{blog-archive} Macro

(warning) Under Consruction

Description

The blog-archive macro is

used to display a nested list of blog posts and optionally excerpts.

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Usage

{blog-archive}

Parameters

he "Ver" column shows which version of Theme Builder the parameter became available in.

Property

Required

Default

Notes

Theme Panels Only

Ver

space

(error)

@current

The space (or list of spaces) whose posts should be listed (SPACEKEY/@all/@current/@favourite/@global/@personal/@children) NB: the @all parameter must be used on it's own, other macro parameters may be used in a list.

 

3.0

label

(error)

n/a

A list of team labels that can be used to filter the list of blog posts

 

3.3.5

author

(error)

n/a

A comma separated list of usernames/group names/@self/@creator/@owner

 

3.3

sort

(error)

creation

The order that the posts should be listed in (creation/modified/recent)

 

3.2

reverse

(error)

true

List the blogposts in reverse order (oldest first)

 

3.2

count

(error)

n/a

The number of posts that should be displayed.

 

3.2

start

(error)

0

Offset from the start for listing the posts.

 

3.2

years

(error)

true

Nest the list of blogposts by year (true/false)

 

3.2

months

(error)

true

Nest the list of blogposts by month (true/false)

 

3.2

days

(error)

true

Nest the list of blogposts by month (true/false)

 

3.2

posts

(error)

true

Display the individual posts (true/false)

 

3.2

excerpt

(error)

true

Display the excerpt of the blogpost (true/false/full)

 

3.2

none

(error)

n/a

Text to display when no posts have been found

 

3.2

Examples

Basic Use

Add the {blog-archive} macro to a page or panel where you want to display a list of blog posts

{blog-archive:count=7}

Which gives:

 

Just list the blog posts, most recent first

To display A list of blog posts without the nesting, set the years/months/days to false and revent the list from being reversed

{blog-archive:count=7|years=false|months=false|days=false|reverse=false}

Which gives:

 

CSS Customisation

To follow

Hints and Tips

When excepts are enabled, the macro will output a block of content taken from the top of your blog posts. If you need more control over the excerpts, consider using the excerpt macro.

Frequently Asked Questions

None at present.