dunc85,

what version of umbraco are you using? It seems you're combining old and new xml syntax in your xslt. Also, what's the error message?

Old syntax from your code snippet

<xsl:for-each select="umbraco.library:GetXmlNodeById($source)/node [string(data [@alias='umbracoNaviHide']) != '1']">

New syntax in your code snippet

<xsl:when test="current()/articlePhoto != ''">

Looking forward to your feedback.

Cheers,

/Dirk

Hi,

I'm on 4.0.3. The code is cobbled together from stuff I've found on the forum. I had originally used $currentPage.

The most detailed error message I can get is: Error parsing XSLT file: \xslt\ListNewsOnHomepage.xslt

Is there a way to get something more detailed?

A detailed err msg can be seen when appending ?umbdebugshowtrace=true to the url of the page, err msg will be in red.

If you're using a v4.0.3 version, you should NOT use the new xml schema which has only been introduced as from v4.5 onwards.

<ul class="newshome">
<xsl:for-each select="umbraco.library:GetXmlNodeById($source)/node [string(data [@alias='umbracoNaviHide']) != '1']">
<xsl:sort select="@updateDate" order="descending"/>
<xsl:if test="position() &lt;= $numberOfItems">    
<li>
        <a href="{umbraco.library:NiceUrl(@id)}">

<!-- If news item has an image, display that, otherwise display a placeholder -->
<xsl:choose>

<xsl:when test="./data [@alias = 'articlePhoto'] != ''">

    <xsl:variable name="articlePhoto" select="umbraco.library:GetMedia(./data [@alias = 'articlePhoto'], 'false')" />
    <img src="{$articlePhoto/umbracoFile}" />
</xsl:when>

<xsl:otherwise>
    <img src="/media/Assets/Placeholders/photo_placeholder.gif" alt="{@nodeName}" style="width:297px; height:145px;" />
</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
            <xsl:value-of select="@nodeName"/>
        </a>
<!-- Used to show a sample of the news item -->
<br />
<xsl:value-of select="umbraco.library:TruncateString(umbraco.library:StripHtml(./data [@alias = 'bodyText']), 150, '...')" />
    </li>
</xsl:if>
</xsl:for-each>
</ul>

Above snippet will get you closer to the solution (haven't verified the xslt...)

Cheers,

/Dirk

Hi,

thanks for your help so far. I already knew about the debug trace but for some reason it was not showing the detailed error.

The code you provided seems closer, but the src is blank, any ideas?

Brilliant, it works great now. Thanks so much.

Hello
I tried to use this code in Umbraco 6

For example:

 <ul class="newshome">
        <xsl:for-each select="umbraco.library:GetXmlNodeById($source)/node [string(data [@alias='umbracoNaviHide']) != '1']">
        <xsl:sort select="@updateDate" order="descending"/>
        <xsl:if test="position() &lt;= $numberOfItems">   
            <li>
            <a href="{umbraco.library:NiceUrl(@id)}">

                <!-- If news item has an image, display that, otherwise display a placeholder -->
                <xsl:choose>

                        <xsl:when test="./data [@alias = 'articlePhoto'] != ''">

                            <xsl:variable name="articlePhoto" select="umbraco.library:GetMedia(./data [@alias = 'articlePhoto'], 'false')" />
                            <img src="{$articlePhoto/data [@alias = 'umbracoFile']}" />
                        </xsl:when>

                        <xsl:otherwise>
                            <img src="/media/Assets/test.jpg" alt="{@nodeName}" style="width:429px; height:321px;" />                           
                        </xsl:otherwise>
                    </xsl:choose>
                <xsl:value-of select="@nodeName"/>
            </a>
                <!-- Used to show a sample of the news item -->
                <br />
                <xsl:value-of select="umbraco.library:TruncateString(umbraco.library:StripHtml(./data [@alias = 'bodyText']), 150, '...')" />
            </li>
        </xsl:if>
        </xsl:for-each>
    </ul>

But I have error

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Error occured

System.Xml.Xsl.XslLoadException: The variable or parameter 'source' is either not defined or it is out of scope. An error occurred at C:\Users\pc\Documents\My Web Sites\Umbraco test\xslt\635023252788121614_temp.xslt(29,3).
at System.Xml.Xsl.XslCompiledTransform.LoadInternal(Object stylesheet, XsltSettings settings, XmlResolver stylesheetResolver)
at System.Xml.Xsl.XslCompiledTransform.Load(XmlReader stylesheet, XsltSettings settings, XmlResolver stylesheetResolver)
at umbraco.presentation.webservices.codeEditorSave.SaveXslt(String fileName, String oldName, String fileContents, Boolean ignoreDebugging)

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Question is. How display the image of the news while displaying a list of news with Introduction in Umbraco 6?
Could you please help me...

Peter

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