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#25 2010-09-19 15:13:11
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Re: Categories choice linked to section choice - backend
JimJoe wrote:
So, section 1 would be the state name, and section 2 are the town names ?
Ehm.. I fear I don’t understand.. this plugin hides categories depending on which section is selected while I suppose you want to hide items from category2 depending on which category1 is selected, right?
This should be doable hacking the plugin, but in your case it would still be an huge work with more than 150 categories to be handwritten in the code (!).
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Last edited by redbot (2010-09-19 15:15:26)
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Re: Categories choice linked to section choice - backend
Correct. When I select a state for category one, I want only the towns in that state to show up in category 2 when I am writing an article.
So, that would work for me, if it works on the Admin-> write article page.
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#27 2010-09-19 15:31:01
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Re: Categories choice linked to section choice - backend
JimJoe wrote:
…So, that would work for me, if it works on the Admin-> write article page.
Yes that would work but, as I said before, you’ll have to write another (similar) plugin or hack it (sorry I can’t do it now).
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Oh, and the site is huge already… so a bit of typing and editing won’t be a big deal. It will just take me some time to do… maybe longer than I expect, but I think I can handle it. I just need to know what to do.
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#29 2010-09-19 16:59:47
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Re: Categories choice linked to section choice - backend
JimJoe wrote:
…I just need to know what to do.
Jim,
That means I should explain you how to modify the plugin (which is something different than just configuring it)?
Sorry I haven’t the time now and it would take more time to explain than doing it myself for you.
When I can, of course.
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No problem. I’m kinda busy this weekend to.
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Re: Categories choice linked to section choice - backend
Peter, indeed, seems that it doesn’t work. Well, try this:
# Name: bot_cat_per_section_hide v0.1 [patched]
# Hide categories based on the section
# Author:
# URL:
# Recommended load order: 5
# .....................................................................
# This is a plugin for Textpattern - http://textpattern.com/
# To install: textpattern > admin > plugins
# Paste the following text into the "Install plugin" box:
# .....................................................................
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/wKj/EHN6AkAAA==There you go. I rewrote it for you and fixed all the other potential issues, including 4.5 compatibility.
I will have to warn you about one thing, tho. It doesn’t take into account partial async updates. But as of now, no plugin uses partials to update categories on the fly. If such plugin lands and you end up using one, the above needs some refactoring. Currently it expects that the categories are handled as static elements (which they are by default).
Last edited by Gocom (2012-08-27 22:38:45)
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Re: Categories choice linked to section choice - backend
Jukka, you’re da man! Thank you! It works well. Nice that you separated the memorable spot where you enter the sections and categories from the plugin itself. Loose change heading your way which can be increased…
if you can add options in the Categories panel to If selected …
I would like options to Group, Hide and Show All (to make using the Categories panel easier). Although I could put a group of categories under one grand Parent category, in my setup I would not want the Parent to be a category at all, so that’s why I’m thinking “Group”. Hiding the Group would hide all categories in that group. Hiding the Parent would not hide the children of the parent. If you want to hide the children, select them to hide them.
If this is fiendishly difficult to do, just the Hide and Show All options would be very helpful. (Article and image categories). Have you a few minutes to whip this together?
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Re: Categories choice linked to section choice - backend
Right now I have some other open source things to fix too which have non-stop work for days. I have zero (heh) personal use for this whole plugin (I do this type of configuration in PHP/JS), I pretty much just patched it because you asked.
If I have time and otherwise am extending the categories panel I may look into it. But I will give a fair warning that the interface additions have a high change of breaking in the future updates. These thing would relay on “hacks”, and year later someone might have to patch it again.
The grouping thing isn’t probably possible at all, not without rebuilding the whole category system or at least the visual presentation of the panel somehow.
Last edited by Gocom (2012-08-28 12:57:11)
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