Formatting a List of Items

[johngwms]

I need to automatically format a large number of lists of items (features, included items...).

I have looked at the List Layout mechanism and it seems that this would suit well. I need to know the best way of storing the list items so that they can have the List Layout applied to them.

I am looking for advise please.

John

[NormanRouxel]

AFAIK the List Layout capability only allows you to create lists for specific purposes. There's no mechanism to create your own type of list.

If you have a number of Variables (like Features, IncludedItems, etc) then you could use blockif's to do this. E.g. (pseudo code)

BlockIf Features != "" OR IncludedItems != "" OR Etc != ""
  <ul>
/BlockIf

BlockIf Features != ""
  <li>Features</li>
/BlockIf

BlockIf IncludedItems != ""
  <li>IncludedItems</li>
/BlockIf

.
.
.

BlockIf Features != "" OR IncludedItems != "" OR Etc != ""
  </ul>
/BlockIf

[johngwms]

Hmm. Thanks Norman I suspected this was the case.

I understand your suggestion. I use this already for my current Features list by having a set of 15 bullet point custom variables. I am concerned about performance issues relating to the page preview update rate as I have many custom variables now. Maybe I am going to have to live with it.

John