[plugin] [ORPHAN] rss_unlimited_categories - Unltd. Article Categories

Zanza · 2006-01-31 09:39:26

> theonlydrew wrote:

> Also, when I use the txp:article_custom category=”“ I get nothing returned. Can I only use the rss tags to list these multiple categories?

If you want to refer to categories, yes. They rely on a new db table.

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theonlydrew · 2006-01-31 22:35:23

Sorry Zanza, I’m a little confused.
So I cannot use existing tags such as {txp:article_custom category=“One of the multiple categories” /} ? Or I can? Because currently I cannot, and I was wondering if I was misusing the plugin. So, can I use the multiple categories that I have selected with other text pattern tags, or can I only use them with rss_unlimited_categories tag?

Also, is there a way for these unlimited_categories to be listed and sorted, like cat1 and cat 2 are under the Articles SubTab.

alexandra · 2006-02-01 10:02:54

I am using the 0.1 plugins version and get a 404 page error when hitting the assigned article category.

Instead of:
http://localhost/txpt/article?c=design
i get:
http://localhost/txpt/article/design
which does of course not work.

The all over URL scheme i use is: section/title on TXP 4.0.3

Last edited by alexandra (2006-02-01 10:06:17)

RHD · 2006-02-02 02:33:01

Thanks, Rob, for developing this. I’ve been wanting Txp to have more-than-two-category capability for a long time.

Just to make sure there’s not something weird with my install: Are the default category selection drop-downs supposed to still be displayed after I install the plugin? ‘Cause now, after installing it, it looks like I have two ways to select categories: The old standard way and the new Rob-is-awesome way.

I can make sense of it, but some of the other authors on my site might not.

Last edited by RHD (2006-02-02 02:33:18)

NeilA · 2006-02-02 03:00:11

What you are seeing is correct RHD.
Rob’s plugin is an additional function to the built in categories – it even uses new tables in the db, and, of course you use new tags to display/use the new multi-category features.

So while it might be a tad confusing initially for users, a little education should help.

Idea: perhaps have just one available ‘category’ under the original category list, reading: “Don’t use this!” ;-)

Regards

wilshire · 2006-02-02 03:45:27

Sorry folks, I don’t seem to get notified when people post to the forums in 9 out of 10 cases so I haven’t seen these posts over the past few days. To answer summarize the questions above:

You do not need to use custom fields with this plugin. It creates a new table that stores the relationship between articles and categories.
The standard TXP article tags and any plugins except this one will not recognize the category selections that the plugin sets. Why? Because its written to a new table that only this plugin is aware of. The rss_unlimited_categories_article_list tag is a multiple category aware replacement for the TXP article tags.
The article list page will not show your multiple category selections for the same reason mentioned above.
The standard category1 and category2 will still show with this plugin installed. Why? Because you might want to use both so that you can use a standard TXP tag or plugin.
There seem to be problems with /section/category URLs which I’ll have to look into.

I think that about covers it all for now…

Zanza · 2006-02-02 07:22:29

Thank you.

Just to know: are you planning to add a rss_recent_article tag or something? I’ve a problem that can only be solved being capable to calculate relations among articles based on category similarity. Chh plugin already have a bunch of ways to calculate relationship, so it may just be a matter of adding also your db table one. I’m not so good to do it myself.

Thanks anyway.

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RHD · 2006-02-02 08:52:05

Thanks, Neil and Rob. I understand better now that I’ve played around with it a bit.

For the reasons Rob mentioned above, txp:related_article doesn’t work with this plugin. I’ll have to play around with rss_unlimited_categories_article_list and see what does work.

Thanks again, Rob.

mcmurz · 2006-02-02 16:15:49

Thank you! Your plugin gives me the final decision to move to textpattern :]
However, I’ve still haven’t managed to make it work yet.
After installation, nothing changed on the Content:Write page. There’re still two drop-down boxes for categories. Can anyone help please?

dustandmold · 2006-02-02 17:49:19

Rob, your plugins have proven invaluable in my work – textpattern simply wouldn’t be my CMS of choice without your contribution.

A couple of things:

1. I’m having trouble getting the category extension to the URL working both in section/title and section/ID/title URL modes. I know you’re on this right now ;) I’m using 4.0.3 btw.

2. rss_unlimited_categories_article_list isn’t outputting. May be linked to the above issue.

3. In the help section of the plugin, you have the same description for several of the plugin’s properties: ‘The maximum number of categories returned.’ Not a big deal, just thought I’d point it out.

p.s. the site presenting these issues is hosted locally. however, my apache server is correctly configured for clean urls.

wilshire · 2006-02-02 18:31:01

> Zanza wrote:
Just to know: are you planning to add a rss_recent_article tag or something?

Yes, I’m planning on it.

> mcmurz wrote:
After installation, nothing changed on the Content:Write page. There’re still two drop-down boxes for categories. Can anyone help please?

Welcome to the forums mcmurz. First, I assume you activated the plugin? Second, are you getting any javascript errors on the page? And are you using TXP 4.0.3?

> dustandmold wrote:
In the help section of the plugin, you have the same description for several of the plugin’s properties: ‘The maximum number of categories returned.’ Not a big deal, just thought I’d point it out.

Thanks never noticed that. Still working on the rest of the issues you mentioned.

mcmurz · 2006-02-02 19:32:02

Welcome to the forums mcmurz. First, I assume you activated the plugin? Second, are you getting any javascript errors on the page? And are you using TXP 4.0.3?

Thank you for such a fast reply. Yes, I have activated it to ‘yes’ and am using version 4.0.3.

wilshire · 2006-02-03 17:24:25

> mcmurz wrote:
Thank you for such a fast reply. Yes, I have activated it to ‘yes’ and am using version 4.0.3.

Any JS errors on the page? Can you see if the plugins table (textpattern_category) was created?

mcmurz · 2006-02-03 20:50:28

Any JS errors on the page? Can you see if the plugins table (textpattern_category) was create

Thank you very much, wilshire. I’ve changed to view in Firefox and it’s now working wonderfully. The db table was created since the plugin installation/activation. In IE where I used before there wasn’t any indication of JS error (or just me being a novice and noticing none), but the list didn’t show either.

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