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Description

Structure Channel is a drop-in replacement for the Channel module which generates query string pagination (?p=1) rather than using URI segments /P1/

Why on earth would you want to do this?

If you are using Structure or the Pages module with Freebie or .htaccess mod_rewrite rules to create custom URLs, then you will quickly find that the native pagination doesn’t work.

Installation

1. Copy the folder structure_channel to ./system/expressionengine/third_party/
2. In the Control Panel, go to Add-Ons > Modules and click the Install link for Structure Channel

Parameters

Exactly the same as the Channel module, with one additional (optional) parameter ‘pagination_param’. This determines the parameter name used in the pagination query string. By default this is ‘p’.

Sample usage

{exp:structure_channel:entries 
    channel="my_channel" 
    disable="member_data|categories" 
    dynamic="no" 
    limit="10" 
    paginate="bottom" 
    paginate_base="/my/custom/uri/?" 
    pagination_param="page"
}

    {title} 


    {paginate} 
        Page {current_page} of {total_pages}

       {pagination_links}

        {if previous_page}
        <a href="{auto_path}">Previous Page</a>  
        {/if}

        {if next_page}
        <a href="{auto_path}">Next Page</a>
        {/if}   
    {/paginate} 

    {if no_results}
        Sorry, no entries were found.
    {/if}
{/exp:structure_channel:entries}