[Solved] News module to load detailed page

[Cognatus]

I want to configure the news module tag, that i have placed in content, to load the detailed view with the latest article of a certain category, how is this done. I have tried:

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{news action="detail" articleid="-1" category="mycategory"}

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{news action="detail" category="mycategory"}

but it doesn't work!?

[Jos]

The parameter category only works with action='default' which is the summary view
The parameter articleid only works with action='detail'
So the two won't work together.

A solution could be to show only one article in summary view with:

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{news category='mycategory' number=1}

This also implies that you need to create a new summary template that looks like a detail template

[Cognatus]

OK, thanks for the info, I will handle it this way, changing article number manualy each time a new article is added in the particular category:

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{news action="detail" articleid="5"}

[Jos]

There is no need to do it that way, but if you want to that's fine.

[Cognatus]

Ok, Jos, ofcourse I want to do it in a better way!

The example you posted uses the summary view, how can I aply something like that in the detailed view?

[velden]

Ok, Jos, ofcourse I want to do it in a better way!

The example you posted uses the summary view, how can I aply something like that in the detailed view?

You don't. Like Jos said, you can create a summary template that behaves like a detail template. All needed information is present in summary template too.