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contentSorting
The contentSorting tqTag enables site visitors to modify the default content-sort specified by a tqAdmin.
contentSorting - Syntax
<tqtag name="contentSorting1" type="contentSorting" title="sort your content" contentTag="content0" >
...
</tqtag>
...
</tqtag>
contentSorting - Parameters
| Parameter Name | Type | Mandatory | Strict | Transitional | Case Sensitive | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| type | Text | + | S | + | must be contentSorting |
| 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 |
| contentTag | Alpha Numeric | + | S | + | tells the system which content tag in the page to sort. you can have multiple contentSorting tags in one page where each one can sort a different content tag. |
contentSorting - Local Variables
| Name | Type | Size | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| contentLocalVariable->currDirectionImage | text | The img file name represents the current direction of the localVariable sort direction (ASC.gif or DESC.gif) | |
| contentLocalVariable->oppositeDirectionImage | text | The img file name represents the opposite direction of the localVariable sort direction (ASC.gif or DESC.gif) | |
| contentLocalVariable->linkToCurrDirection | text | Url to sort the content by the localVariable in the current localVariable sort direction | |
| contentLocalVariable->linkToOppositeDirection | text | Url to sort the content by the localVariable in opposite to the localVariable sort direction | |
| contentLocalVariable->linkToASCDirection | text | Url to sort the localVariable in ascending direction | |
| contentLocalVariable->linkToDESCDirection | text | Url to sort the localVariable in descending direction | |
| contentLocalVariable->ascImage | text | ASC.gif | |
| contentLocalVariable->descImage | text | DESC.gif |
contentSorting - Examples
Example 1 - contentSorting tqtag example which shows table row with buttons to sort data in various ways
live example of this page can be found in template 359.
<tr>
live example of this page can be found in template 359.
<tr>
<tqtag name="contentSorting1" type="contentSorting" title="sort your content" contentTag="content0" >
<th>item # <a href="@id->linkToOppositeDirection@"><img src="images/@id->currDirectionImage@.gif" alt="down" /></a></th>
<th>ite,m title <a href="@title->linkToOppositeDirection@"><img src="images/@title->currDirectionImage@.gif" alt="down" /></a></th>
<th> creation date <a href="@addDate->linkToOppositeDirection@"><img src="images/@addDate->currDirectionImage@.gif" alt="Up" /></a></th>
<th> author name<a href="@author->linkToASCDirection@"><img src="images/@author->ascImage@.gif" alt="up" /></a><a href="@author->linkToDESCDirection@"><img src="images/@author->descImage@.gif" alt="down" /></a></th>
<th> </th>
</tqtag>
</tr><th>item # <a href="@id->linkToOppositeDirection@"><img src="images/@id->currDirectionImage@.gif" alt="down" /></a></th>
<th>ite,m title <a href="@title->linkToOppositeDirection@"><img src="images/@title->currDirectionImage@.gif" alt="down" /></a></th>
<th> creation date <a href="@addDate->linkToOppositeDirection@"><img src="images/@addDate->currDirectionImage@.gif" alt="Up" /></a></th>
<th> author name<a href="@author->linkToASCDirection@"><img src="images/@author->ascImage@.gif" alt="up" /></a><a href="@author->linkToDESCDirection@"><img src="images/@author->descImage@.gif" alt="down" /></a></th>
<th> </th>
</tqtag>
contentSorting - tqOptions
There are no tqOptions availiable for this tqtag.
contentSorting - Templates
The templates below implement this tqTag. After you click a link, use your browser commands to view the page source.
