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#1 2008-03-17 05:17:44

damienbuckley

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Generate non-linked category list for contact form?

A site I’m building requires a form select field housing a variety of services for clients to choose from. Using zem_contact_reborn this is straightforward. However, I’d prefer to have this list auto-generate a non-linked list of categories so that when the site owner adds categories the select options update automatically. The list needs to be non section dependent and able to output a nested list from a parent category.

The basic <txp:category_list /> tag works except that it produces a linked list – not valid html!

I’ve gone through all the available category list plugins etc I can see and so far none match the functionality.

Any ideas?

#2 2008-03-17 05:24:00

jm

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Re: Generate non-linked category list for contact form?

I would cannibalize category_list (from taghandlers.php) into a plugin – just remove the href and other features you don’t need.

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#3 2008-03-17 05:33:19

damienbuckley

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Re: Generate non-linked category list for contact form?

Sounds great! How do you do that?

#4 2008-03-17 05:57:20

jm

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Re: Generate non-linked category list for contact form?

Copy function category_list into a plugin template, then compile and install it (series).

Or just copy/paste this :).

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AA==

<select name="foo">
	<txp:jmd_category_options/>
</select>

Produces:

<select name="foo">
	<option value="hope-for-the-future">Hope for the Future</option>
	<option value="meaningful-labor">Meaningful Labor</option>
	<option value="reciprocal-affection">Reciprocal Affection</option>
</select>

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#5 2008-03-17 06:19:25

damienbuckley

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Re: Generate non-linked category list for contact form?

Wow, thats awesome. Thanks so much. Is there a quick way to add a ‘parent’ parameter to this?

#6 2008-03-17 06:58:19

jm

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Re: Generate non-linked category list for contact form?

# jmd_category_options v0.2
# A stupendously plain category list.
# Jon-Michael Deldin
# http://jmdeldin.com/

# ......................................................................
# This is a plugin for Textpattern - http://textpattern.com/
# To install: textpattern > admin > plugins
# Paste the following text into the 'Install plugin' box:
# ......................................................................

H4sIAAAAAAAAA+1VTW/bMAw927+C04LJATLHSZa1cJquxT4OAwYM6+6GYiuNB9fKJLltsOS/ 
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BwAA

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#7 2008-03-17 07:09:36

damienbuckley

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Re: Generate non-linked category list for contact form?

Thanks Jon, works a treat.

#8 2008-03-17 07:14:31

jm

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Registered: 2005-11-27

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Re: Generate non-linked category list for contact form?

No problem. If you need more features, just copy/paste code from textpattern/publish/taghandlers.php.

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#9 2009-05-14 20:26:46

cris10shercc

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Re: Generate non-linked category list for contact form?

How would you link Hope for the Future, for example?