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Function: RenderFrontTeaser

Render a set of teasers where the first n are rendered verbosly

see: RenderFullTeaser, RenderBlogTeaser, RenderFrontPage

Parameters

  • FULL: number of full teasers
  • LIMIT: number of teasers
  • CAT: categories to extract
  • AUTHOR: extract postings of this author

Implementation

%STARTINCLUDE%
<noautolink>
<!--
%~~ CALC{"$SET(postings,
*~~
%~~   DBQUERY{
~~~      "TopicType=~'\bBlogEntry\b' AND
~~~       SubjectCategory=~'\b%CAT%\b' AND
~~~       State='enabled' AND
~~~       BlogAuthor='%AUTHOR%'
~~~      "
~~~      limit="%LIMIT%" separator=", " order="created" reverse="on"
~~~      web="%WEB%"
~~~   }%
~~~ )$IF($LISTSIZE($GET(postings))==0,$SET(postings,none))"}%
-->
</noautolink>
%~~ DBQUERY{
~~~    web="%WEB%"
~~~    topics="%CALC{"$GET(postings)"}%" 
~~~    limit="%FULL%" order="created" reverse="on" hidenull="on"
~~~    format="%DBCALL{"RenderFullTeaser" section="format" NAME="$topic"}%"
~~~ }%
%~~ DBQUERY{
~~~    web="%WEB%"
~~~    topics="%CALC{"$GET(postings)"}%" 
~~~    skip="%FULL%" limit="%LIMIT%" order="created" reverse="on" hidenull="on"
~~~    header="---+ Earlier Postings$n"
~~~    format="%DBCALL{"RenderBlogTeaser" section="format" NAME="$topic"}%"
~~~ }%
~~~ %DBCALL{"RenderBlogAuthorSwitch"}%
%STOPINCLUDE%

Test

Radio Equipment

2 years, 9 months ago in by JasonHill?
A co-worker found a radio console from a wrecked vehicle in a dumpster and offered it to me. After straightening out the dents and making mounting plates for my radios, I installed it in my car.
The console is mounted on the hump on the floor between the driver's and passenger's leg areas. I screwed it down by drilling small holes through the carpet and rubber backing and screwing in large, short screws. I used this method with the previous radio bracket and it seems to work quite well.

The console:

From the side

This seems like a good time to go over the various equipment in the car. Looking at the dash you can see quite a bit of it:

Everything

On the left side of the steering wheel is an indoor/outdoor thermometer and a set of accessory switches. Currently only two of the switches are in use, connected to a pair of lighter/accessory jacks in the trunk. I use those jacks for things like charging power tools on the go. The switch panel is made from the lid of a project box and mounted over a recess in the dash that I can only assume was for sunglasses.

Thermometer and accessory switches

On the right side of the steering wheel, I have quite a bit of stuff. From top to bottom, left to right:

  • Voltage meter (on top of dash)
  • Sirius satellite receiver
  • JVC AM/FM/CD/MP3 head unit (plays MP3s from CDs)
  • GPS power cord (hanging up to the right of the head unit) – has an ID badge retractor to keep the excess cable under control
  • CB radio (first device in the console)
  • Digital trunking scanner – set up to receive general and public safety traffic from Fairfax and Prince William Counties
  • Trunking scanner – used for built-in highway patrol presets for all 50 states, I'll set it for whatever state I'm driving through
  • Not shown: on the left side of the console (see the above side picture) is a holster for my blackberry and a mic holder for the CB

The equipment

Of course all those radios need antennas. From left to right: AM/FM, Digital trunking scanner, CB.

Antennas

I currently don't have another antenna and mount for the other scanner, so I use the suction-cup antenna that came with the scanner.

Inside scanner antenna

The CB antenna is mounted behind the left tail-light. This was the only place I could find a piece of metal to mount the bracket to that wasn't a nicely painted section of the body.

CB antenna mount

The scanner antenna is mounted with a trunk mount. It clamps to the lip of the trunk lid.

Scanner antenna base

The Sirius antenna is magnetic, and mounted just above the passenger doors. I was planning to move it to a more centered location once I tested it, but it works just fine where it is. If I had a newer car I would consider mounting it on the front dash where it can't scuff the paint.

Sirius antenna

And that's everything except for the accessory jacks in the trunk.

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Earlier Postings

About the QBFreak.net Blog

3 years, 8 months ago in by JasonHill?
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TopicForm
TopicType: TopicFunction
TopicDescription: Render a set of teasers where the first n are rendered verbosly

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