[Solved] Client decides the number of news teasers

[Reclus]

A client wishes to regularly change the number of news items/teasers shown on the home page.

Is there a way to enable them to do this, perhaps with a field where they can type a number?

Something like…

How many news items to you want to display?
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[paulbaker]

Add a category called "Show on home page" and then adjust your module call to show only items in that category?

[Jos]

Is there a way to enable them to do this, perhaps with a field where they can type a number?

Check the module: Custom Global Settings

[chandra]

Add an additional content block as the first line to your page template

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{content block='newscounter' oneline=true wysiwyg=false label='Number of News' size='3' assign='newscounter'} 

After that modify your news module call like

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{if isset($newscounter) && ! empty($newscounter) && is_int($newscounter)} 
{News number=$newscounter}
{else} 
{News number='3'} 
{/if} 

[Reclus]

Thanks very much chandra, simple solution and works a treat!

[Rolf]

You better add a check if the filled in value is a number and not text or something...

[chandra]

Nothing is easier like that - example modified .