Blog page with multiple custom calls not retaingin content on pagination

kdl · Feb 26th 2020

Hi,

I have the Blog app running and I am using perch_content_custom to not only return a list of blog entries, but also, I am using it to return entries designated as 'most popular' and 'most recent' in a sidebar.

The issue is, as soon as implement pagination on the post.php page, the main perch_content_custom call, which returns the listing of blog entries and is first on the page updates fine, but all content in the subsequent calls is lost.

Is there a way to retain the content with pagination.

The main template (index.php) looks like:

PHP

<!-- Blog Items
============================================= -->
<?php
perch_blog_custom(array(
'filter' => 'postDateTime',
'sort' => 'postDateTime',
'sort-order' => 'DESC',
'count' => 1,
'template' => 'blog_post_in_list.html',
));
?>
<!-- Sidebar
============================================= -->
<div class="sidebar nobottommargin col_last clearfix">
<div class="sidebar-widgets-wrap">
<div class="widget clearfix">
<div class="tabs nobottommargin clearfix" id="sidebar-tabs">
<ul class="tab-nav clearfix">
<li><a href="#tabs-1">Popular</a></li>
<li><a href="#tabs-2">Recent</a></li>
</ul>
<div class="tab-container">
<div class="tab-content clearfix" id="tabs-1">
<?php
perch_blog_custom(array(
'filter' => 'postCommentCount',
'sort' => 'postCommentCount',
'sort-order' => 'ASC',
'count' => 3,
'template' => 'post_in_list_popular_comments.html',
));
?>
</div>
<div class="tab-content clearfix" id="tabs-2">
<?php
perch_blog_custom(array(
'filter' => 'postDateTime',
'sort' => 'postDateTime',
'sort-order' => 'DESC',
'count' => 3,
'template' => 'post_in_list_recent.html',
));
?>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>

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Now I realise that the pagination is set within the template 'blog_post_in_list.html' which would then only effect that main element:

Code

<perch:template path="pagination/default.html" rescope="parent">

but then how do I either move pagination to within index.php as <perch:template> cannot be directly applied, or do I somehow have to try and include the sidebar content within my 'blog_post_in_list.html' which I cannot see how to do, to get the pagination working.

That is, the bog posts are paginated, but the content in the sidebar (post_in_list_popular_comments.html and post_in_list_recent.html) are not.

Any ideas welcome.

Thanks,

Andy

hus_hmd · Feb 26th 2020

Hi Andy,

You can disable the pagination for the list(s) you don't want to be paginated:

PHP

perch_blog_custom(array(
'count' => 3,
'paginate' => false,
));

If that does not work, you can use the start option:

PHP

perch_blog_custom(array(
'count' => 3,
'start' => 1,
));

kdl · Feb 26th 2020

Thanks, that worked a treat.

I did try using 'paginate => false, but obviously didn't get it quite right first time around !!!

Works like a charm now and I will add this to my memory bank !

Thank you for your response, really appreciated.

judgedredd · Aug 13th 2020

I would like to know how this would work, not with popularity by comments but popularity by page views, as I will not have any comments allowed (due to the nature of the site).

I am also puzzled by the pages:

blog_post_in_list.html and

post_in_list_popular_comments.html

These are not in the package that I have (downloaded Perch 3.1.7 last week). Did you just create them?

The page and section that I am trying to adapt with the blog module, and the entire reason I got Perch for my client in the first place (which was to replace Wordpress) is found on the home page of this site: http://theforensicnurse.org - its where the section has 'Popular Posts' and 'Recent posts' (on the right and scroll down a ways).