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Hi I am trying to use the following which I took from the help section for the module..

I think it is right but I just can't get it to work.

{cms_module module='Cataloger' action='random' sub_template='Item-Table-based'}

Any ideas or is this a new bug that has surfaced since .13

Mike

Hi,

I am really stuck on this!
I have tracked down the problem to be somewhere around this line in the action.random.php file
It doesn seem to be able to read the tpl??

Any ideas gow to hard code a value?

Mike

I have actually made a hack to get this to work by using echos rather than passing the vars to a smarty template.

Seems this line is wrong

getTemplateFromAlias($params['sub_template'])

However for th life od me I can't get it to read a tpl! I even tried hard coding in the value with no luck.
If someone could inform me how to pass the values to a smarty I would be very happy

Mike

have you tried putting .tpl on the end...

{cms_module module='Cataloger' action='random' sub_template='Item-Table-based.tpl'}

I believe you need to specify a category template, not an item template, for one thing... 

{cms_module module='Cataloger' action='random' sub_template='Category-Table-based'}

..and for another, it seems to have a bug doing random where the "count" parameter is required, and it's value must be greater than one.

Works:
{cms_module module='Cataloger' action='random' sub_template='Category-Table-based' count='2'}
Gives me two randomized products, displayed using my category template, as desired.

Breaks:
{cms_module module='Cataloger' action='random' sub_template='Category-Table-based' count='1'}
Gives seven blank items, nothing filled in. Just the template html output 7 times.

Pity, I really want just ONE random image on my homepage.

Please tell me how to make the random withdrawal of objects from the catalog on all pages of site?