<mt:MultiBlog>
Type: block
Examples ΒΆ
<mt:MultiBlog>
<!-- do something -->
</mt:MultiBlog>
Include the last 4 entries from the category "Releases" in blog with the ID of 1
<MTMultiBlog include_blogs="1">
<MTEntries category="Releases" lastn="4">
<$MTEntryTitle$>
</MTEntries>
</MTMultiBlog>
This page was last updated on 2008-03-31, 12:28. [Edit]
Skot Nelson
September 1, 2007 10:18 PM | Reply
It seems that this:
is quite a different context than this:
which fails if "foo" is not a category in the CURRENT blog:
My brain says they should be the same, and I think the documentation needs to address this.
At the very least, this page should include some reference to the "include_blogs" attribute which is different from the "new normal" blog_ids
Faizal Heesyam
May 1, 2008 8:05 PM | Reply
weird.. this multiblog doesnt work on my category Archive page. works fine on other template, except Category Archive.
any idea?
Dr. Ritalin
July 29, 2009 12:06 PM | Reply
I confirm Faizal. It doesn't work on Category Archive Page! I am on MT Pro 4.261. Any idea?
Dr. Ritalin
July 29, 2009 12:07 PM | Reply
I confirm Faizal. It doesn't work on Category Archive Page! I am on MT Pro 4.261. Any idea?
Mark MacKay
August 14, 2009 6:26 AM | Reply
Category Archive pages establish a context, so it's the equivalent of writing:
I'm still looking for a workaround :(
Gautam Patel
September 12, 2009 11:29 AM | Reply
Unfortunately, this page isn't terribly helpful. It is cross-referenced from OtherBlog. That isn't very helpful either.
There is fairly detailed information. It just isn't here. It's over in the designer section (why?), here.
This is a summary:
Where to configure it
Configure Multiblog ("MB", aka OtherBlog or "OB") from either the Preferences > Plugins in your admin interface or in your template code directly.
Attributes of blog_ids, include_blogs and exclude_blogs
To pull or leave out content from other blogs:
Examples
MB-Enabled Template Tags
These tags support the MB/OB syntax:
Important Note
As the previous notes show, MT:Entries also supports the blog_ids attribute. But doing:
is not the same thing as doing:
The second expects that even if the blog with id No 3 does have a category called foozball, that very same category must also exist in the current blog.
So if you have this:
then the second example will fail, because foozball isn't a category in BlogId1 where you're invoking MB/OB.
Real subtle, that. Like 10 hours of hair-pulling subtle.
And for that very reason, it also won't work in a category archive.
Gautam Patel
September 12, 2009 9:15 PM | Reply
Configuring MultiBlog/OtherBlog: Rebuild Triggers
One of the most important aspects of this tag/feature is the rebuild trigger. Without the trigger, MB/OB can actually increase your workload.
Let's say you have three blogs, Main, Projects and Code. You want to aggregate your posts from Projects and Code and have them appear on the index page of Main.
Using the example code above, you actually do this. But this also means that when you publish a post in Projects or Code you must republish the index page of Main too.
That's daunting.
Fortunately, MB/OB has the answer built-in, right from its early development as a plug-in. You specify a rebuild trigger.
Go to the Preferences > Plugins section in your admin interface/control panel of your aggregator blog (Main, the one in which you want to pull the content from the other sub-blogs).
Click on settings; Click on Create Rebuild Triggers. Specify the event, and the corresponding action.
For the example above you'd set up two triggers:
redmagic
March 1, 2010 2:43 PM | Reply
Thanks for the additional info Guatam, although it should be noted that the mtentries context in a category archive page will ignore other categories regardless of whether they are a part of the blog in context or not. At least this is my understanding...