Expression Engine: split entries into groups - content-management-system

Quick question: How can I output all entries from a given channel into groups of 4, like so:
<div class="entry_group">
<div class="entry" id="1"><span>{title}</span></div>
<div class="entry" id="2"><span>{title}</span></div>
<div class="entry" id="3"><span>{title}</span></div>
<div class="entry" id="4"><span>{title}</span></div>
</div>
<div class="entry_group">
<div class="entry" id="5"><span>{title}</span></div>
<div class="entry" id="6"><span>{title}</span></div>
<div class="entry" id="7"><span>{title}</span></div>
<div class="entry" id="8"><span>{title}</span></div>
</div>
Thanks in advance!

You can try using the Modulo Operator plugin to acheive this with any number of entries. Something like this:
{if count == "1"}
<div class="entry_group">
{/if}
{if '{exp:modulo dividend="{count}" divisor="4"}' == 0}
</div>
<div class="entry_group">
{/if}
<div class="entry" id="{count}"><span>{title}</span></div>
{if count == total_results}
</div>
{/if}
The plugin is for EE1 only, but converting a plugin from EE1 to EE2 is a breeze.

I found another, much simpler solution on the ExpressionEngine forums; while fairly basic I think it should accomplish the desired goal fairly easily: http://expressionengine.com/forums/viewthread/197240/#927740
The jist of it involves using the {switch} variable to optionally insert closing and opening tag pairs after every n group of entries, depending on how many blank spots you leave in the switch. In your case, the example would be something like this:
<div class="entry_group">
{exp:channel:entries}
<div class="entry" id="{switch='1|2|3|4'}"><span>{title}</span></div>
{switch='|||</div><div class="entry_group">'}
{exp:channel:entries}
</div>
The whitespace between the div and class=entry_group shouldn't cause any issues, but if it does you may want to use CSS to control the properties of the containers without having to put a class on them (e.g. .entry_list>div{... and .entry_list>div .entry{...

I did find a semi-solution on the Expression Engine forums, but it requires a limit on the total number of entries.

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AngularDart ngIf else

Does AngularDart support else blocks in ngIf? The best solution I can think of is ngSwitch:
<div [ngSwitch]="condition">
<foo *ngSwitchCase="true"/>
<bar *ngSwitchCase="false"/>
</div>
Doesn't seem very elegant though.
It's probably not the preferred way but I have been just using two opposite ngif lines.
<div *ngIf="condition">
<foo>
</div>
<div *ngIf="!condition">
<bar>
</div>

Functionality of data-sly-test for given example in image

Please find the below snippet. Can any one explain above functionality for the data-sly-test. How it will work condition here for image??
<div class="spon-image-container col-12 col-md-4">
<sly data-sly-test="${properties.fileReference}">
<img class="spon-_image" src="${properties.fileReference}"/>
</sly>
</div>
There are a few things to mention here. The gist of the code snippet is, that the <img> tag will only be rendered if {$properties.fileReference} is not empty.
Be aware, there is no sanity check involved here. data-sly-test won't check if the referenced file exists etc.
So assume that ${properties.fileReference} equals /content/dam/myImage.png. Then the resulting HTML would like this:
<div class="spon-image-container col-12 col-md-4">
<img class="spon-_image" src="/content/dam/myImage.png"/>
</div>
On the other hand, if the ${properties.fileReference} is empty (or null) you get the following HTML:
<div class="spon-image-container col-12 col-md-4">
</div>
Depending on your HTML/CSS/JS you might not want that to happen. So you could improve your code to include the data-sly-test statement in the <div> tag:
<div class="spon-image-container col-12 col-md-4" data-sly-test="${properties.fileReference}">
<img class="spon-_image" src="${properties.fileReference}"/>
</div>
This way, the <div> is only rendered, if a fileReference is set. But even if you still want the <div> to appear, your code can be improved by removing the <sly> element and adding the data-sly-test to the <img> tag:
<div class="spon-image-container col-12 col-md-4">
<img class="spon-_image"
src="${properties.fileReference}"
data-sly-test="${properties.fileReference}"/>
</div>
As mentioned in the specification, data-sly-test:
Keeps or removes the element depending on the attribute value.
For your case if fileReferece property evaluates to true (not null, not empty), it will render:
<div class="spon-image-container col-12 col-md-4">
<img class="spon-_image" src="....."/>
</div>
Note that the sly tag unwraps/removes itself, it's actually unnecessary here as the data-sly-test attribute could be moved to the img.
If fileReference evaluates to false, it will render:
<div class="spon-image-container col-12 col-md-4">
</div>
It basically checks if the current resource properties(i.e component properties) contain fileRefernce then it will add an image tag.

