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jjeremiah's avatar
jjeremiah
Expert
7 years ago

List blog posts from parent node

I have a community structure:

 

Category
        - Category Blog

        SubCat 1
        SubCat 2
        SubCat 3

 

Is there a simple way to add a component to the SubCats, that will list the latest blog posts from the Category Blog?

 

Thanks

 

 

 

 

  • peterlu's avatar
    peterlu
    7 years ago
    You can use API v2 to write a custom component to achieve that.
  • VikasB's avatar
    VikasB
    Boss
    7 years ago

    jjeremiah  I think OOTB component shows the latest post of their own and their nested child categories/boards but not from the parent or siblings. But you can go with a custom component approach to get it done.

    • AbhishekIlindra's avatar
      AbhishekIlindra
      Boss
      7 years ago

      jjeremiah : Did you check this Document.  Hope it will work.

       

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      Thanks & Regards,
      Abhishek Illindra

  • peterlu's avatar
    peterlu
    Champion
    7 years ago
    You can use API v2 to write a custom component to achieve that.
    • jjeremiah's avatar
      jjeremiah
      Expert
      7 years ago

      It always helps me to see the working code... when it's done...here's how I've implemented this custom component - which lists the 5 most recent blog posts.

      notes:

      1. The query is where the target blog is identified.... so the code is reusable in a different component with minimal changes.

      2. I've included the class model/structure in the bottom half, so that the component will pick up the CSS styling rules for our community.

       

      <#-- Blog teaser   v4-->
<#-- change the "board.id" in the query to focus on a different blog/board  -->
<#include "message-macros"/>
<#assign qry = "SELECT id, view_href, author.id, author.view_href, author.login, subject, teaser, body, post_time, post_time_friendly, conversation.style,  board.id, board.title, board.view_href, current_revision.last_edit_time FROM messages WHERE conversation.style = 'blog' AND board.id='sws-22'ORDER BY post_time DESC LIMIT 5" />
<#assign messages = executeLiQLQuery(qry) />
<#if messages?size gt 0>

<#assign brd = messages[0] />
<div class="lia-panel lia-panel-standard  custom-component-blogteaser">
	<div class="lia-decoration-border">
		<div class="lia-decoration-border-top">
			<div class="lia-decoration-border-content">
				<div class="lia-panel-heading-bar-wrapper">
					<div class= "lia-panel-heading-bar">
						<div class= "lia-panel-heading-bar-title">
							<h1> Recent blogs from:  &nbsp<a href="${getFieldValue(brd.board.view_href)}"> ${getFieldValue(brd.board.title)} </a> </h1>
							<hr /> 
						</div>
						<div class = "lia-panel-content-wrapper">
							<div class="lia-panel-content">
								<#list messages as msg>
								<a href="${getFieldValue(msg.view_href)}" target="_top">
							         <h3 style='display:inline'>-  ${getFieldValue(msg.subject)}  </h3></a>  <p style='display:inline'> &nbsp;&nbsp; By:   ${getFieldValue(msg.author.login)}</p>
								 	<hr /> 
								 </#list>
							</div>
						</div>
					</div>
				</div>
			</div>
		</div>
	</div>
</div>
</#if>

       

      Hope this helps someone else.

       

      John