I have some document type called Authors (containing Name, Email, Image, etc.) and another doc type called Posts and what I'd like to be able to do is when someone is creating a Post I'd like them to be able to select an Author based upon the Author Content Nodes.
Is that even possible? And if so could anybody help!?!?!?
But, a question - is the author, the person entering the post?
If so the property already exists as in the username (cant remember if it is author or createdBy!!). You can just call that property in your template.
If it is an Admin person entering a post on behalf of the author you can create the authors in the user area , then dropdown box data-type filled with the authors.
Hope that gives a direction without a lot of explanation.
You my friends are a pair of international superstars!
I've gone for the xPath solution (as hooking into the users section opens up all of the users and only certain ones apply). Now I've got to display certain data from the Author content on the actual page......
Populate a dropdown from content nodes
Hi,
Totally stuck here!!
I have some document type called Authors (containing Name, Email, Image, etc.) and another doc type called Posts and what I'd like to be able to do is when someone is creating a Post I'd like them to be able to select an Author based upon the Author Content Nodes.
Is that even possible? And if so could anybody help!?!?!?
Thanks,
Craig
Hi Craig,
You could use the XPath DropDownList datatype, configuring it's XPath to be: //Author
HTH,
Hendy
Hi Craig
Yes, possible.
But, a question - is the author, the person entering the post?
If so the property already exists as in the username (cant remember if it is author or createdBy!!). You can just call that property in your template.
If it is an Admin person entering a post on behalf of the author you can create the authors in the user area , then dropdown box data-type filled with the authors.
Hope that gives a direction without a lot of explanation.
Regards
Gary
You my friends are a pair of international superstars!
I've gone for the xPath solution (as hooking into the users section opens up all of the users and only certain ones apply). Now I've got to display certain data from the Author content on the actual page......
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