Remove ce-wrappers of fluid cObject

I masked(mask-extension) a couple of plug-ins. When the image is generated in the template, it is always wrapped in following divs:
<div id="c63" class="frame frame-default frame-type-image frame-layout-0">
<div class="ce-image ce-center ce-above">
<div class="ce-gallery" data-ce-columns="1" data-ce-images="1">
<div class="ce-outer">
<div class="ce-inner">
<div class="ce-row">
<div class="ce-column">
<figure class="image"><img class="image-embed-item"
src="fileadmin/user_upload/bla" width="975"
height="678" alt=""></figure>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
Is there any way to remove all those wrappers? I simply want to have the image.
Sidenotes:
1. f:image does not work, I cannot access the proper uid for it to show. (This is perhaps an issue with mask)
2. I cannot find the tt_content.stdWrap.innerWrap > in my typoScript, as I do not know where mask puts it. It is neither in the netup.ts nor in the NewContentElementWizard.ts
You need to overwrite the fluid_styled_content partial in Resources/Private/Partials/Media/Gallery.html.
How to overwrite, you can read here: https://docs.typo3.org/typo3cms/extensions/fluid_styled_content/8.7/Configuration/OverridingFluidTemplates/

Liftweb eager_eval and inserting html from db

I need to execute snippets like:
<div class="lift:firstSnippet.content?eager_eval=true">
<p>Some text</p>
<div class='lift:secondSnippet.showAddNewForm>'></div>
</div>
So in my template I have
<div class="lift:firstSnippet.content?eager_eval=true"></div>
FirstSnippet insert some html from db:
def content = "*" #> Unparsed(page.open_!.content.is)
That html looks like:
<p>Some text</p><div class='lift:secondSnippet.showAddNewForm>'></div>
But SecondSnippet doesnt execute. I also tried to use S.eagerEval(Unparsed(page.open_!.content.is))
but result is same. I can't figure out why.
I don't know if you copied your template code over or re-typed it, but there's a syntax error:
<div class="lift:firstSnippet.content?eager_eval=true">
<p>Some text</p>
<div class='lift:secondSnippet.showAddNewForm>'></div>
</div>
Note the > at the end of secondSnippet.showAddNewForm>
I think it should read:
<div class="lift:firstSnippet.content?eager_eval=true">
<p>Some text</p>
<div class='lift:secondSnippet.showAddNewForm'></div>
</div>
Please try that and see if it makes a difference.

How to handle Multiple DOM elements with iScroll (while using jQTouch)

I've my markups as
<div id="home" class="current">
<div class="header">iScroll</div>
<div class="wrapper">
<div id="scroller">
<ul id="thelist" class="plastic"><!-- li items --></ul>
</div>
</div>
<div class="footer">Footer</div>
</div>
<!-- Events Details -->
<div id="events">
<div class="header">iScroll</div>
<div class="wrapper">
<div id="scroller"> <!-- stuffsss --></div>
</div>
<div class="footer">Footer</div>
</div>
For iScroll (http://cubiq.org/iscroll) to work, I need the #scroller as ID (as per the javascript Code I'm using to initialize iScroll.
//for iScroll
var myScroll = new iScroll('scroller', {desktopCompatibility:true});
// Load iScroll when DOM content is ready.
document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', loaded, false);
But since I can't have two different elements with the same ID (please notice I've got two elements with same id scroller in my markup above), some conflicts are there and the iScroll isn't working properly.
I want to be able to implement the iScroll on the markup by changing the id as classes. I tried to change them into classes and see if it works but I couldnt get it right.
Can anyone help me change the codes so that it works by implementing classes instead of the the id??
Rob is right, but you can change your code to scroller classes as you said.
Then initialise your scrollers within unique wrappers like this:
var scroll1, scroll2;
function loaded() {
scroll1 = new iScroll('wrapper1');
scroll2 = new iScroll('wrapper2');
}
I'm not totally clear on what you are trying to achieve but if you want two parts of your page to scroll I would suggest changing the IDs to be unique and instantiate two iScrolls with the different IDs.
I am sure you have figured it out, but for other users still struggling with similar layout (multiple scrollers) and want to make them work. Here is the answer from other thread
https://stackoverflow.com/a/7584694/1232232
but for this to work you need to assign ID's to your classed (div containers)
like
<div id="home" class="current">
<div class="header">iScroll</div>
<div id="wrapper-1" class="scrollable">
<div class="scroller">
<ul class="thelist" class="plastic"><!-- li items --></ul>
</div>
</div>
<div class="footer">Footer</div>
</div>
<div id="home2" class="current">
<div class="header">iScroll</div>
<div id="wrapper-1" class="scrollable">
<div class="scroller">
<ul class="thelist" class="plastic"><!-- li items --></ul>
</div>
</div>
<div class="footer">Footer</div>
</div>
Note: Remember not to assign same ID to multiple elements, always use classes for that purpose.