Ok, I got it to work with the code below. How would I be able to sort the output using the "sort" dropdown within Umbraco's web interface? e.g. right click on the News Article node and select "sort"

<xsl:if test="count($articleNode/NewsArticle[selectedArticle=1]) &gt; 0">

<div class="block-gallery">
    <img class="logo" src="/media/870076/r_logo.png"/>
 <ul class="galery">
     <xsl:for-each select="$articleNode/descendant::NewsArticle[selectedArticle = 1]">
   <xsl:sort select="publicationDate" order="descending" />
     <xsl:if test="position() &lt;=12">
       <xsl:apply-templates select="." />
     </xsl:if>
   </xsl:for-each>

Hi Steve,

The code you've used is mixing the two schemas - here's a tidied version using a variable to avoid duplicated XPaths (the path you use in the if statement should be the same you use in the for-each, otherwise you can easily get unexpected results):

<xsl:variable name="selectedArticles" select="$articleNode/NewsArticle[selectedArticle = 1]" />

<xsl:if test="$selectedArticles">
    <div class="block-gallery">
        <img class="logo" src="/media/870076/r_logo.png" />
        <ul class="galery">
            <xsl:for-each select="$selectedArticles">
                <xsl:sort select="publicationDate" order="descending" />
                <xsl:if test="position() <= 12">
                    <xsl:apply-templates select="." />
                </xsl:if>
            </xsl:for-each>
        </ul>
    </div>
</xsl:if>

/Chriztian

EDIT: I see you found the schema-bug in the original if statement - that's what I was referring to; Apparently I was writing this while you were posting the second question :-)

Steve,

I'm not sure what you mean regarding the sort thing - could you elaborate? Do you want to sort the nodes in the backoffice?

/Chriztian

Chriztian,

Thanks, but I need the descendants of the NewsCategory[3]. Sorry, I didn't include that in my previous messages. And never mind the sorting- figured it out.

<xsl:variable name="articleNode" select="$siteRoot/NewsHome/NewsCategory[3]" />



<xsl:if test="count($articleNode/NewsArticle[selectedArticle=1]) &gt; 0">

<div class="block-gallery">
    <img class="logo" src="/media/870076/r_logo.png"/>
 <ul class="galery">
     <xsl:for-each select="$articleNode/descendant::NewsArticle[selectedArticle = 1]">
<!--   <xsl:sort select="publicationDate" order="descending" /> -->
     <xsl:if test="position() &lt;=12">
       <xsl:apply-templates select="." />
     </xsl:if>
   </xsl:for-each> 

Okay - no worries:-)

You should still create a variable for the nodes - because what you're doing now can give you unexpected results; In the if statement you're checking if any of the children have the selectedArticle property checked, but then in the for-each, you're using the descendant:: axis - to avoid having to remember to duplicate the XPath, put it in a variable straight away.

The bonus to that is also that you can perform a simple boolean test on that variable (which is in fact a nodeset - even if it's an empty one) to test whether there's any nodes - an empty nodeset will return false().

So (the double-slash // is a shortcut for descendant::):

<xsl:variable name="selectedArticles" select="$articleNode//NewsArticle[selectedArticle = 1]" />

<xsl:if test="$selectedArticles">
    <div class="block-gallery">
        <img class="logo" src="/media/870076/r_logo.png" />
        <ul class="galery">
            <xsl:for-each select="$selectedArticles">
                <xsl:if test="position() &lt;= 12">
                    <xsl:apply-templates select="." />
                </xsl:if>
            </xsl:for-each>
        </ul>
    </div>
</xsl:if>

BTW: If you're sorting them manually in the backoffice, you can skip the for-each and just apply templates directly using the same position predicate:

<xsl:if test="$selectedArticles">
    <div class="block-gallery">
        <img class="logo" src="/media/870076/r_logo.png" />
        <ul class="galery">
            <xsl:apply-templates select="$selectedArticles[position() &lt;= 12]" />
        </ul>
    </div>
</xsl:if>

/Chriztian

Cool! Here is what I've got now, and it seems to be working! Thanks Chriztian!

<xsl:if test="$selectedArticles">

<div class="block-gallery">
    <img class="logo" src="/media/870076/r_logo.png"/>
 <ul class="galery">
     <xsl:for-each select="$selectedArticles">
<!--   <xsl:sort select="publicationDate" order="descending" /> -->
     <xsl:if test="position() &lt;=12">
       <xsl:apply-templates select="." />
     </xsl:if>
   </xsl:for-each>

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