I don't know the reason, perhaps a dev can tell you that.
But can't you just use the if-else conditions to solve your problem?
F.e (in article main template)
Template code for articletype special
Template code for normal articles
Greets,
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>Reply-To: campsite-support@campware.org
>To: campsite-support@campware.org
>Subject: [campsite-support] [Campsite Support] List of Articles within List
>of Article
>Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2006 04:04:29 +0200 (CEST)
>
>Author: jimmybondo
>Link: http://code.campware.org/phorum/read.php?8,4506,4506#msg-4506
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>
>I was creating a template and found in the documentation that List of
>Articles was not allowed to have another List of Articles inside. I was
>just wondering if there was a reason for this. Basically my problem is that
>if there is one type of article, I need to change the layout of another,
>and if not, then set the layout to something else. I know that is a little
>confusing, but it is hard to explain . If there was no specific reason,
>can I submit it as a feature request for the next version?
>Jim
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hmmm, my problem is that it is on the front page and I am listing different articles from different section that have different types. Is there a way to say something like the following:
if article of type standalone in Section News
--regular article + article type standalone
else
--regular article (with different formatting as above)
So I guess the real question would be if I can list (or use some other printing method) the regular article inside the other if statement. Sorry for the really bad explanation, but I am horrible at explaining things like this!
Thanks for the help!
Jim