I need to show channel entries in the form of a grid. The grid has four columns and five rows. Therefore I show the first 20 entries. I need to use pagination to show the next 20 entries. I am not able to think of how to accomplish this. Any help would be much appreciated.
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1use modulus operator to split entries by columns/rows and then use pagination. Or use channel:entries offset parameter to get next 20 entries.– Max LazarJun 4, 2014 at 6:26
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Why would the normal pagination parameter on an exp:channel:entries tag pair not do exactly this?– foamcowJun 4, 2014 at 13:14
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I would have loved to do it, just that I am extremely new to expressionengine and I am trying to learn as I go. An example to show the same would be of much help to me. Thanks– user3059Jun 5, 2014 at 10:03
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The requirement is such that there is a chosen template (Candidates - themeforest) which provides a 3 column template in divs. I need to figure out how to get the channel entries in those columns. Also, I dont want to use entry id since this is a blog in a grid view, and someone could have deleted a blog entry. it can tend to leave empty spaces if a particular id isn't found.– user3059Jun 5, 2014 at 10:12
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This is a use for the paginate parameter on the channel:entries tag
As a very simple example...
... start the table ...
{exp:channel:entries channel="foo" paginate="bottom" limit="20"}
<tr>
<td>{title}</td><td>{another_field}</td><td>{yet_another_field}</td
</tr>
{paginate}
<p>Page {current_page} of {total_pages} pages {pagination_links}</p>
{/paginate}
{/exp:channel:entries}
... close the table ...
EE will show a maximum of 20 rows and handle all the pagination for you
EDIT: From re-reading the question I see that you would be showing more than 1 entry per "row". Hence the answer referencing the modulus calculations.
Another way you might want to do it is to forgo the table completely (is a table the most appropriate element?) and use another HTML element that you can float across the page.
