Modifying news_short to include banners every n posts

**welsalex** · 08/29/2011, 21:09

Hello

I'm stuck trying to figure out how I can modify news_short to have a counter or something so I can have it insert an ad banner every n posts. I got stuck trying to figure out what controls the news_short looping each time which is probably where I want to throw the code in for the counter variable. Help appreciated!

**Ruud** · 08/30/2011, 08:23

I looked at news_short, it does not contain any loops. Isn't this the template for a single item? Try looking at mod_newslist insted. It loops articles, so inserting something every x articles would be possible. Be cautious though, I hardly ever use that module myself, so fairly unsure how it operates.

**arvidvandenbrink** · 08/30/2011, 09:14

Wanted the same behaviour on my side. After every third news item I wanted a banner.

I solved this by creating a single front end module for the banners and creating 5 front end modules for the news items. The news modules or configured to skip the first 0, 3, 6, 9 or 12 news items and only show 3 items.

After this I placed these front end modules in the page layout in the correct order (see attachment)

This worked for me...

**Medianomaly** · 08/30/2011, 15:56

Not a bad solution, actually...

It also looks like there is a $this->count that you can use inside your news_short template (starts with "1")...

Code:

<?php if (!$this->count % 4): ?>
    
<?php else: ?>
    
<?php endif; ?>

**Ruud** · 08/31/2011, 22:05

Originally Posted by Medianomaly

Not a bad solution, actually...

It also looks like there is a $this->count that you can use inside your news_short template (starts with "1")...

Code:

<?php if (!$this->count % 4): ?>
    
<?php else: ?>
    
<?php endif; ?>

Should be like this, otherwise one news item is skipped, right?

Code:

<?php if (!$this->count % 4): ?>
    
<?php endif; ?>

**Medianomaly** · 09/01/2011, 23:12

Originally Posted by Ruud

Should be like this, otherwise one news item is skipped, right?

Ahh yes -- thanks.

**welsalex** · 09/02/2011, 06:29

Wow so simple. Thank you so much guys! $this->count for the win!

I'll be back, forums rock

**Ruud** · 09/02/2011, 20:06

both forums and <?php print_r($this); ?>

If you ever need to know available options that's a quick start to see available data in objects and arrays...