Re: Newbie trouble with [url] & [foundItems]
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It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = Thanks John for your thoughtful reply. I will implement you suggestions and get back thanks!John Peacock wrote:> I can't see anything wrong with eventslist.tpl. It appears that the> [url] is not working for some reason. I am assuming that you copied the> code from the actual page, instead of retyping it. The first thing I> would do is to eliminate the [include] and see if anything changes. You> need to get a clean link statement (i.e. no Error: expected).>> A couple of suggestions about other aspects of your pages. I always> name my include files with an extension of .inc, so it is immediately> obvious that this is not a full page, either of HTML or WebDNA. Hence> I would use header2.inc instead of header2.htm. Secondly, in your> results page, eventscategory.tpl, you use [url][category][/url] in plain> text. The only times you want to use [url][field][/url] are:>> 1) when you are passing a field as part of a link> 2) when you are testing in [ShowIf] or [HideIf]>> Anytime when a field could contain spaces or special characters (|^~)> you need to wrap it with [url]. If you are just displaying the field> in text, you don't need/want it [url]ized.>> John Peacock>> Robert McPeak wrote:> >> > Hey Guys. Good morning. This one should be easy for you experts:) I> > think I'm overlooking something obvious.> >> > Here's my problem:> >> > When the user clicks on the link below the results page> > (eventscategory.tpl) comes back saying There are 0 items in Sport.> >> > The categories are Sport Psychology and Sport Management. The> > location line in the browser on the results page (eventscategory.tpl)> > reads:> > http://www.fitinfotech.com/eventcategory.tpl?cart=95745085613301&Category=Sport> > PsychologyError: Error: expected [/FOUNDITEMS], but found [/url]> > instead[/url]&startat=1> >> > Here's the eventslist.tpl page. All categories are pulled from events.db> > and appear correctly on this page.> >> > > > > >
ADD YOUR EVENT TO THE FIT DATABASE!> > [Include file=header2.htm]
> >> > [search db=events.db&gedatedata=0&categorysumm=t&ascategorysort=1]> >> > [founditems]> >
> href=eventcategory.tpl?cart=[cart]&category=[url][category][/url]&startat=1>[category]> >> > [/foundItems]> > [/search]> >> > This is my Results page: eventscategory.tpl> >> > > > > > > >
Results of Your Search for Conferences & Events in> > [category]> > > >> > [Include file=header2.htm]> >> > [search db=events.db&eqcategorydata=[category]&asdatesort=1]> >> >
There are [numFound] conferences & events in [url][category][/url]> > currently listed in the FIT database.
> >> > [foundItems]> >
> > > > Conference Name | | Date | Location | Reg.> > Deadline | > >
> > > > [description] | > > [/foundItems]> >> >
> >> > [/search]> >> > > > > >> > What am I doing wrong? Thanks.>> -------------------------------------------------------------> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to> the mailing list
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Thanks John for your thoughtful reply. I will implement you suggestions and get back thanks!John Peacock wrote:> I can't see anything wrong with eventslist.tpl. It appears that the> [url] is not working for some reason. I am assuming that you copied the> code from the actual page, instead of retyping it. The first thing I> would do is to eliminate the [include] and see if anything changes. You> need to get a clean link statement (i.e. no Error: expected).>> A couple of suggestions about other aspects of your pages. I always> name my include files with an extension of .inc, so it is immediately> obvious that this is not a full page, either of HTML or WebDNA. Hence> I would use header2.inc instead of header2.htm. Secondly, in your> results page, eventscategory.tpl, you use [url][category][/url] in plain> text. The only times you want to use [url][field][/url] are:>> 1) when you are passing a field as part of a link> 2) when you are testing in [showif] or [hideif]>> Anytime when a field could contain spaces or special characters (|^~)> you need to wrap it with [url]. If you are just displaying the field> in text, you don't need/want it [url]ized.>> John Peacock>> Robert McPeak wrote:> >> > Hey Guys. Good morning. This one should be easy for you experts:) I> > think I'm overlooking something obvious.> >> > Here's my problem:> >> > When the user clicks on the link below the results page> > (eventscategory.tpl) comes back saying There are 0 items in Sport.> >> > The categories are Sport Psychology and Sport Management. The> > location line in the browser on the results page (eventscategory.tpl)> > reads:> > http://www.fitinfotech.com/eventcategory.tpl?cart=95745085613301&Category=Sport> > PsychologyError: Error: expected [/FOUNDITEMS], but found [/url]> > instead[/url]&startat=1> >> > Here's the eventslist.tpl page. All categories are pulled from events.db> > and appear correctly on this page.> >> > > > > > ADD YOUR EVENT TO THE FIT DATABASE!> > [Include file=header2.htm]
> >> > [search db=events.db&gedatedata=0&categorysumm=t&ascategorysort=1]> >> > [founditems]> > > href=eventcategory.tpl?cart=[cart]&category=[url][category][/url]&startat=1>[category]
> >> > [/foundItems]> > [/search]> >> > This is my Results page: eventscategory.tpl> >> > > > > > > > Results of Your Search for Conferences & Events in> > [category]> > > >> > [Include file=header2.htm]> >> > [search db=events.db&eqcategorydata=[category]&asdatesort=1]> >> > There are [numFound] conferences & events in [url][category][/url]> > currently listed in the FIT database.
> >> > [founditems]> > > > > > Conference Name | | Date | Location | Reg.> > Deadline | > >
> > > > [description] | > > [/foundItems]> >> >
> >> > [/search]> >> > > > > >> > What am I doing wrong? Thanks.>> -------------------------------------------------------------> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to> the mailing list .> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to -------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to
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