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Is there any way to use Dynamo with low_alphabet?

brian 19 Apr 2013 06:42 question, complete

Is there any way to use Dynamo with low_alphabet? I am using it to sort my main entries, and would love to sort the results per letter as well.

I call the dynamo results using
{exp:dynamo:entries channel="mychannel" dynamic_parameters="orderby|limit|sort" search_id="{segment_3}"}

Since exp:dynamo:entries is already replacing the channel:entries tag, I can't replace with the low_alphabet tag and keep the Dynamo sort. Any ideas?

Thanks!

Replies

1. Low 19 Apr 2013 07:18

   Well, you either want to show entries by Alphabet or use Dynamo for any other sorting, right? Maybe you can check which tag to use based on the URI? I have used something similar to this:
   
   

   {if segment_3 == 'letter'} 
      {preload_replace:pre_module="low_alphabet"} 
    {/if} 
    {preload_replace:pre_module="dynamo"}

   
   
   This checks the URI and sets a preload replace var for the module to use
   
   

   {exp:{pre_module}:entries [all parameters for LA and Dynamo]} 
      ... 
    {/exp:{pre_module}:entries}

   
   
   The preload replace vars will be parsed before tags, so this will work just fine. Does that help?

2. brian 19 Apr 2013 07:30

   Thank you for the extremely speedy reply.
   
   I actually want to use Dynamo to sort my low_alphabet results.
   
   ie
   right now I have 1000 entries
   I use dynamo to sort the 1000 entries using:
   sort asc/desc
   sort by date
   sort by title
   limit results per page 12, 24, 36
   
   I want to use the same sort for all letter A (etc)
   
   so If there are 50 letter A results, then an use the same dynamo sort for those results (letter A) as well...

3. Low 19 Apr 2013 09:15

   The two cannot be combined like that, I'm afraid.
   
   Maybe a low_alphabet:entry_ids might be useful for something like this. Will make a note of that as a Feature Request.