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#1 2008-08-14 16:08:26
- MattH
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Have category pages show children?
Is there a way to have category pages also show children of the category?
For example, I have a category called “Transportation” with subcategories “Bus” and “Train”. If I categorize a page “Bus”, it doesn’t show up under the Transportation category, but I’d like it to.
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Re: Have category pages show children?
MattH wrote:
Is there a way to have category pages also show children of the category?
I’m not sure if it’s what you’re looking for, but does <txp:category_list /> help at all? Or if you need the ‘reverse’ (get parents from a child category), try the smd_parent plugin.
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Re: Have category pages show children?
I think he’s looking for an article list on a category page that shows not only articles in that category but also articles in child categories. In 4.0.7, you may be able to do that by using article_custom list and fill the ‘category’ attribute value with the results of a plugin tag that can list all child categories as a comma-separated list.
Requirements:- current category:
<txp:category /> - plugin that can return child categories as a comma separated list:
<txp:smd_parent break="," category='<txp:category />' />(this is an example, I don’t know if this give the desired result) - use that in article_custom:
<txp:article_custom category='<txp:category />,<txp:smd_parent break="," category=''<txp:category />'' />' />
Hmm… this could very well be the first example I’ve ever seen where two levels of attribute value parsing are actually shown in a useful way ;)
Or, if you can’t wait, you could write a plugin that does something similar, perhaps even in a single query (which would no doubt involve at least a join and perhaps a sub select).
Last edited by ruud (2008-08-14 16:28:37)
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Re: Have category pages show children?
I’m trying to do just that. Is the above answer still the best solution available in 4.0.8?
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#5 2009-04-17 19:34:41
- els
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Re: Have category pages show children?
With a little bit more code you can even do it without plugin :)
<txp:article_custom category='<txp:category_list parent=''<txp:category />'' break=""><txp:category /><txp:if_last_category><txp:else />,</txp:if_last_category></txp:category_list>' />
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Re: Have category pages show children?
ok, thanks, I will try this.
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