Display Latest Post by categories?

alanLeyva

Hi again

I liked this plugin a lot!
But now I need to be able to display the latest post separated by categories, is it possible?

Thanks in advance.

hgtonight

Do you want to have multiple modules on the same page?

Do you want to pick a specific category?

alanLeyva

Yes, I want the latest post of two of the categories, display in different modules.
Like:

Categorie 1:

-This post

-This post

Categorie 2:

-This post

-This post

hgtonight

What version number of Vanilla are you running?

You will have to modify the module itself to take in a category parameter, then you will have to add an instance of the module for each category you want.

Then you have to modify the AJAX request to understand a category parameter as well. You could probably streamline the JS to have a single request for every module on the page.

alanLeyva

I'm on Vanilla 2.1

Is there a past discussion that explains how to take in a category parameter?

vrijvlinder

Look at the categoriesmoduleplus plugin !

http://vanillaforums.org/addon/categoriesmoduleplus-plugin

Also feeddiscussions

http://vanillaforums.org/addon/feeddiscussions-plugin

R_J

@vrijvlinder said:
Look at the categoriesmoduleplus plugin !

http://vanillaforums.org/addon/categoriesmoduleplus-plugin

That's a truly nice addon and it has a gorgeous icon, too!
But I think it's not what alanLeyva was searching for.

@hgtonight said:
What version number of Vanilla are you running?

You will have to modify the module itself to take in a category parameter, then you will have to add an instance of the module for each category you want.

Then you have to modify the AJAX request to understand a category parameter as well. You could probably streamline the JS to have a single request for every module on the page.

Couldn't you just change that function (and for certain the html output)?

public function SetData($Limit = 5, $Link = 'discussions') {
   $DiscussionModel = new DiscussionModel();
   $this->_LatestPosts = $DiscussionModel->Get(0, $Limit, 'all');
   $this->_Link = $Link;
}

I guess there would be a subselect needed for this (which I can't think of right now)

hgtonight

Just add a wheres array instead of using all.

$CatID = 2;
$DiscussionModel->Get(0, $Limit, array('CategoryID' => $CatID));

Then you have to either disable the AJAX refresh or make it understand categories too.

R_J

@hgtonight said:
Just add a wheres array instead of using all.

$CatID = 2;
$DiscussionModel->Get(0, $Limit, array('CategoryID' => $CatID));

Then you have to either disable the AJAX refresh or make it understand categories too.

That would add up to one query per category. But with GetSelect it should be able to create one UNION ALL query for that

hgtonight

@R_J, my understanding is @alanLeyva‌ wanted multiple modules each with a separate category.

R_J

@alanLeyva said:
Yes, I want the latest post of two of the categories, display in different modules.

You are obviously right. Forget what I've said...

hgtonight

@R_J said:
You are obviously right. Forget what I've said...

You need to dust off your crystal ball.

R_J

Crystal ball? Me? Nope, and I guess I've proven that I haven't earned one

hgtonight

Ah... you must have been off shaving that Yak when the gypsy woman was in town selling the crystal balls.

R_J

You can't imagine how proud I am. I've even considered getting myself a button for my jacket

alanLeyva

wow!

Thanks guys
This actually works.

Great plugin BTW

alanLeyva

...Wait

But now how can I make it 3?
I need to display a "Category 1 Latest Post", "Category 2 Latest Post" and a "Latest Post"

I have on my main template (.tpl) this:

{asset name="Cat1"}- {asset name="Cat2"}- {asset name="Latest"}

And I modified this:

public function AssetTarget() {
return 'Cat1';
}

But don't know how to make 3 of those, with the different $CatID as you suggested

hgtonight

@alanLeyva‌ do you want these modules on every front-end page?

alanLeyva

No, I manage to create a sort of homepage with another plugin
that's where I put the "asset"s

hgtonight

What plugin did you use?

Generally you create a new instance of the module, then specify the asset when you add it to the controller.

alanLeyva

The plugin is "Basic Pages" (an application actually)
I just overwrite the index.php file for a custom index.tpl file, the .tpl was so I can put the "asset"s to print the categories latest post.

Can you give me more details on how to crete a new instance of the module? I'm not quite sure how to do that.