Using Custom Attributes in Blog YAML Header

[Chee How Chua]

Hi,

First of all, a big thank-you to this wonderful project.

I have a question about putting custom attributes into the YAML header for posts.

I would like to add a "showcase" attribute to header like so:

---

categories: General Stuff

date: 2010/06/29 15:25:00

title: Filler post 1

showcase: "An image URL"

---

I want to then use it in a post excerpt (post_excerpt.mako).

I've enabled the excerpt flag and the excerpt function is working.

I want to use the "showcase" attribute as an image source for SOME of the posts, not all of them.

My post_excerpt.mako is as follows:

<%inherit file="post.mako" />

<%def name="post_prose(post)">

  ${post.excerpt}

</%def>

I tried this:

<%inherit file="post.mako" />

<%def name="post_prose(post)">

% if excerpt in post:

        ${post.excerpt}

% else:

        ${post.content}

$ endif

</%def>

but it is giving me an error that finally ends in:

mako.exceptions.SyntaxException: Unterminated control keyword: 'if' in file '_templates/blog/post_excerpt.mako' at line: 3 char: 1

I'm not very fluent with Python nor Mako but I do understand the basic syntax,

Any pointer in the right direction will be tremendously helpful.

Thanks!

CCH

[Doug Latornell]

I'm not sure if it's just a copy/paste error in your message, but the if block above should be ended with %endif, not $endif.

but it is giving me an error that finally ends in:

mako.exceptions.SyntaxException: Unterminated control keyword: 'if' in file '_templates/blog/post_excerpt.mako' at line: 3 char: 1

I'm not very fluent with Python nor Mako but I do understand the basic syntax,

Any pointer in the right direction will be tremendously helpful.

Thanks!

CCH

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[Chee How Chua]

Doh! I can't believe I'm still making this kind of mistake...

Thanks Doug!

I can now use the following to check for the presence of an additional attribute to display, or if that is not available, display the excerpt if it is not empty or the actual contents.

<%inherit file="post.mako" />

<%def name="post_prose(post)">

% if hasattr(post, 'showcase'):

    ${post.showcase}

% elif len(post.excerpt) > 0:

    ${post.excerpt}

% else:

    ${post.content}

% endif

</%def>