Custom teaser length by View using node.tpl.php
Last modified: September 6, 2008 - 08:17
One way to vary teaser lengths is to check the current View with a modified node.tpl.php modify the output based on this
In this example a teaser of length 75 or 150 will be shown for the Views "someviewname" and "anotherviewname" respectively
It is from D6 Garland
**This code has not been tested**
<?php
// $Id: node.tpl.php,v 1.5 2007/10/11 09:51:29 goba Exp $
?>
<?php global $current_view; ?>
<?php
$myTeaser1 = strip_tags($node->content['body']['#value']);
if (strlen($myTeaser1) > 75) {
$myTeaser1 = drupal_substr($myTeaser, 0, 75) . '...';
}
$myTeaser2 = strip_tags($node->content['body']['#value']);
if (strlen($myTeaser2) > 150) {
$myTeaser2 = drupal_substr($myTeaser, 0, 150) . '...';
}
?>
<div id="node-<?php print $node->nid; ?>" class="node<?php if ($sticky) { print ' sticky'; } ?><?php if (!$status) { print ' node-unpublished'; } ?>">
<?php print $picture ?>
<?php if ($page == 0): ?>
<h2><a href="<?php print $node_url ?>" title="<?php print $title ?>"><?php print $title ?></a></h2>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php if ($submitted): ?>
<span class="submitted"><?php print $submitted; ?></span>
<?php endif; ?>
<div class="content clear-block">
<?php
if ($current_view->name == 'someviewname') {
print $myTeaser1;
}
elseif ($current_view->name == 'anotherviewname') {
print $myTeaser2;
}
else {
print $content
}
?>
</div>
<div class="clear-block">
<div class="meta">
<?php if ($taxonomy): ?>
<div class="terms"><?php print $terms ?></div>
<?php endif;?>
</div>
<?php if ($links): ?>
<div class="links"><?php print $links; ?></div>
<?php endif; ?>
</div>
</div>please feel free to fix or improve
many thanks to betarobot, nearlythere, and everyone else in the irc rooms
Slight Changes...
I got this working on a local install, but it took a few changes.
First, the variable names changed initially.
$myTeaser1became$myTeaseron this line:$myTeaser1 = drupal_substr($myTeaser, 0, 75) . '...';It should be
$myTeaser1and$myTeaser2throughout. Like this:<?php
$myTeaser1 = strip_tags($node->content['body']['#value']);
if (strlen($myTeaser1) > 75) {
$myTeaser1 = drupal_substr($myTeaser1, 0, 75) . '...';
}
$myTeaser2 = strip_tags($node->content['body']['#value']);
if (strlen($myTeaser2) > 150) {
$myTeaser2 = drupal_substr($myTeaser2, 0, 150) . '...';
}
?>
Also, the View name is incorrectly called by:
if ($current_view->name == 'someviewname')The correct call of the 'view' variable is:
if ($view->name == 'someviewname')(notice the drop of 'current')Like I said, this is only on a local/testing install. I'm currently running Drupal 6.4 with Views 6.x-2.0-rc1.
I'm using this to change the view of teaser lengths on 2 views on a frontpage. In the views setting, I've set each view to display 'Row style: Node' as opposed to "Fields."
The result on the frontpage is 1 "Feature" and 3 "Headlines" that follow. Now, each displays a different teaser length and works like a charm (so far). Anybody else have thoughts?
I need it soo bad, but it's
I need it soo bad, but it's not working for me,.. :( So, what is wrong with me? is it about the views parameters? I'm using Views 6.x-2.1
If i by pass the code, only replace the print $content with $myTeaser1 , it's work but the imagefield won't show up...
Thanks