show_previous_comics

show_previous_comics(howmany,thumbnail,before,after,links,order) — display a series of comics that precede the current comic

Description

This tag shows a series of howmany comics (1 by default) that immediately precede the current comic. This tag is of course limited by your archives; if you specify five comics, and there are only four comics preceding the current comics, then only those four would be shown.

Usage

Example A.13. Basic Usage

<?php show_previous_comics() ?>

This would produce the following output:

<img height="285px" width="794px" src="http://www.example.com/wp-content/stripshow_comics/20090213.gif" alt="Comic for February 13,2009" title="Comic for February 13,2009" />

Example A.14. Advanced Usage

<ul>
<?php show_previous_comics(3,TRUE,'<li>','</li>') ?>
</ul>

This would produce the following output:

<ul>
<li><img height="143px" width="397px" src="http://www.example.com/wp-content/stripshow_comics/20090213.gif" alt="Comic for February 13,2009" title="Comic for February 13,2009" /></li>
<li><img height="143px" width="397px" src="http://www.example.com/wp-content/stripshow_comics/20090212.gif" alt="Comic for February 12,2009" title="Comic for February 12,2009" /></li>
<li><img height="143px" width="397px" src="http://www.example.com/wp-content/stripshow_comics/20090211.gif" alt="Comic for February 11,2009" title="Comic for February 11,2009" /></li>
</ul>

Arguments

argument type default description
howmany integer 5 The number of comics to display
thumbnail boolean FALSE Scale comic images to thumbnail size
before string   A string to display before each comic. A common use might be an HTML tag such as <li>.
after string   A string to display before each comic. A common use might be an HTML tag such as </li>.
links boolean FALSE If TRUE, will make each comic in the series a clickable link; clicking the link will take the reader to that comic's post page.
order string DESC The order in which to display comics; "ASC" for ascending, "DESC" for descending.