Ok so instead of using a strange example, ill just post exactly what im trying to do.

Im on my HOME page. Trying to create a box that shows
Lastest 5 Articles Posted from the Articles module only.

Here is my current settings for it

The problem is that its showing EVERYTHING recently posted in the site even outside of the Articles module.
I know this is because the section "limit by" is set for global but if i set it for POST i get nothing.

I even have the "Module" drop down set as " Music news" which is where i am posting.

Im only trying to get latest ARTICLES to shwo up from the ARTICLES module

That's what it should do; "global" here means "global within the module"; only "superglobal" setting (where available) fetches content from across the modules.

If you want me to look at it, you'll need to bump me to Root Admin since SubAdmins can only edit "custom" and "widget" type units in the builder by default.

ok markus you been bumped

the box is on the mainpage ( SITE )

its currently called " Latest Article

its down on the left side ( Column 1)

there should be TWO articles showing up for it as i have posted two of them.

Im trying to get them to show up as SHORT
(Associated image on the lect of the box and the summary i think shows up next to it)

and it lists them in single line top to bottom of the box

with newest first and going down to older

You may have a bit of a confusion with the content types there. If you want the latest article posts, you need to select box type "post". (It was set to "area", which is a parent-level container.) Here's how it looks like now:

I have now changed it to "post" and saved the unit. When you save and reload it directly from the Builder, you will see five items from different modules coming up; this is because the unit updater AJAX doesn't yet keep track of the URL of the parent page, and just shows content as if no query string were provided.

When you refresh the page, you will note that there are only two articles fetched in from your Articles module. If you are configuring dynamic units (and I seem to do that with all page editing), it's a good idea to keep two copies of the page in two tabs; one with the builder open, where you modify the page, and another that you keep refreshing to see exactly how the page looks when loaded.

I have also changed the content format to "short". If you want to edit the look and detail of the different formats for dynamic content, you will find them in skin_post.php, skin_category.php etc. under the /templates/pro/ folder, and in some cases (where the module has customized formats) in the skin_groups_ow.php etc. files in the /pro/modules subfolder.

While we're on the topic, let me share a carefully guarded dev secret. Most of our "different" modules have been produced simply by editing these content formats, changing the way they work by editing the modules' configuration files, and revising the layouts with the Builder where necessary. "Blogs" is the mother module I created when Wiccle was young, and everything you see has followed from cloning, modifying and extendingit in different ways.

Very cool markus

thanks

i noticed the change before you posted this reply

and now.... im trying to figure out how to make somethnig else

which i will now post a thread about lol..... keepin you guys on your toes with this release arent i?

All good, glad to see people poking around and putting the system to the use it was intended.