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Help: my first time with low Alphabet

apoco 27 Mar 2011 22:50 question, complete

Bought this plug-in today. Have been trying to get it working with only partial success.

I've used your code example largely unaltered. This is my first line:

{exp:low_alphabet:entries channel="profile" alpha_field="last" orderby="last" sort="asc"}

I get a nice alphabetically sorted list but without the without the individual alpha heading and labels which I was expecting. I don't think I understand how all the variables work.

Replies

1. Low 28 Mar 2011 08:38

   Hey John,
   
   I take it you've looked at the low_alphabet:entries example in the docs?
   
   Basically what happens is, based on the alpha_field you define in the parameters, the variable {low_alphabet_field} is set. The value is a sanatized version of the alpha_field, so without punctuation etc. All values in the orderby="" parameter will be treated in the same way.
   
   The headings and footers can be generated using the {if low_alphabet_heading} My heading here {/if} conditionals.
   
   So what you're after would be something like:
   
   {exp:low_alphabet:entries channel="profile" alpha_field="last"}
   {if low_alphabet_heading}*Profiles with {low_alphabet_label}*{/if}
   -- {last}
   {/exp:low_alphabet:entries}
   
   Let me know if this helps.

2. apoco 28 Mar 2011 10:04

   Low Alphabet is wonderful ... the problem I had was completely down to me!!
   
   I had looked at and followed your example in the docs. And realised this having followed your extra advice today.
   
   I went back a few steps to the install: I had uploaded the files to the third party folder, checked Add-Ons and saw that the low_alphabet plug-in had been added. But I never thought to look elsewhere and of course there's also a module which needs installing. I've installed it now and everything works as expected. I simply wasn't looking in the right place.
   
   Great addition to my site.
   Thanks for your prompt response.

3. Low 28 Mar 2011 10:12

   Cool, glad you got it working!

   Margie Montserrat 22 Mar 2014 13:42

   I installed and followed instructions, I see Low Alphabet in Extensions, but not in Modules, should it be in Modules?

   Low 22 Mar 2014 19:08

   See https://getsatisfaction.com/low/topic...

4. James Woodman 25 Feb 2014 20:32

   Hi Low,
   
   I am having the same issue with the of the {low_alphabet_label}, heading, url etc not parsing. I'm following the example directly from the docs but all I get is the alphabetized list of entries. I was hoping to get the entries grouped with a heading at the beginning of each letter.
   
   I do have the extension installed. What else could I be missing?
   
   Thanks,
   
   Jim
   
   

{exp:low_alphabet:entries
channel="manufacturers"
alpha_ignore="the|a"
numbers="after"
group_numbers="no"
numbers_label="#"
alpha_field="title"
sort="asc"
disable="categories|member_data|pagination"
}

{if count == 1}<h2>Manufacturers</h2>{/if}
{if low_alphabet_heading}
<h3>{low_alphabet_label}</h3>
<ul>
{/if}
<li><a href="{url_title_path="products/view"}">{title}</a></li>
{if low_alphabet_footer}
</ul>
{/if}
{/exp:low_alphabet:entries}



5. Low 25 Feb 2014 20:50

   This is a 3 year old thread. The workings of Low Alphabet has changed slightly since. Try this as an opening tag (with the alpha_filter="" param as optional):
   
   

   {exp:low_alphabet:entries 
        channel="manufacturers" 
        alpha_ignore="the|a" 
        numbers="after" 
        alpha_filter="{segment_3}" 
        orderby="title" 
        sort="asc" 
        disable="categories|member_data|pagination" 
    }

6. James Woodman 25 Feb 2014 20:53

   Thanks. But I didn't want to filter by a segment I just wanted to display all the entries in alpha order with a letter heading like:
   
   A
   
   entry
   entry
   entry
   
   B
   
   entry
   entry
   
   C
   
   entry
   
   etc...

7. Low 25 Feb 2014 20:54

   Yes, that should be achieved with the above opening tag. Just leave out the alpha_filter="" param.

8. James Woodman 25 Feb 2014 20:56

   For some reason that is not working for me. Outputs the entries but none of the labels or headings.
   
   

{exp:low_alphabet:entries
channel="manufacturers"
alpha_ignore="the|a"
numbers="after"
orderby="title"
sort="asc"
disable="categories|member_data|pagination"
}

{if count == 1}<h2>Manufacturers</h2>{/if}
{if low_alphabet_heading}
<h3>{low_alphabet_label}</h3>
<ul>
{/if}
<li><a href="{url_title_path="products/view"}">{title}</a></li>
{if low_alphabet_footer}
</ul>
{/if}
{/exp:low_alphabet:entries}



   Low 25 Feb 2014 20:57

   Moved this issue to its own topic. Please reference the new topic here: Low Alphabet headings not displaying

9. James Woodman 25 Feb 2014 21:03

   EE 2.7.3
   LA 1.1.0
   PHP 5.4.22

10. Andy 26 Feb 2014 00:56

    Yes I'm having this problem too. Was working fine before I upgraded to 2.7.3 now it will not recognise the following template tags within the {exp:low_alphabet:entries) loop:
    
    {low_alphabet_heading}
    {low_alphabet_label}
    {low_alphabet_url}
    
    Same setup as James ^