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#1 2006-07-27 21:20:29
- Plaz
- Member
- From: Minnesota
- Registered: 2004-06-02
- Posts: 33
Display conditional text based on the articles category?
Hello,
I am trying to have a page display a block of text and some minor graphics based on what category an article is in.
In one column on the page, I have a space reserved for contact information. In another column, articles will display.
In the first column, I want the contact info to change based on the category that the article in the right hand column is in…
I was hoping that if_category would work… but I cannot get it to.
I want it do do something like this in the first column:
If category=“apples”
display“Bob Jones, 555-555-1212”
If category=“oranges”
display“kathy Hart, 555-555-1214”
If category=“kiwi”
display“Jean Hackman, 555-555-1216”
else
show the default image
Is there a simple way to do this?
I’ve been working on this for hours and going nutso in the process… thanks…
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Re: Display conditional text based on the articles category?
<code>
<txp:if_category>
<txp:output_form form=“addresses” />
<txp:else />
default content goes here
</txp:if_category>
</code>
Then create a form called addresses and put in the following:
<code>
<txp:if_category name=“apples”>
content goes here
</txp:if_category>
<txp:if_category name=“oranges”>
content goes here
</txp:if_category>
and so on…
</code>
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#3 2006-07-27 23:32:05
- els
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- From: The Netherlands
- Registered: 2004-06-06
- Posts: 7,458
Re: Display conditional text based on the articles category?
<txp:if_category> looks at the category of an article list (so the category that is in the url). For an article category you need txp:if_article_category in the article form. To use it the way you want to, you’d need two article tags on the page.
In the column:
<code>
<txp:if_individual_article>
<txp:article form=“blah” />
</txp:if_individual_article>
</code>
Form ‘blah’:
<code>
<txp:if_article_category name=“apples”>
Bob Jones, 555-555-1212
</txp:if_article_category>
…and so on for the other categories
</code>
Remember to set ‘automatically append comments to articles’ to ‘no’, otherwise you’ll get into trouble with comments.
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Re: Display conditional text based on the articles category?
DOH! Els is right. Forget my gibberish.
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#5 2006-07-28 17:23:10
- Plaz
- Member
- From: Minnesota
- Registered: 2004-06-02
- Posts: 33
Re: Display conditional text based on the articles category?
Excellent. This works perfectly. I appreciate your help on this.
In the column:
<code>
<txp:if_individual_article>
<txp:article form=“blah” />
</txp:if_individual_article>
</code>
<BR>
Form ‘blah’:
<BR>
<code>
<txp:if_article_category name=“apples”>
Bob Jones, 555-555-1212
</txp:if_article_category>
</code>
<BR>
…and so on for the other categories
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