Show news by period without patching news module

[blast2007]

Considering difficulties to integrate period patch in news module, here a new version of news-by-period with vanilla news core files (no patch is needed).

Create a new template named as "summaryperiodtemplate" like this (minimal template):

{if !isset($news_start_period)}
   {assign var=news_start_period value='1900-01-01'}
{/if}

{if !isset($news_end_period)}
   {assign var=news_end_period value='2038-12-31'}
{/if}

{if isset($currentdate)}
   {assign var=news_start_period value=$currentdate}
{/if}


{foreach from=$items item=entry}
{if ($entry->postdate|date_format:'%F' >= $news_start_period|date_format:'%F') && ($entry->postdate|date_format:'%F' {$entry->postdate|date_format:"%d/%m/%Y"} - {$entry->title}
{eval var=$entry->content}
{/if}
{/foreach}

In red significative mods.

Then, if you want to show all year 2009 news, call news module in your page (or in your template) in this way:

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{* Select your news_start_date formatted as yyyy-mm-dd *}
{assign var='news_start_period' value='2009-01-01'}

{* Select your news_end_date formatted  as yyyy-mm-dd *}
{assign var='news_end_period' value='2009-12-31'}

{* Call news module *}
{news category="yourcategoryhere" summarytemplate="summaryperiodtemplate" detailtemplate="detailtemplate" }

Some other examples:

Here an example of page with 2009 month by month news collapsable:

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<ul>
<li>{startExpandCollapse id="January" title="January"}
{assign var='news_start_period' value='2009-01-01'}
{assign var='news_end_period' value='2009-01-31'}
{news category="yourcategoryhere" summarytemplate="summaryperiodtemplate" detailtemplate="detailtemplate" sortasc="true"}{stopExpandCollapse}
</li>
<li>{startExpandCollapse id="February" title="February"}
{assign var='news_start_period' value='2009-02-01'}
{assign var='news_end_period' value='2009-02-28'}
{news category="yourcategoryhere" summarytemplate="summaryperiodtemplate" detailtemplate="detailtemplate" sortasc="true"}{stopExpandCollapse}
</li>
...
</ul>

If you want next 5 upcoming news (starting from today) then proceed in this way:

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{* startdate is current date (today) *}
{capture assign='currentdate'}{current_date format="%F" }{/capture}

{* Call news module *}
{news category="yourcategoryhere" summarytemplate="summaryperiodtemplate" detailtemplate="detailtemplate" number="5"}

If you want to use news module without period feature, you can continue using the same template (summaryperiodtemplate) without setting any parameter.
I will update asap also my other news related post with this new feature
Waiting for your feedback

regards
blast

[Frankie]

blast, this is EXCELLENT stuff...thanks for the great mod! 

i am interested in 3 different variants of this mod without manually entering in the period params...

1. showing only news items from the last 30 days from current date
2. showing only news items from yesterday
3. showing only news items from today

any help would be great...thank you again for this post!

[blast2007]

1. showing only news items from the last 30 days from to(?) current date

create and UDT named getmyperiod with:

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global $gCms; 
$yesterday = date('Y-m-d',strtotime("-1 day"));
$last30day=date('Y-m-d',strtotime("-30 day"));
$smarty->assign(yesterday, $yesterday );
$smarty->assign(last30day, $last30day );

then in your page call

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{getmyperiod}
{capture assign="today"}{current_date|date_format:"%F"}{/capture}
{assign var='news_start_period' value='$last30day'}
{assign var='news_end_period' value='$today'}
{news summarytemplate='summarydatetest'}

2. showing only news items from yesterday

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{getmyperiod}
{capture assign="today"}{current_date|date_format:"%F"}{/capture}
{assign var='news_start_period' value='$yesterday'}
{assign var='news_end_period' value='$today'}
{news summarytemplate='summarydatetest'}

3. showing only news items from today

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{capture assign="today"}{current_date|date_format:"%F"}{/capture}
{getmyperiod}
{assign var='news_start_period' value='$today'}
{assign var='news_end_period' value='$today'}
{news summarytemplate='summarydatetest'}

regards
blast

[Frankie]

wow, thanks blast! kudos! 

