME
Re: Planning

first headline has this in the code:
<{$topic_title|default:$smarty.const._MI_NEWS_NAME}>

Second one this:
<{$topic.title|default:$smarty.const._MI_NEWS_NAME}>

How come <{$topic.title}> does work in the news_by_topic.html? with this code:
<div class="newsTopicTitle"><a href="<{$xoops_url}>/modules/news/index.php?storytopic=<{$topic.id}>"><{$topic.title}></a></div>

and <{$topic.title}> not recognized in news_index.html

well, I just found out one thing.

When your logged in ---->
$smarty.const._MI_NEWS_NAME

actually does display: News

When your logged out it displays ---> _MI_NEWS_NAME

really weird that it depends on being logged in that part.

<{$topic_title}> refuses to work.

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herv>> It's a personnalized template, for example this line
herv>> is not in the original template and it's the cause
herv>> of your troubles:


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Maybe the google result that shows the above quote will help give you a clue.

I changed to default theme and it comes in fine, originally it came in for me as you described. I changed it back and forth a few times and when I refreshed under the default theme I could get it back.



BlueStocking

Thank you Bluestocking for testing the theme. Yes the template I've been working on is a personalized template from the theme Zetareticuli.

You can normally change the design of the module templates.

I wasn't so worried about _MI_NEWS_NAME, I ended up harcoding that one inside.

I was left wanting to make <{$topic_title}> work there, to make some sort of headline breadcrumb, but this file doesn't seem to want to recognize it.

I can't understand why <{$topic_title}> doesn't work. I'm using News 1.53 in a new site I'm building and of course it works.

What's in the Smarty debug console? Does it show the <{$topic_title}> item?

Sidenote: Nice design, good job.

Oh, and, BTW, to do breadcrumbs with News perhaps you could use <{$topic_path}>. I think it comes commented in the code by default, but it works, just uncomment it.