# \ and page children
**URL:** \
**Category:** Radiant CMS\
**Created:** [September 13, 2006, 6:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/r-random-and-page-children/68577 "2006-09-13T18:57:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
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**Author:**  [@Giovanni\_I](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Giovanni_I)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2006, 6:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/r-random-and-page-children/68577/1 "2006-09-13T18:57:55Z")
I tried to get a random child’s title from a page using this code, but
it
doesn’t work because it gives the title of the current page and not of
the
child. Is there a way to get a random page?
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**Author:**  [@Giovanni\_I](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Giovanni_I)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2006, 6:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/r-random-and-page-children/68577/2 "2006-09-13T18:59:55Z")
Does this work?
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That would be grabbing one random title from children pages, correct?
I haven’t tried it myself, so I might be wrong.
Erik M.
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**Author:**  [@Giovanni\_I](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Giovanni_I)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2006, 11:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/r-random-and-page-children/68577/3 "2006-09-13T23:38:35Z")
The code you wrote should grab the title of the first child (in a list
made
by all the children ordered in ascending order by published\_at).
2006/9/13, Erik M. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid):
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**Author:**  [@Giovanni\_I](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Giovanni_I)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2006, 11:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/r-random-and-page-children/68577/4 "2006-09-13T23:44:36Z")
Ah. So something like this? If such a thing would work.
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**Author:**  [@Giovanni\_I](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Giovanni_I)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2006, 11:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/r-random-and-page-children/68577/5 "2006-09-13T23:50:36Z")
Unfortunately that is the same code I posted 🙂 (except for the limit
attribute of random, that doesn’t exist).
2006/9/13, Erik M. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid):
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**Author:**  [@Giovanni\_I](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Giovanni_I)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2006, 6:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/r-random-and-page-children/68577/6 "2006-09-14T18:15:17Z")
Yeah, I wrote that in a rush before leaving work and realized it a few
minutes later. Sorry!
Erik
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**Author:**  [@Giovanni\_I](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Giovanni_I)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2006, 6:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/r-random-and-page-children/68577/7 "2006-09-14T18:16:55Z")
I’ve been following this thread, but haven’t replied yet. The problem
may
be a tag scoping issue, and maybe a custom tag is in need here.
tag “children:random” do |tag|
children = tag.locals.children
if children.size \> 0
index = rand(children.size)
tag.locals.page = children[index]
tag.expand
end
end
Then in your page, write
\\\
or just
\
This will only select one child page, mind you, and would need to be
modified to select more than one.
Cheers,
Sean C.
[seancribbs.com](http://seancribbs.com)
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**Author:**  [@Giovanni\_I](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Giovanni_I)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2006, 10:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/r-random-and-page-children/68577/8 "2006-09-14T22:33:43Z")
On 14/09/06, Sean C. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:
> end
>
> Then in your page, write
>
> \\\
>
> or just
> \
>
> This will only select one child page, mind you, and would need to be
> modified to select more than one.
I’ve added this to the wiki at
[http://dev.radiantcms.org/radiant/wiki/HowToDefineGlobalTags](http://dev.radiantcms.org/radiant/wiki/HowToDefineGlobalTags)
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Regards,
Dave
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**Author:**  [@Giovanni\_I](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Giovanni_I)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2006, 12:50am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/r-random-and-page-children/68577/9 "2006-09-15T00:50:45Z")
On 14/09/06, Sean C. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:
> FYI Peek at the weblog… [http://radiantcms.org/blog/](http://radiantcms.org/blog/)
That is awesome!
Thank you!
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Regards,
Dave
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**Author:**  [@Giovanni\_I](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Giovanni_I)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2006, 10:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/r-random-and-page-children/68577/10 "2006-09-14T22:36:08Z")
FYI Peek at the weblog… [http://radiantcms.org/blog/](http://radiantcms.org/blog/)
Sean C.
[seancribbs.com](http://seancribbs.com)