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#1 2013-10-08 09:46:53
- txpdevcoder
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- Registered: 2012-06-07
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Custom Category List
I have a problem with a category list, i’m hoping someone knows the answer.
I have a category list that dynamically builds up a list of team members and the articles set to those categories. This code works fine but what i need to do is exclude categories that do not have any articles assigned to them. How do I modify the below so that it checks if a category has content or not? Im sure i can use a variable or something somehow but i’ve been going round in circles.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
<txp:category_list section="meet-the-team" parent="meet-the-team" exclude="meet-the-team,directors" break="">
<h2 class="accordion-header"><txp:category title="1" /></h2>
<div class="accordion-content">
<ul class="teampeoplelist">
<txp:article_custom section="meet-the-team" category='<txp:category />' wraptag="" break="">
<li><txp:article_image />
<h1><txp:title /></h1>
<txp:body />
</li>
</txp:article_custom>
</ul>
</div>
</txp:category_list>Last edited by txpdevcoder (2013-10-08 09:49:07)
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Re: Custom Category List
Like this (mind the linebreaks)?
<txp:category_list section="meet-the-team" parent="meet-the-team" exclude="meet-the-team,directors" break="">
<txp:variable name="catlist"><txp:article_custom section="meet-the-team" category='<txp:category />' wraptag="ul" break="li" class="teampeoplelist">
<txp:article_image />
<h1><txp:title /></h1>
<txp:body />
</txp:article_custom></txp:variable>
<txp:if_variable name="catlist" value=""><txp:else />
<h2 class="accordion-header"><txp:category title="1" /></h2>
<div class="accordion-content">
<txp:variable name="catlist" />
</div>
</txp:if_variable>
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#3 2013-10-08 10:01:35
- txpdevcoder
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Re: Custom Category List
Thanks etc but that doesn’t seem to work. I am still getting a heading without any content under it. Any other thoughts?
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Re: Custom Category List
It works for me. Look if there is an empty <div class="accordion-content"> after these lonely headings. If so, check if there is no linebreaks inside the variable.
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#5 2013-10-08 11:45:35
- txpdevcoder
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Re: Custom Category List
Ah! thanks. Such a silly problem. I was right all along, i had something similar to what you suggested but space characters and line breaks were giving the variable a value.
All sorted now. Thanks!
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Re: Custom Category List
It makes me wonder if if_variable shouldn’t trim its value, this is a very common issue.
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#7 2013-10-08 11:55:41
- txpdevcoder
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Re: Custom Category List
It would make more sense, yes.
invisible characters should not count as a value!
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