Frog CMS

Seems strange. I can get it to work as in this example:

<?php $last_articles = $this->children(array('limit'=>0, 'order'=>'page.created_on DESC')); ?>
<?php foreach ($last_articles as $article): ?>
<div id="blog_left">
<h3><?php echo $article->link($article->title); ?></h3>
<p>posted by <?php echo $article->author(); ?> on <?php echo $article->date(); ?></p>
</div>
<div id="blog_right">
<?php echo $article->content('introduction'); ?>
<a href="<?php echo BASE_URL ?>blog/<?php echo $article->slug(); ?>">Read more...</a>

</div>

<div id="clear"></div>
<?php endforeach; ?>

See this specific example at the hiddeninplainview site

Yeah seems to work ok in that form…

So if sidebar is otherwise empty, then you want this recent article listing?

Does Frog know where to find the children for your $last_articles variable? You could try this to replace the first three lines of your code:

<?php if (!$this->hasContent('sidebar')): ?>
<?php $last_articles = $this->find('/articles/'); ?>
<?php foreach ($last_articles->children(array('limit' => 10, 'order' => 'page.created_on DESC')) as $article): ?>

And cross your fingers. :) Might work … might not… One lives in hope.

Update: I just noticed you have 'limit'=>0,, whereas I have 'limit' => 10, …

… then show the article’s information, such as date published, author…

Ah, o.k. So not a list of recent articles, but just the “meta” for the current article? I think all you need for that, is to put this in the sidebar DIV of your layout:

<?php if (!$this->hasContent('sidebar')): ?>
<div class="full box">
<?php echo $this->link(); ?> posted by
<?php echo $this->author(); ?> on <?php echo $this->date(); ?>
</div>
<?php endif; ?>

Does that do it??

What version are you using Cpt-Jim?

I had the same problem when I was using 0.9.3, but it was fixed in 0.9.4 and I had to revert back to $this->author(). If you are using 0.9.3, I think I can find my solution in one of my old backup files.

EDIT: I found the backup. When I was using 0.9.3, I was using:

<?php echo $this->created_by_name; ?>

to display the author’s name. In 0.9.4, though, that line no longer works and I had to revert back to:

<?php echo $this->author(); ?>

Hope that works.

I’d upgrade. Just upload the new files to your server, then disable and re-enable your comment plugin. You’ll also need to run an INSERT on your database to insert the following values into your frog.settings table:

INSERT INTO setting (name, value) VALUES ('default_tab', '');
INSERT INTO setting (name, value) VALUES ('allow_html_title', 'off');

That’s it, you’ll be up to date with 0.9.4. I’m very happy with the changes from 0.9.3. I highly recommend the update.