News

Archive by month — news.archive

Months that have entries, with the number of entries. Kind: list for your own markup; works on any page.

Inside the list: {item.title} {item.url} {item.count}.

Example:

[each:list:news_archive:limit:12]
  <a href="{item.url}">{item.title}</a> ({item.count})
[/each]

"Archive" block — news.archive_box

Ready archive-by-month block. Kind: block; works on any page.

Example:

{block:news.archive_box}

Calendar block — news.calendar_box

Month calendar: days with posts link to that day's archive; the month follows the archive page, elsewhere it is the latest month with posts. Empty if the calendar is off in News → Settings. Kind: block; works on any page.

Example:

{block:news.calendar_box}

Categories as a tree — news.categories

Categories with entry counts, nesting level and a mark for the current one. Kind: list for your own markup; works on any page.

Inside the list: {item.title} {item.url} {item.count} {item.active} {item.level} {item.parent} {item.id} {item.has_children} {item.description} {item.icon} {item.count_text}.

Example:

[each:list:news_categories]
  <a href="{item.url}" class="l{item.level}">{item.title}</a> {item.count}
[/each]

Latest comments — news.comments

Fresh comments on entries (a password-protected entry is not shown). Kind: list for your own markup; works on any page.

Inside the list: {item.name} {item.text} {item.url} {item.date} {item.title} {item.avatar}.

Example:

[each:list:news_comments:limit:5]
  <b>{item.name}</b>: {item.text} — <a href="{item.url}">{item.title}</a>
[/each]

Number — news.count

The number of entries, comments or people for all time, a day, a week or a month. Kind: number or text; works on any page.

Example:

Posts this week: {block:news.count what=news period=week}

"Feed" block — news.feed_box

Ready block with a short list of entries. Kind: block; works on any page.

Example:

{block:news.feed_box}

Entries with a filter — news.latest

A list of entries for your own markup: by category, author, tag, last N days, with order and count. Kind: list for your own markup; works on any page.

Inside the list: {item.id} {item.title} {item.url} {item.excerpt} {item.date} {item.cover} {item.cover_large} {item.category} {item.category_url} {item.by} {item.views} {item.rating} {item.rating_count} {item.comments} {item.pinned} {item.locked} {item.first}.

Example:

[each:list:news_latest:cat:3:sort:views:limit:5]
  <a href="{item.url}">{item.title}</a> <small>{item.date}</small>
[/each]

"Latest news" block — news.latest_box

Ready sidebar block: the latest entries. Kind: block; works on any page.

Example:

{block:news.latest_box}

Letters of the A–Z catalog — news.letters

A strip of letters (and digits) for the A–Z catalog: each has an anchor address on the catalog page and a post count. For your own layout of the strip above a list. Kind: list for your own markup; works on any page.

Inside the list: {item.letter} {item.url} {item.count} {item.title}.

Example:

[each:list:news_letters]
  <a href="{item.url}" title="{item.count}">{item.letter}</a>
[/each]

RSS button — news.rss

A link to the RSS feed (if the feed is on). Kind: button; works on any page.

Example:

{block:news.rss}

"Suggest an entry" button — news.suggest

A link to the form for suggesting an entry (if it is on). Kind: button; works on any page.

Example:

{block:news.suggest}

Tag cloud — news.tags

Tags with entry counts and a weight of 1–5 (for font size). Kind: list for your own markup; works on any page.

Inside the list: {item.title} {item.url} {item.count} {item.weight}.

Example:

[each:list:news_tags:limit:30]
  <a href="{item.url}" class="w{item.weight}">{item.title}</a>
[/each]