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I decided to change things up a little yesterday, and made a few tweaks to get my Ephemera section to display the last 5 entries, rather than the default last months entries. (My ephemera section is the default Symphony Tumblelog, renamed.) And as usual, I couldn't have done it without the help of the great people over at overture21.com.

Step 1: Change the Data Source

The first step in this change is to get the Data Source to get the last 5 entries, rather than the default last month's entries. To do that, go to Blueprints -> Controllers -> Ephemera (Tumblelog if you're on the default install). Change the Format Style to Entry List, and the Included Elements to include date and log_entry. Under limit options, click on the months input box, press escape, and enter 5 in the records box.

Step 2: Change the home page to

The next step is to change the homepage template to call "ephemera/entry" rather than "ephemera/year/month/day". Just replace the value.

Step 3: Change the Ephemera XSL

We've changed the way the template is called, so there's major changes here as well. For reference, here's the old template.

            <xsl:template match="tumblelog/year/month/day">
    <div class="ephemera listing">
        <div class="date">
            <xsl:call-template name="get-date">
                <xsl:with-param name="year" select="../../@value"/>
                <xsl:with-param name="month" select="../@value"/>
                <xsl:with-param name="day" select="@value"/>
                <xsl:with-param name="format" select=" 'short' "/>
            </xsl:call-template>
        </div>
        <xsl:apply-templates select="entry"/>   
    </div>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="tumblelog/year/month/day/entry">
    <div class="entry">
        <xsl:copy-of select="fields/log-entry/*"/>
    </div>
</xsl:template>

          

First, I renamed the template, then merged the second template call into the first, and third changed the way the date was displayed. Here's the final result.

            <xsl:template match="ephemera/entry">
    <div class="ephemera listing">
        <div class="date">
            <xsl:call-template name="get-month">
                <xsl:with-param name="date" select="date"/>
                <xsl:with-param name="format" select=" 'short' "/>
            </xsl:call-template>

            <xsl:text> </xsl:text>

            <xsl:call-template name="get-day">
                <xsl:with-param name="date" select="date"/>
                <xsl:with-param name="format" select=" 'short' "/>
            </xsl:call-template>
        </div>

        <div class="entry">
            <xsl:copy-of select="fields/log-entry/*"/>
        </div>
    </div>
</xsl:template>