Hi I would like to have an if statement in the template that check the Childrens LastEdit date is less than 10 days ago to display a latest graphic. I dont think I will be able to do this inside of the template but how would I get the children in the controller.

Thanks Ben

Thanks I managed to intercept the children in the controller but what am I doing wrong to access the LastEdited? Is there a way in Silverstripe to print all of the variables being sent to th page?

Thanks again Ben

public function Websites(){

    $websites = $this->Children();
   
    if(!$websites) return null;
   
      $date = $websites->LastEdited();
      
      
    $websites->sort('LastEdited', 'DESC');

    return $websites;
   }

Hi thanks for the help. Although I doesnt seem to be getting to the getIsRecent function.

This is what I have in my template:
<% control Children %>
   <li>
      <a href="$Link" title="Go to: $Title.XML Portfolio Webpage" class="webbrowseImage">
      <% control Images %>
         $Attachment.SetWidth(407)
      <% end_control %></a>
      <h3><a href="$Link" title="Learn more about: $Title.XML">$Title.XML</a></h3>
      <p>$Content.LimitWordCountXML(15)<a href="$Link" title="Read more: $Title.XML">More</a></p>
      <a href="$Link" title="Go to: $Title.XML Portfolio Webpage" class="button">More</a>
      
      <% if IsRecent %><div class="recentsite"></div><% end_if %>
   </li>
<% end_control %>

And in the PHP page
<?php
class WebsitesBrowse extends Page {
   static $db = array();

   static $default_child = 'WebsitePage';
   
   static $allowed_children = array(
      'WebsitePage' => 'WebsitePage'
   );
   
   static $has_many = array(
      'WebsitePage' => 'WebsitePage'
   );
   
   static $singular_name = 'Website Overview';
   static $plural_name = 'Websites Overview';
   
   static $icon = "cms/images/treeicons/web";
   
   public function getCMSFields(){
    $fields = parent::getCMSFields();
    $fields->removeFieldFromTab("Root.Content.Main", "Content");
    return $fields;
   }

}

class WebsitesBrowse_Controller extends Page_Controller {
   
   function getIsRecent() {
      return strtotime($this->LastEdited) > strtotime('-10 days');
   }

}

Getting somewhere now it returns true for every child even after I change the LastEdit in the sitetree of the database.

I ran the following die to test the variables
die('LastEdit=' . strtotime($this->LastEdited) . '<br />-10days=' . strtotime('-10 days'));   

LastEdit=1284830332
-10days=1284032978

Database sitetree.LastEdited = 2010-12-08 08:18:45

Sorry about the dumb questions I am starting to get more adventurous with sivlerstripe
Thanks BEn