Connected File / {{logentrylist}} Problem

[scottlindberg]

I just updated to v1.8.2 and a significant problem have arisen with my connected files as far as the {{logentrylist}} variable is concerned.

Each author on my site has been given a page of their own that lists only posts made by them. I'm using the variable syntax {{logentrylist author}} to denote where the list of their entries should be placed (where "author" is replaced by the author's username). The problem is the {{logentrylist}} variable isn't generating a list.

- the connected files are properly chmod'ed.
- both Entry List Link Template templates are filled out correctly.
- other variables used on the connected pages work just fine.
- the exact same method worked fine when I had v1.3.1 installed.

As an example, I have an author named "Acton Bjorn" who has their own page (http://www.sllab.net/arslonga/designers/actonbjorn.html). In the right column on that page, under the heading "by this designer" I've inserted the variable {{logentrylist Acton Bjorn}} ... but yet the author's posts are not generating when the connected files are rebuilt. The files are rebuilding correctly, but the logentrylist is blank.

I'm wondering if this is a bug in regards to a space being used in the author's name? I've tried inserting the html entity for space and non-breaking space into the name in the variable (see code examples below), but then then the gm variable itself shows up as text on the page.

{{logentrylist Acton Bjorn}}
{{logentrylist Acton Bjorn}}

If anyone has any ideas for me to try so I can get this to work, I'd greatly appreciate it. I'd hate to have to revert to the earlier version of Greymatter I was using (v1.3.1), but this is a vital element of my site, and I need to get it working.

Thanks in advance for your help!
Scott

[scottlindberg]

I've determined that the error isn't due to the author's name having a space, but am still grasping at straws as to why {{logentrylist AuthorName}} isn't generating my list of entries. Am I correct that the logentrylist variable takes it's data from the Entry List Link Template: Standard and Entry List Link Template: Extended in the Miscellaneous Templates section? Is anything else required to make logentrylist work? My entry list link templates are below (the standard and extended lists are the same) ...

<div class="item">
<div class="findsimage">
<a href="{{pagelink}}" title="{{entrysubject}}. {{author}} {{entrymusic}}"><img src="/images/{{yearyear}}/{{entrysubject}}tn.jpg" alt="{{entrysubject}}. {{author}} {{entrymusic}}" width="100" height="100"></a>
</div>
<div class="findstext">
<p>
<strong><a href="{{pagelink}}" title="{{entrysubject}}. {{author}} {{entrymusic}}">{{entrysubject}}</a>. {{author}}</strong><br>
{{entrymusic}}<br>
<span class="datefound">Found on {{monthword}} {{dayday}}, {{yearyear}}</span>
</p>
</div>
<div style="clear: both;"></div>
</div>


Thanks. Any help at all would be greatly appreciated.

[scottlindberg]

So I've done some additional testing and narrowed the potential cause of my problems down a little bit further ...

First I replaced {{logentrylist AuthorName}} in my connected file with just {{logentrylist}} and it resulted as expected, listing all the entries posted to the site.

Next I used {{logentrylist number}} and it too worked fine, listing 7 most recent entries (since that's the number I've specified in the configuration).

Finally I used {{logentrylist month}} and it posted all articles written in August ... including August of this year, August of last year, August of the year before, and so on. I believe this to be a bug, per the description in the manual that it should list "the entries only for the most recent month."

I've also tried all three of the above tests using a page that's generated completely within Greymatter -- the Archive Master Index template, since I do not use this page on the site. These test produced the exact same results as above. This shows that this isn't a connected page problem, and it's likely an issue with {{logentrylist AuthorName}}. Could any of you GM experts verify that using the author's name to delimit the {{logentrylist}} variable isn't performing as intended in GM v1.8.2? Could this be a bug in the software? If so, is anyone able to fix it??

Again, any help at all would be greatly appreciated.

[scottlindberg]

Here's an interesting observation on this problem ...

{{logshortentrylist Author}} isn't working either ... but {{logmoreentrylist Author}} is. Could this help sort things out?

[Carlos Phelps]

Scott,

I have started looking at this, it may take me a few day to find the problem. Yes, your last observation will help.

Thanks you for all your digging.

[scottlindberg]

Hey Carlos. Just wondering if you've made any progress with this yet? If there's anything I can be doing to help, please let me know. Thanks again!
Scott

[Carlos Phelps]

Sorry for the slow reply, but I have been busy at work lately. I think I have found the location of the problem you are having, but I do not have a correction, yet. Will be looking at it this weekend.

[petefinnigan]

Hi Scott, Carlos,

I have had a quick look at this issue this evening and found the bug. The problem is in the Gm_Core::generateEntryLogListAuthor function. Inside the loop that processes the entries to return the list for the current author for substitution there was a scoping issue with a variable $listsubsub - the variable was defined inside an IF and ELSE block so that the short and more versions would work but not the main variable {{logentrylist}} as it used the same variable outside the IF/ELSE. The variable outside the IF/ELSE is not the same as inside so it has no contents.

I have fixed the issue by defining the variable at the top of the function and removed the "my" from it in three places below so that the IF/ELSE and also outside the function now all use the same variable and hence the same data.

As there are a number of edits I have modified a Gm_Core.pm file from the cgi-bin\libs directory and I have uploaded a modified version to my site at web.petefinnigan.com/greymatter_mods.htm - have a look at the section titled "1.8.2 - Loglistentry author issue" - from there you can download the new Gm_core.pm (rename it from Gm_core.pm.txt and copy it to the libs directory. I also created a quick demo to test all three variables with number, month, author and none in a linked page. This is linked from the same page and also the template is shown.

Hope this helps, any questions let me know

cheers

Pete

[Carlos Phelps]

Good job, Pete.