Stefan, 

Thanks a lot for such a detailed reply. I always thought that I could use 
multiple lists in the same page but for whatever reason, it wasn't working for 
me. I'll check my code again to see what was I doing wrong. 

Speaking of questions, I have one more  :) (sorry, I'm just getting started 
with this stuff)

- Is it possible to have duplicate items in the list ? For example, I created a 
list of links that point to different pages of the website. Some of these links 
point to the same page (their title/headline is different) so when I do 
"connect to existing page" it only allows me to connect to that page once. 
After that if I repeat the process, it does not create the link. 

Is there a work around for this ?

Thanks



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From: Stefan Buchali <[email protected]>
To: RedDot CMS Users <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 3:15:02 AM
Subject: Re: Multiple list in same page


many questions ... :-)

there are two ways to use a list:
a) to simply create a link list
b) to transfer content from the linked pages to the page containing
the list

... well, a third way would be to combine them, but imo your task can
be solved with b.


So to give you some quick answers:

1) A content class can contain as many lists as you want. Just make
sure that every list is wrapped correctly by its own list block marks.
Using more than one list element within one list block mark will cause
an error, as the list block marks indicate that part of the code that
will be repeated for each page connected to the list. So there must be
a 1:1 relation. But you can use THE SAME list element between its list
block marks as often as you need.

2) You can use the same list element as often as you need on your
page, e.g. for first counting the entries via PreExecute (list block
1) and then for outputting them (list block 2). Just make sure that
every single purpose to use the list has its own list block marks as
explained above.

3) You can use other elements within a list block mark. This can
result in these two behaviours:
3a) If the element exists only in the page of the list, it will be
repeated just like the other code within the list block marks for
every entry of the list.
3b) If the element exists both in the page of the list and in the page
(s) connected to the list, and if the list is set to transfer
elements, then the content of each linked page will be displayed.


Hope that helps. But also think of using containers instead. It
depends on usability and publishing issues which of these is where
used best...


Regards,
Stefan


      
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