Re: Newbie trouble with [url] & [foundItems]

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2000


It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = John --I tried your suggestions (except for the .inc vs. .htm for includes -- later) but still no luck. Why wouldn't the [url] context work? It works fine on my other pages?Any other ideas?Robert McPeak wrote:> 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] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [/foundItems] > > > > > >
Conference NameDateLocationReg. > > > Deadline
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> > > > > > [/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 ------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Newbie trouble with [url] & [foundItems] (Robert McPeak 2000)
  2. Re: Newbie trouble with [url] & [foundItems] (Robert McPeak 2000)
  3. Re: Newbie trouble with [url] & [foundItems] (Glenn Busbin 2000)
  4. Re: Newbie trouble with [url] & [foundItems] (John Peacock 2000)
  5. Re: Newbie trouble with [url] & [foundItems] (Glenn Busbin 2000)
  6. Newbie trouble with [url] & [foundItems] (Robert McPeak 2000)
John --I tried your suggestions (except for the .inc vs. .htm for includes -- later) but still no luck. Why wouldn't the [url] context work? It works fine on my other pages?Any other ideas?Robert McPeak wrote:> 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] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [/foundItems] > > > > > >
Conference NameDateLocationReg. > > > Deadline
[description]
> > > > > > [/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 ------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Robert McPeak

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