Display ONLY latest news on Index page

[smartohana]

How do I show the latest news articles in the Navbar, but not show the News widget in the main index area?

If my News settings are: Display News Widget - No
it doesn't matter if I set: Display Latest News on Index Page (Navigation Bar) - Yes.

It seems like the only solution is Display News Widget - Yes, and modify the index template. But I'm not sure how to make it skip displaying the News widget.

Any thoughts?

[smartohana]

Figured it out... the brute force way. Added 1st and last line to index template. key = 2 is the news widget.

<{if $key ne 2}>
    <!-- BEGIN WIDGET: <{$item[title]}> -->
            <td width="50%"><table cellspacing="3" cellpadding="1" width="100%" border="0">
              <tbody>
                <tr>
                  <td valign="top" width="15" nowrap><a href="<{$item[link]}>"><img src="<{$item[icon]}>" border="0"></a></td>
                  <td width="98%" align="left" valign="top"><a href="<{$item[link]}>" id="moduletitle"><strong><{$item[title]}></strong></a><br />
                    <span class="smalltext"><{$item[description]}></span></td>
                </tr>
              </tbody>
            </table></td>
            <!-- END WIDGET: <{$item[title]}> -->
 <{/if}> 

[craigbrass]

Thanks for sharing that. I am sure it will come in handy for other users.