Problem Limiting news (solved)

[abster]

hi

First go at a template, im having problems stopping the news from breaking my box at the top shown here and wondered if any masters know a quick fix.

www.scottmcardle.co.uk/cms

code for news is:
{cms_module module="news"}

When the summary is too big it throws out formatting.

Can i limit the number of items that will appear, or fix the number of lines to show?

Also, if the tag is on news it seems to add new tags that arent in the news setup eg

Kind Regards
Scott

[RonnyK]

Scott,

news has several parameters that can be called, Check the help

"Content -> News -> Help"

(optional) number="5" - Maximum number of items to display =- leaving empty will show all items.

Why do you use a TD around the calling, cant you use a container and style that.

Ronny

[abster]

do you mean a

im not totally up on my html.

thanks
Scott

[RonnyK]

Scott,

Yes I meant a . Why don't you use a div, is the news only allowed to have a certain height, or do you want it shown inside a box.

I call it f.e. on www.terspille.nl on the homepage, where the news is shown inside a box, the height is variable!

Ronny

[abster]

yes, i dont want the box to go above height="205"

thanks
Scott

[abster]

ronny

thanks, ive taken your advice and although not entirely up on my css

ive done this

div.container {
  height: 205px;
  width: 244px;
  overflow: auto;
  font-size : 11px;
  font-family : Tahoma,Verdana,Arial;
  text-decoration: none;
  -moz-box-sizing: border-box;
}
/*
Spacer Div
*/
div.spacer{
clear: both !important;
}


HTML

{cms_module module="news" number="1"}


i limited the news to 1, but it works with the scroller if the summarys are too big, i'll probably set it back to 5 and tell the client to keep summarys short.

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction, long way to go to get it looking right.

Thanks
Scott

[Dr.CSS]

Good practise is to use lower case in the HTML and CSS...

Or it won't be xhtml compliant...