Create article preview in ModX? - modx

How can I create preview of my articles(which are in the resource "articles") using their [[*description]] and [[*introtext]] in the right sidebar on another resources page, called "services"(this page's (template) code:
<html>
<head>
<title>[[++site_name]] - [[*pagetitle]]</title>
<base href="[[++site_url]]" />
</head>
<body>
[[*content]]
</body>
</html>
)
I created new tpl, called it "article_story" with this code:
<p><a href="[[++site_url]][[~[[+id]]]]">[[+pagetitle]]<br>
<img alt="[[+pagetitle]]" src="[[+tv.image:phpthumbof=`w=300`]]"></a><br>
[[+introtext]]<br>
</p>
I've tried to use this code:
[[!getResources? &parents=`[[*id]]` &tpl=`article_story` &limit=`3` &sortby=`{"publishedon":"ASC","createdon":"DESC"}`]]
But it doesn't work. Any thoughts?

By default the getResources Extra doesn't include unpublished Resources. You need to add &showUnpublished to the snippet call:
[[!getResources?
&parents=`[[*id]]`
&tpl=`article_story`
&showUnpublished=`1`
&limit=`3`
&sortby=`{"publishedon":"ASC","createdon":"DESC"}`
]]

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change to
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How to automatically show Title of the Entries/Articles in the Browser Title Bar in ExpressionEngine 2?

How would I output the title of an entry in ExpressionEngine and display it in the browser's title bar?
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Part of UPDATED Code:
Here is how i have done it :
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{exp:stash:set name="entry_seo_keywords" scope="site"}{cf_channelprefix_seo_keywords}{/exp:stash:set}
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