[sched-news] attributes for a news feed
Customise the appearance of an old visual editor news feed using attributes in the [sched-news] tag. If the attribute is omitted, the default value is used. For example:
[sched-news num=3 showthumbnails=true tags='Postgraduate,Publications,Research seminars']/fac/soc/dept/news[/sched-news]
| Attribute | Possible values | Default value | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
expandstories |
all number |
(empty) | Show abstract of all or the first n stories beneath their respective headlines. |
expandtopstory |
true false |
false |
Show abstract of the most recent news item beneath its headline. |
groupbydate |
true false |
false |
When multiple news items have the same publication date, show the date once followed by the grouped news items. |
link |
true false |
true |
The news headline links to the full item. |
num |
Number | 5 |
The maximum number of news items to display. |
regex |
Regular expression | (empty) | If this attribute is used, the first grouping in the regular expression is the value that is displayed. Any square brackets in the expression must be escaped with a backslash. |
showdates |
true false |
true |
Show the news item's publication date. |
showsource |
true false |
false |
For news items from a composite news page, show the items' source website in the feed. |
showtags |
true false |
false |
Show tags associated with a news item. |
showthumbnails |
true false |
false |
Show thumbnail image alongside each news item. |
spaceafterdate |
true false |
true |
Add an extra line break between the date and the item(s) published on that date. |
tags |
Comma-separated list of tags | (empty) | Only show news items that have one or more of the specified tags. |
truncatestory |
number | (empty) | Maximum number of characters to display for each news item's abstract. |
truncatetitle |
number | (empty) | Maximum number of characters to display for each headline. |