[solved] 2 different News modules on 1 page?

[mev]

Hello again,
Is it possible to put 2 News modules within 1 page (at different positions), to be able to have different articles  appear in each of them??
If so, how should I specify the difference in my template, which parameters should be used in the code {news} for such a thing?

Could not find anything about this in the help-pages !!!

Thanks in advice for any tip !!

Willemijn

[RonnyK]

Willemijn,

you can create a different container to have the second NEWS styled/positioned differently.

Both callings of the news can have their own category.

(optional) category="category" - Only display items for that category.
Use * after the name to show children. Multiple categories can be used if separated with a comma.
Leaving empty, will show all categories.

The default calls a container called "news" and correspondingly styles it in the CSS:

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      {* Start News *}
      <div id="news">
         <h2>News</h2>
          {news number='3' detailpage='news'}
      </div>
      {* End News *}

By adding another container, say " ", you're free to do what you want.

Ronny

[mev]

Thanks Ronny,
The styling of the News is not the problem, they can be just the same
It's the content I wish to be different in each of them!

I didn't want to have categories displayed at all for this site, so I disabled that.
But may be I should use it again to be able to separate those those 2 contents..
Is there a possibility to do that whithout having the text Category' displayed on the page itself ??

Or would you suggest another sollution

Thanks again,
Willemijn

[RonnyK]

To have the text not being displayed on the site, you can go into the templates within the NEWS-module "Content -> News", in the summary template, delete:

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<div class="NewsSummaryCategory">
	{$category_label} {$entry->category}
</div>

Then the category won't be shown on the summary-view,

On the detail-template, delete:

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{if $entry->category}
	<div id="NewsPostDetailCategory">
		{$category_label} {$entry->category}
	</div>
{/if}

and it won't be shown in the details as well.

Ronny

[mev]

Great Ronny, it works!!!

I didn't delete the category code for details though, and it still doesnot display as wished! Suppose it should be another code then? I remember deleting something myself earlier.
Anyway, it works like this

Willemijn