Hi,

I'm trying to create a number limited list of 'latest blog posts' in my side bar, that appears in all pages (Blog and non-blog) of a site. The listing is to have the blog title, a number limited synopsis of the content and a link.

However, it appears that I can't call $Content.LimitWordCountXML(10) directly... Instead, I have use use <% with Content %>$LimitWordCountXML(10)<% end_with %>.

Here is my code.

In Page_Controller - Page.php:

	function LatestPosts($postLimit=3) {
	   $latestPosts = null;
	   $blogHolderAvailable = BlogHolder::get();
	   
	   if ($blogHolderAvailable) {
		   $latestPosts = BlogEntry::get()->sort("Date", "ASC")->limit($postLimit);
	   }	  
	   return $latestPosts;
	}	  

Template Snippet - doesn't work

		<ul>
		<% loop $LatestPosts %>
			<li class="latestPostSynopsis">
				<h4>$MenuTitle</h4>
				<p>$Content.LimitWordCountXML(10)...</p>				
				<a href="$Link" title="<% _t('VIEWFULL', 'View full post titled -') %> '$Title'">Read More</a>
			</li>
		<% end_loop %>
		</ul>	

The above template outputs:

	<li>
		<h4>MyMenu1</h4>
		<p>This is the full blog content that has been output instead of being word limited to 10.LimitWordCountXML(10)...<p>
 		<a href="/blog1" title="Full blog1 title">Read More</a>
	</li>

When I replace $Content.LimitWordCountXML(10) with <% with Content %>$LimitWordCountXML(10)<% end_with %>, it works correctly.

Is it not possible to pass in parameters to a sub-property the way I have done it? Do I need to enter into the scope of the property ($Content) using <% with %>to call methods and pass parameters?

Thank you.
VWD.

In your template, try:

<p>{$Content.LimitWordCountXML(10)}...</p>

I wonder if it's picking up those extra dots after and that's what's throwing it.

You're right! Great suggestion! Surrounding the statement in curly braces got it working.

Thanks Kinglozzer.