News posts by author linked from news index

[SamC]

I'm thinking of extending my news section which I've posted here previously which includes the following (put over a few lines to make it easier to read):

// news-index.inc

//LOOP

<?php
    $publish_date = date('d/m/y', $entry->created);
    $created_by = $entry->createdUser->displayName; // I added displayName field so to not show the actual login usernames on the site
?>

<div class='entry-info'>
    <span class='fa fa-calendar' aria-hidden='true'></span>
    Posted by <span class='entry-highlight'><?php echo $created_by; ?></span>
    on
    <span class='entry-highlight'><?php echo $publish_date; ?></span>
</div>

//END LOOP

Now I was thinking to link the '$created_by' output to a page which lists the news items written by that user. For example, say 'Sam' is the author, how does this work in PW?

site.com/news
site.com/news/sam/ << something like this?

Not sure how to go about this. Could I use the same news-index.inc template to output this because the markup will be the same? Any hints are appreciated, thanks.

 

[kixe]

Allow urlSegments for this template. Create a selector including this urlSegment (user name).
Read more about selectors: https://processwire.com/api/selectors/
Read more about urlSegments: https://processwire.com/api/variables/input/

[kongondo]

Here's a complete example from the module Blog.

[SamC]

Ok thanks, I'll give it a go this week.