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Template parameters and expressions
Posted 31 Jan 2007 00:39:50
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31 Jan 2007 00:39:50 Trent Claus posted:
Hello,I am trying to create previous / next buttons on my site using template parameters.
For instance:
In the <head> section I have the parameters set as:
<!-- TemplateParam name="book_name" type="text" value="gunslinger" -->
<!-- TemplateParam name="book_num" type="number" value="1" -->
And in the correct location within the <body> of the template page, I have the expressions entered as:
<a href="@@(book_name + (book_num + 1) + '.htm')@@">NEXT</a>
<a href="@@(book_name + (book_num - 1) + '.htm')@@">PREV</a>
So, on the page gunslinger001.htm the NEXT link shows as:
<a href="gunslinger2.htm">NEXT</a>
The problem is that the resulting <a href> points to a non-existant file because in the addition process it changed from gunslinger001.htm to gunslinger2.htm instead of gunslinger002.htm.
What I need is a way to get the resulting <a href> to include the placeholding 0's.
I am not a programmer (in fact it has taken me many hours to even get this far), but I would think it would be possible to add 'if' statements so that 'if' the parameter book_num is less than 10, it includes two 0's. Likewise, if the book_num parameter value is greater than 9 and less than 100, it would include one 0. Just an idea.
Does anyone have any solutions or ideas?
Thanks!
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Replied 01 Feb 2007 02:35:29
01 Feb 2007 02:35:29 Trent Claus replied:
I've looked everywhere for an answer but have yet to find anything. Anyone have any suggestions?
Edited by - Lobstrosity on 01 Feb 2007 06:45:07
Edited by - Lobstrosity on 01 Feb 2007 06:45:07