tips and tricks for movable type
paginated dynamic index page with smarty
November 06, 2004
Brad gave me this Smarty code for paginating an index page (i.e., where you can have previous/next links with a certain number of entries per page).
Above the primary <MTEntries> container in your page, use something like this:
{{if $smarty.request.start > 0}}
<a href="?start={{$smarty.request.start-5}}">Previous</a>
{{/if}}
<MTEntries lastn="1" offset="`$smarty.request.start+5`">
{{if $smarty.request.start > 0}} | {{/if}}
<a href="?start={{$smarty.request.start+5}}">Next</a>
</MTEntries>
</p>
and then modify the primary <MTEntries> tag to look like this:
You can change 5 to the number of entries you want per page.
I really need to learn more about Smarty. Brad says there are a lot of neat things you can do with it, and Lord knows I haven't spent much time lately just doing "neat things". :p
(Which means don't bother asking me too many questions about this. I have no idea how the hell it works - I'm just documenting the code before I forget about it.)
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Comments
For this to work, I believe you also need lastn="5" in your <MTEntries>.
Has anyone else had any trouble getting this to work? I'm trying to get it working on my blog which publishes dynamically, but I haven't had any luck. The next link appears, but it doesn't move forward when clicked:
http://booizzy.com/archives/cat_technology_stuff.php
If anyone has any ideas, I'd really appreciate it.
Hi girlie,
I have installed mt 3.2 with dynamic template.
I have installed your instructions in category template and I got two problems:
1) It shows me all posts (13 posts), instead only the firts five;
2) If i do next I got the following error:
SQL/DB Error -- [You have an error in your SQL syntax. Check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'offset 5' at line 17]
Since I am not a pc programmer, could you help me to understand where I am wrong?
Thank you
raffaele
Italy