Kimmtech » Ventrian News Articles Module http://technotes.kimmwiens.com technical tips and tricks Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:10:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Setting the number of characters in the Article display on Ventrian’s New Article module for DNN http://technotes.kimmwiens.com/2008/setting-the-number-of-characters-in-the-article-display-on-ventrians-new-article-module-for-dnn/ http://technotes.kimmwiens.com/2008/setting-the-number-of-characters-in-the-article-display-on-ventrians-new-article-module-for-dnn/#comments Thu, 06 Nov 2008 01:47:04 +0000 Kimm http://kimmtech.all-around-us.com/?p=142 If you aren’t happy with the small presentation area for articles on the listing.item.html template that shows the display for the main NA module.  Look for this code and change the [DETAILS:150] object to read the number of characters you want to display.  The default is 150.

<td class="articleTextCell">
     <span class="Normal">
                 [HASSUMMARY][SUMMARY][/HASSUMMARY][HASNOSUMMARY][DETAILS:150][/HASNOSUMMARY]
     </span>
</td>

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  • Create a page outside of the main website and install the News Article module.  For the purposes of this explanation the page is named “News Articles Main.”  Also install the Latest News, and Archive modules if you are using those.
  • Create categories that correspond to the pages where you want News Article capability, for instance “News”,  “Features”, etc.  Do this under Admin Options.  See 2nd screen shot below.
  • Create pages, “News”,  “Features”, etc.,  corresponding to the categories you’ve set up.
  • On each of these pages, add modules via the Use Existing Module radio buttons at the top of the Module area in the control panel.
    DNN Add Existing Module

    DNN Add Existing Module

  • Select the page “News Articles Main” from the Page: dropdown.
  • Choose the News Article Module from the Module: dropdown.
  • Click the Admin Options hyperlink on the second line last item of the text menu at the top of the module.

    Ventrian News Articles Admin Options

    Ventrian News Articles Admin Options

  • Click the Main Options button and go to the Filters section.  Set the filter for the page / category that you are working with.  For instance if you are setting up the “Features” page, set the filter to the “Features” category.  Only the articles created using the category “Features” will show up on this page after this step.
  • Repeat step 8  for the filters on Latest Articles, and Archives if you are using those modules as well.
  • Repeat steps 2 through 10 for each page / category you have created.
  • All articles will be created on the page “News Articles Main” which was created outside the site and will show up on the proper pages within the site based on the category they are assigned to.
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