Selected Items installation and usage
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The Selected Items module/extension allows you to create ordered lists of weblog entries.
This documentation is for use with versions of ExpressionEngine prior to 1.6.5. Please see Selected items for more details.
Installation
- Copy the contents of the extension folder to system/extensions
- Copy the contents of the language folder to system/languages/english
- Copy the selecteditems folder in the module folder to system/modules
In the Control Panel:
- Install the extension from the Extension manager
- Install the module
Usage
In the Selected Items module, click on Create new selection in the top right hand corner.
Give the selection a name, description, and add some entries to the Selected list.
The list of available weblog entries can be filtered using the form on the left hand side. Optionally select a search term, weblog and click on Get entries to update the list. Click on Add -> to add selected entries to the right hand selection list.
Selected items can be removed, or reordered using the Move up/Move down buttons.
A selected list can contain a mixture of entries from different weblogs.
Click on the Create new selection button to save.
Template
If you are using EE 1.6.5 or above, you can use a simpler method detailed here: Selected items and ExpressionEngine 1.6.5.
The following instructions are for older versions of EE (1.6.4 and lower):
Wrap the {exp:selecteditems} tag around a {exp:weblog:entries} tag.
The name= parameter should corresond to the name of a selection created in the module’s Control Panel.
The {exp:weblog:entries} tags should have the following parameters:
entry_id=”{selecteditems_id}” orderby=“selecteditems”
and should not have a limit (this is imposed by the module).
Example
{exp:selecteditems name="test_sequence"}
{exp:weblog:entries weblog="default_site|news" entry_id="{selecteditems_id}"
orderby="selecteditems" disable="member_data|trackbacks"}
<h3 class="{selecteditems_switch="one|two|three"}">{selecteditems_count}: {entry_id} - {title}</h3>
{/exp:weblog:entries}
{/exp:selecteditems}
Parameters
Just the one, name, which is the name of the selected list.
Variables
- {selecteditems_count}
- {selecteditems_switch="one|two"}
These replace the standard exp:weblog:entries variables