[moonie]

Blast, this is a fantastic news template and works like a charm!

I have one single question that I can't figure out on my own... I am using the month by month example and would like to check if lets say, there are news for the month of September, and only output the collapse/month name if there are.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

[blast2007]

. I am using the month by month example and would like to check if lets say, there are news for the month of September, and only output the collapse/month name if there are.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

moonie,
you could use "capture" to check if there is an empty month...
something like: (to be tested)

...
{assign var='news_start_period' value='2009-01-01'}
{assign var='news_end_period' value='2009-01-31'}
{capture assign="currentmonth"}{news category="yourcategoryhere" summarytemplate="summaryperiodtemplate" detailtemplate="detailtemplate" sortasc="true"}{/capture}
{if !empty($checkmonth)}
{startExpandCollapse id="January" title="January"}
{$currentmonth}

{stopExpandCollapse}
{/if}
...

As said before I haven't still test this code so I don't know if it works (It should... )

regards
blast

[moonie]

Hello blast,

the {if !empty} part doesn't quite want to work in that example, but I'll try to figure it out on my own, thanks for the direction 

[NikNak]

Hi - this all works really well, as all the news pages I have ever done on sites have a year submenu.

What I'm wondering is how you could make these into links that could effect the main news module, rather than creating a new page for each period. So clicking on a link for '2009' would not open a new page but would refresh the current page with the relevant data.

It would be nice to have this incorporated into the news module - hopefully one day.

Thanks Blast

Nik

[mox]

Hello blast,

the {if !empty} part doesn't quite want to work in that example, but I'll try to figure it out on my own, thanks for the direction 

Please, can you tell me about your solution?
Thx
Mox

[Gregor]

This is a great extension to the news module!

Give the user a feature and they ask for more Is there a way that I can create a dropdown box or so, so that the visitor can select a year that they would like to see the news of?

Gregor

[gap_tooth_clan]

I had a design that has a view news articles by month page and links to navigate from month to month. I spent a couple of hours scratching my head and came up with this.

make a UDT with the name getNewsRange

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 if( isset( $params['to'] ) )
  {
    global $gCms;
    $manager =& $gCms->GetHierarchyManager();
    $node =& $manager->sureGetNodeByAlias($params['to']);
    $content =& $node->GetContent();
    if (isset($content) && is_object($content))
       {
         if ($content->GetURL() != '')
         {
            $url = $content->GetURL();
			
			if (isset($_GET['month']) && $_GET['month'] < 13 && $_GET['month'] > 0 &&
			isset($_GET['year']) && $_GET['year'] < 2035 && $_GET['year'] > 2000) {
			
				$year = $_GET['year'];
				$month= $_GET['month'];
			
			} else {
			
				$year = date("Y");
				$month = date("m");
			
			}
			
			// make new date a month in advance
			
			if ($month == 12) {
				$monthAdvance = 1;
				$yearAdvance = $year + 1;
			} else {
				$monthAdvance =  $month + 1;
				$yearAdvance = $year;
			}
			
			// make new date a month in reverse
			
			if ($month == 1) {
				$monthReverse = 12;
				$yearReverse = $year - 1;
			} else {
				$monthReverse =  $month - 1;
				$yearReverse = $year;
			}
			
			
			$monthName = date("F", mktime(0, 0, 0, $month, 10)); 
			
			
			
			$smarty->assign('newsStartRange', $year . '-' . $month);
			$smarty->assign('newsEndRange', $yearAdvance . '-' . $monthAdvance);
			
			$smarty->assign('newsPrevMonth', '<a href="' . $url . '?year=' . $yearReverse . '&month=' . $monthReverse . '">Previous</a>');
			$smarty->assign('newsNextMonth', '<a href="' . $url . '?year=' . $yearAdvance . '&month=' . $monthAdvance . '">Next</a>');
			
