CGBlog [more] link

[Druuna2008]

Hi,

I have been looking how to add a [more] link to CGBlog. I don't want just the title to link to the full content, but also at the end of the summary. Can anybody help?

Thanks in advance 

[jmcgin51]

from the CGBlogs Help

(optional) moretext="more..." - Text to display at the end of a cgblog item if it goes over the summary length. Defaults to "more..."

So it looks like this is already functional.  Are you just looking for the tag to use?

I would guess it's something like {eval var=$entry->more} or {eval var=$entry->moretext}?  Just a guess.

[calguy1000]

that line will be removed from the help very soon now.
it's invalid.

[Jeff]

Go in the summary template find the line that make the title a link:

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<a href="{$entry->detail_url}" title="{$entry->title|escape:htmlall}">{$entry->title|escape}</a>

then change it to what ever you want it to say, like--

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<a href="{$entry->detail_url}" title="More....">More...</a>

And then put it back in the template at the end of the summary. Like right after this section:

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{if $entry->summary}
	<div class="CGBlogSummarySummary">
		{eval var=$entry->summary}
	</div>

{else if $entry->content}

	<div class="CGBlogSummaryContent">
		{eval var=$entry->content}
	</div>
{/if}

[moscato]

hi,

i set the moretext parameter in my page which calls the cgblog module. like:

{CGBlog summarytemplate="summary" detailtemplate="detail" moretext="read more..." number="3"}

the problem is: how do i call the moretext in my blog-template? $moretext for example is not working

the thing is, that i use different languages for my blog and i would need "read more..." for english posts and "weiterlesen" for german posts.

hope, anyone could help me

thx,
tom

[Jeff]

Read the post! Calguy already stated that the parameter doesn't work and will be removed. And I posted the instructions for how to add it.

[jmcgin51]

@moscato

it sounds like you might need different templates for your German and English posts, so that the correct "more" text is provided per ajprog's instructions.

[moscato]

@ajprog: thx i DID read the post, but i thought there's maybe another name for the paramater and calguy could tell us. i've already used your suggestion before (by default), but that's unfortunately not the way my problem could be solved. i think it's clear that i would like to avoid using different templates for each language.

@jmcgin51: yes - i think that's obviously the only solution at the moment. will do that thx for that tip!

best regards,
tom

[jmcgin51]

there's probably some way you can get the post language, and incorporate it into a conditional statement, so you could still use just the one template.  I don't know the details, but it would look something like this:

{IF $post_lang == "GE"}
  use the German moretext
{ELSE}
  use the English moretext
{/IF}

[moscato]

thx for your hint!

the problem is, that there is no posibility to write a blog-post in different languages. you've to create categories for each language like: Cars-DE, Cars-EN, etc.

therefore there is no $post_lang available

do you know if i can "crop" the category-string "Cars-DE", "Electronics-DE" so that i only get "DE" or "EN" and then performing the conditional comment?

thx for your help,
tom

[Jeff]

You should be able to add them to the lang files and then they should work with $Lang['more_text']

[cmaunoury]

Sorry, just  a little parenthesis to follow up on this subject.

If I have a post that has both summary and detail, but I want only the summary to display on my homepage and the content in my blog page, I should change the summary template and kick out "detail" in it and then put in my content page:

{CGBlog summarytemplate="summary"}

and then have my detail template without summary and put in content:

{CGBlog detailtemplate="detail"}

Is that right or am I missing a step in the logic of CG Blog? What I want to do is have a basic two lines summary that reads on the homepage in a content block, with a "read more" link that goes to the entry. In my "blog" menu, I would like to have the details with comment activated that can be read on the page as they are posted.

Any way I can get a kind of over-newbie tutorial on this?

Best,

Colin