Previous/next post buttons in Elements CMS

Elements CMS
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Can anyone tell me if it is possible to create previous and next post buttons for Elements CMS? There doesn’t seem to be a component making that possible for simple minds like my own.

2

Hi @PouwelW

we don’t currently have a component that does this, but it’s something we’d love to add :slightly_smiling_face:

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Hi Ben,

I hope you will find time in the near future to realize such a component. It would bring blogging in Elements to a higher level.

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But you don’t necessarily have to wait for Ben either.

You can create your own NEXT/PREV navigation using the frontmatter.

It might take one or two extra lines, but it works absolutely perfectly for me.

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Thanks Pegasus. But I’m not a developer, just someone who publishes blog posts on his own, personal site. I do prefer a dedicated component for this. Or, if that’s possible, copying some CSS-code in the Advanced section of a regular button.

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You don’t need to know how to code for this.

I would keep it simple.

You can just add something like this to the frontmatter of your Markdown files:

prevPost:
  name: "This is the Prev Post"
  path: "here-the-slug-of-your-prev-post"

nextPost:
  name: "This is the Next Post"
  path: "here-the-slug-of-your-next-post"

Then you can output these values using Twig, just like you’re probably already doing with other data in your blog.

For example, inside your buttons:

{{ item.prevPost.name }}

{{ item.nextPost.name }}

Then simply link the two buttons using:

{{ item.prevPost.path }}

{{ item.nextPost.path }}

And that’s it — you have your own custom NEXT/PREV buttons.

If you’ve already set up your blog, assigned a title, and linked your blog posts, this should be pretty straightforward to implement.

If you run into any problems, just let me know and I’ll be happy to help.

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Thanks for your suggestion and for your offer to help. But I prefer the DevPack that @MichaelDroste so kindly developed when he read my post. That works fine for me and doesn’t require changing the FrontMatter of my md-files. It’s great to notice how helpful people are on this forum.