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linkToAlbum
When you enable a photo gallery, you use the linkToAlbum tqTag for either of the following:
- To list the albums in a photo gallery
- To display search results among photo galleries
linkToAlbum - Syntax
<tqtag name="albums0" type="linkToAlbum" maxItems="4" [dynamicGrow] [pageSearchResults] >
...
</tqtag>
...
</tqtag>
linkToAlbum - Parameters
| Parameter Name | Type | Mandatory | Strict | Transitional | Case Sensitive | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| type | Text | + | S | + | must be linkToAlbum |
| name | Text | + | S | + | should be unique tqtag name in the template. no spaces/commas/single quote/double quotes allowed |
| title | Alpha Numeric | + | S | - | The title of the tqtag. This title will be presented only at the back-end system. no spaces/commas/single quote/double quotes allowed |
| dynamicGrow | - | T | + | dynamicGrow tells the system to copy the tqtag for each item retrieved maxItems numbers of times. | |
| maxItems | Number | - | S | The max number of albums to display in a page | |
| pageSearchResults | - | T | + | pageSearchResults is used to display the search results items |
linkToAlbum - Local Variables
| Name | Type | Size | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| addDate | datetime | The datetime the section was created or last modified. can be formated using 2009-01-09 12:30:18df:[format]! | |
| author | text | 1024 | The name of the person uploaded the album |
| authorEmail | text | 350 | The email of the album's author |
| description | text | 65535 | Gallery description |
| galleryID | number | 10 | Gallery database id |
| id | number | 12 | Glbum database id |
| image | text | 1024 | Default album image |
| lastPicDate | datetime | Date and time last picture uploaded (can be used like @lastPicDate@df:%d/%m/%Y! | |
| link | text | 1024 | Link to the album page |
| numOfPics | number | 6 | Number of active pictures in album |
| numViews | number | 6 | Number of time the album was viewed |
| title | text | 100 | Album Name |
linkToAlbum - Examples
Example 1 - basic use of linkToAlbum tqtag
<ul>
</ul>
Example 2 - using linkToAlbum tqtag for albums search results
<ul>
</ul>
Example 3 - using linkToAlbum with paging tqtag to divide list of albums into pages
<ul>
</ul>
<ul>
<tqtag name="albums0" type="linkToAlbum" maxItems="4" dynamicGrow >
<li>
<div><a href="@link@">@title@</a></div>
<img src="@image@" alt="" />
<div>@numFiles@ files</div>
<div>@description@ <a href="@link@">view album</a></div>
</li>
</tqtag>
<li>
<div><a href="@link@">@title@</a></div>
<img src="@image@" alt="" />
<div>@numFiles@ files</div>
<div>@description@ <a href="@link@">view album</a></div>
</li>
</tqtag>
</ul>
Example 2 - using linkToAlbum tqtag for albums search results
<ul>
<tqtag name="albums0" type="linkToAlbum" maxItems="4" dynamicGrow pageSearchResults >
<li>
<div><a href="@link@">@title@</a></div>
<img src="@image@" alt="" />
<div>@description@<a href="@link@">View album</a></div>
</li>
</tqtag>
<li>
<div><a href="@link@">@title@</a></div>
<img src="@image@" alt="" />
<div>@description@<a href="@link@">View album</a></div>
</li>
</tqtag>
</ul>
Example 3 - using linkToAlbum with paging tqtag to divide list of albums into pages
<tqtag name="paging0" type="paging" pagingTag="albums0" >
<tqoption type="galleryInfo" alternative0="">{!<h2>total of @numOfAlbums@ albums in @numberOfPages@ pages</h2>!}0</tqoption>
<div>
<tqoption type="prevAlbumPage" alternative0="">{!<a href="@prevItemLink@" class="prevArr"></a>!}0</tqoption>
<tqoption type="albumsListOfPages" pagesBeforeCurrent="7" pagesAfterCurrent="8" alternative0="">{!<a href="@linkToPageNumber@" class="c@position@">@pageNumber@</a>!}0</tqoption>
<tqoption type="nextAlbumPage" alternative0="">{!<a href="@nextItemLink@" class="nextArr">!}0</tqoption></a>
</div>
</tqtag>
<tqoption type="galleryInfo" alternative0="">{!<h2>total of @numOfAlbums@ albums in @numberOfPages@ pages</h2>!}0</tqoption>
<div>
<tqoption type="prevAlbumPage" alternative0="">{!<a href="@prevItemLink@" class="prevArr"></a>!}0</tqoption>
<tqoption type="albumsListOfPages" pagesBeforeCurrent="7" pagesAfterCurrent="8" alternative0="">{!<a href="@linkToPageNumber@" class="c@position@">@pageNumber@</a>!}0</tqoption>
<tqoption type="nextAlbumPage" alternative0="">{!<a href="@nextItemLink@" class="nextArr">!}0</tqoption></a>
</div>
</tqtag>
<ul>
<tqtag name="albums0" type="linkToAlbum" maxItems="4" dynamicGrow pageSearchResults >
<li>
<div><a href="@link@">@title@</a></div>
<img src="@image@" alt="" />
<div>@description@<a href="@link@">View album</a></div>
</li>
</tqtag>
<li>
<div><a href="@link@">@title@</a></div>
<img src="@image@" alt="" />
<div>@description@<a href="@link@">View album</a></div>
</li>
</tqtag>
</ul>
linkToAlbum - tqOptions
Within the linkToAlbum tqtag you can use the following tqoptions: head, if, lastItemInRow, tail.
Related tqoptions used in other tqtags: albumsListOfPages, galleryInfo, nextAlbumPage, prevAlbumPage.
Related tqoptions used in other tqtags: albumsListOfPages, galleryInfo, nextAlbumPage, prevAlbumPage.
linkToAlbum - Templates
The templates below implement this tqTag. After you click a link, use your browser commands to view the page source.
