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I have a problem with the news module that when a news item is opened I would like to show the other news items in a summary under the main news item. But when I trie to do that I also see the news item I just opened in the summary of news items.

Is there a way to only show other news items in a summary?

I open the full news item in the {content} of the same page now.

Thanks for your help.

Basic idea is not to summary of article that is opened, So if you want to show 4 summaries there will be only 3. Further adjustment have to be done to show 4 articles. Follow steps:

1. Add this line to News detail template. It we will use it to recognize what news article is opened.

{assign var='current_news_id' value=$entry->id}

2. Modify appropriate  News summary template to exclude article that is being viewed (i guess it you are news summaries somewhere in page template).

   {foreach from=$items item=entry}
   {if $current_news_id != $entry->id}

      ...{* your summary template *}

   {/if}
{/foreach}

3. Modify page template to display news summary according variable {$current_news_id}. It is important to generate page content before displaying news summary. Content is saved to variable {$new_content}

{content assign='new_content'}
   {if !empty($current_news_id)}
      {news number='4'  lang='lt_LT' summarytemplate='small_summary' }
   {else}
      {news number='5'  lang='lt_LT' summarytemplate='small_summary' }
   {/if}
...
{$new_content} {*put content to its normal position*}
...

That's about it. I if it does not work attach templates:  page, news summary and news  detail to your new message and post link  page.