Another one of the standard roller weblogger functions I replaced: the next / previous function. Basically I just wanted this to be a little more informative, and host it as a menu list in the sidebar.

Here’s a couple of examples:

• » Reading the main site
• » From Roller Weblogger Related Entries and Blog Post code
• » To: links for 2008-11-26
• » Forward: Next page

and

• » Reading Integrating Disqus and Roller Weblogger on blogs.sun.com
• » Backward: links for 2008-09-06
• » Forward: Setting up del.icio….
• » Return to main site.

And here’s the code (don’t forget to change the blog handle from ‘eclectic’):

<ul class="rEntriesList">

#if ($model.results)

<li class="recentposts">» Currently viewing search results... </li>

#else

	#if($model.permalink)
		<li class="recentposts">» Reading <a href="$url.entry($model.weblogEntry.anchor)">$model.weblogEntry.title</a> </li>
                #if ($pager.prevLink)
                <li class="recentposts">» Backward: <a href="$pager.prevLink">$pager.prevName</a> </li>
                #end
                #if ($pager.prevCollectionLink)
                <li class="recentposts">» Backward: <a href="$pager.prevCollectionLink">$pager.prevCollectionName</a> </li>
                #end
                #if ($pager.nextLink)
                <li class="recentposts">» Forward: <a href="$pager.nextLink">$pager.nextName</a> </li>
                #end
                #if ($pager.nextCollectionLink)
                <li class="recentposts">» Forward: <a href="$pager.nextCollectionLink">$pager.nextCollectionName</a> </li>
                #end
                <li class="recentposts">» Return to <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090416190738/http://blogs.sun.com/eclectic/">main site</a>. </li>
  	#elseif($model.weblogCategory)
		<li class="recentposts">» Reading entries related to the "<a href="$url.entry($model.weblogCategory.anchor)">$model.weblogCategory.name</a>" category </li>
                <li class="recentposts">» From <a href="$url.entry($entryFirst.anchor)">$entryFirst.title</a> </li>
                <li class="recentposts">» To: <a href="$url.entry($entryLast.anchor)">$entryLast.title</a> </li>
                #if ($pager.prevLink)
                <li class="recentposts">» Backward: <a href="$pager.prevLink">$pager.prevName</a> </li>
                #end
                #if ($pager.prevCollectionLink)
                <li class="recentposts">» Backward: <a href="$pager.prevCollectionLink">$pager.prevCollectionName</a> </li>
                #end
                #if ($pager.nextLink)
                <li class="recentposts">» Forward: <a href="$pager.nextLink">$pager.nextName</a> </li>
                #end
                #if ($pager.nextCollectionLink)
                <li class="recentposts">» Forward: <a href="$pager.nextCollectionLink">$pager.nextCollectionName</a> </li>
                #end
                <li class="recentposts">» Return to <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090416190738/http://blogs.sun.com/eclectic/">main site</a>. </li>
	#else
		<li class="recentposts">» Reading the <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090416190738/http://blogs.sun.com/eclectic/">main</a> site </li>

                <li class="recentposts">» From <a href="$url.entry($entryFirst.anchor)">$entryFirst.title</a> </li>
                <li class="recentposts">» To: <a href="$url.entry($entryLast.anchor)">$entryLast.title</a> </li>
                #if ($pager.prevLink)
                <li class="recentposts">» Backward: <a href="$pager.prevLink">$pager.prevName</a> </li>
                #end
                #if ($pager.prevCollectionLink)
                <li class="recentposts">» Backward: <a href="$pager.prevCollectionLink">$pager.prevCollectionName</a> </li>
                #end
                #if ($pager.nextLink)
                <li class="recentposts">» Forward: <a href="$pager.nextLink">$pager.nextName</a> </li>
                #end
                #if ($pager.nextCollectionLink)
                <li class="recentposts">» Forward: <a href="$pager.nextCollectionLink">$pager.nextCollectionName</a> </li>
                #end
	#end

#end

</ul>

Links for this article:

• Recovered link: https://horkan.com/2009/01/06/roller-weblogger-next-previous-macro
• Archived link: http://web.archive.org/web/20090416190738/http://blogs.sun.com:80/eclectic/entry/roller_weblogger_next_previous_macro
• Original link: http://blogs.sun.com/eclectic/entry/roller_weblogger_next_previous_macro