{bb_news}

Displays a list of news items on a web page.

This module supports Liquid.

Syntax

{bb_news filter="" sort="" resultsPerPage="10" displayPagination="true|false" showUnexpired="true|false" showExpired="true|false" emptyMessage="No items found." collectionName="" layout=""}

Properties

• filter -These fields and associated values build a filter string as follows:
  filter="fieldname1:fieldValue1 | fieldname2:fieldValue2".
• sort - These fields can be used for sorting and builds a sort string as follows:
  sort="newsTitle:ascending". Use ascending or descending to determine sort order direction.
  Options:
  
  • newsTitle
  • newsPublishDate
• emptyMessage - Custom message value that is rendered. Default text is "No items found.".
• collectionName - The parameter is used to access the collection the Liquid tags.
• showUnexpired - Accepts a true/false value. This parameter is "true" by default and shows all news articles that have not expired yet.
• showExpired - Accepts a true/false value. This parameter is "false" by default does not show any expired articles. Set to "true" if you would like to include articles that have expired.
• layout - Renders the module output using:
  • layout="Default" or layout="List View Layout" - sets the layout to the Default module layout;
  • layout="My Custom Layout" - set the layout to use a custom layout template;
  • layout="" - allows you to code a custom layout right within the web page HTML.

Liquid Tags

• {{newsId}} – Renders the system generated ID of the news item.
• {{newsTitle}} – Renders the title of the news item with a hyperlink.
• {{newsTitleNoLink}} – Renders the title of the news item without a hyperlink.
• {newsContent}} – Content details of the news item.
• {{newsUrl}} – Renders the URL of the news item.
• {{newsPublishDate}} – Renders the the publish date of the news item.
• {{newsExpiryDate}} - Renders the expiry date of the news item.
• {{newsLastUpdated}} - Renders the date the news item was last updated.
• {{newsIsEnabled}} – Defines whether the news item is enabled for display.
• {{newsTags}} - Renders a list of tags that are assigned to the news item.
• {{newsCounter}} – Incremental count of the number of news items on the page.
• {{newsFromDate}} – Business Catalyst legacy tag, use {{newsPublishDate}} going forward.
• {{newsToDate}} – Business Catalyst legacy tag, use {{newsExpiryDate}} going forward.
• {{newsButton | text:"Your Text"}} – Coming in future release. Displays a button that clicks to the news item details. Does not render on detail page.