			$smarty->assign('newsMonthName', $monthName);			
			

         }
       }
    else return '<!-- destination page was not found: '.$params['to'].' -->';
  }

Now call your news template like so: nb latest-news is my page where my news tag is

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{getNewsRange to='latest-news'}

{$newsPrevMonth}
{$newsMonthName}
{$newsNextMonth}
<div>{* Select your news_start_date formatted as yyyy-mm-dd *}
{assign var='news_start_period' value=$newsStartRange}

{* Select your news_end_date formatted  as yyyy-mm-dd *}
{assign var='news_end_period' value=$newsEndRange}

{* Call news module *}
{news summarytemplate="summaryperiodtemplate" detailtemplate="detailtemplate" }</div>

Used a bit of code from calguys redirect to get the Url, which is why you have to pass in the parameter, does anyone know a more elegant solution?

[Gregor]

Thanks for dropping your code and thoughts. Will give it a try.

Gregor

[CMSmonkey]

Hello,
I am using News 2.10.4 and CMSMS 1.6.7 and trying to use the recommendation blast2007 has above to show only news articles between a certain time period.

I created 3 test entries:
1 that runs from April 1 - April 23, 2010
1 that runs from February 15 - May 30, 2010
1 that never expires

I inserted the template "summaryperiodtemplate" into the News module's summary template section.

I then entered the following into my page's content:

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{* Select your news_start_date formatted as yyyy-mm-dd *}
{assign var='news_start_period' value='2010-01-01'}

{* Select your news_end_date formatted  as yyyy-mm-dd *}
{assign var='news_end_period' value='2010-04-30'}

{* Call news module *}
{news summarytemplate="summaryperiodtemplate"}

However, it does not display anything.  If I change the end date to 2010-05-30, then the entry that never expires and the entry that ends May 30th are shown.  Does this method not show expired news articles?  Is this even the issue or is there something I am doing wrong?

Any help is appreciated.  Thanks.

[blast2007]

Following my previous post, here some hints to add an RSS feed to your filtered news.
Required module: Calguys Feed Maker

Create a new feed in Calguys Feed Maker (i.e. filtered-news) filling required fields. In your standard template modify the bottom part starting with:

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  {* an example of how to create a feed from a call to the news module *}
    {* you can use any smarty variable that is available in the news summary template *}
    {* you can substitute this logic with output from any module that supports a summary
       view, or possibly get artistic and mix output from different modules *}
    {news assign='junk'}
    {foreach from=$items item='entry'}
    <item>
      <title>{$entry->title|cms_html_entity_decode}</title>
      <link>{$entry->moreurl}</link>
      {capture assign='description'}{if isset($entry->summary)}{$entry->summary}{else}{$entry->content}{/if}{/capture}
      <description>{$description|trim|summarize:40}</description>
      <pubDate>{$entry->postdate|rfc_date}</pubDate>
      <guid>{$entry->moreurl}</guid>
    </item>
    {/foreach}
  </channel>
</rss>

with this code:

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    {capture assign='currentdate'}{current_date format="%F" }{/capture}
    {assign var=num value=5}
    {news assign='junk' category='yourcategoryhere' sortasc="true"}
    {foreach from=$items item='entry'}
    {if ( $entry->postdate|date_format:'%F' >= $currentdate) && $num>0}
    {assign var=num value=$num-1}
    <item>
      <title>{$entry->title|cms_html_entity_decode}</title>
      <link>{$entry->moreurl}</link>
      {capture assign='description'}{eval var=$entry->content}{/capture}
      <description>{$description|trim|strip_tags|summarize:40}</description>
      <pubDate>{$entry->postdate|rfc_date}</pubDate>
      <guid>{$entry->moreurl}</guid>
    </item>
    {/if}
    {/foreach}
  </channel>
</rss>

regards
blast