Time for action — properties and methods of the $model model object

The following exercise will show you how to use some properties and methods of the $model object inside your custom template, along with some other data objects such as $weblog, $category, and $entry:

1. Go to your custom template editing page, and replace the last three lines of code above the </body></html> line with the following lines:

   And these are the 5 most recent entries from each category in my weblog: </br>
   <table border="1">
   <tr><td><b>Category</b></td><td><b>Entries</b></td></tr>
   #foreach ($category in $model.weblog.getWeblogCategory("nil"). weblogCategories)
   <tr><td><i>$category.name</i></td>
   <td>
   #foreach($entry in $model.weblog.getRecentWeblogEntries("$category .name", 5))
   <a href="$entry.permalink">$entry.title</a><br>
   #end
   </td></tr>
   #end
   </table>
   

2. The entire...