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#16 2009-04-13 23:16:03

woy

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Re: problem with combined section/category/article navigation

Mh, doesn’t fix it. I had removed ,<txp:category2 />' because I thought it’s superfluous due to the fact that I’ve assigned only a single category per article.

Last edited by woy (2009-04-13 23:18:26)

#17 2009-04-13 23:19:59

els

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Re: problem with combined section/category/article navigation

woy wrote:

I had removed ,<txp:category2 />' because I thought it’s superfluous due to the fact that I’ve assigned only a single category per article.

OK, that’s fine, but did you change <txp:category /> to <txp:category1 />?

#18 2009-04-13 23:21:55

woy

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Re: problem with combined section/category/article navigation

<txp:if_category>
<txp:article_custom category='<txp:category />' form="content_link" wraptag="ul" class="content_nav" />
</txp:if_category>
<txp:if_individual_article>
<txp:article_custom category='<txp:category1 />,<txp:category2 />' form="content_link" wraptag="ul" class="content_nav" />
</txp:if_individual_article>

That’s how my [content_nav] form looks right now.

#19 2009-04-13 23:24:48

els

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Re: problem with combined section/category/article navigation

That’s really strange, because according to your tag trace it says this (inside the if_individual_article tags):

<txp:article_custom category='<txp:category />' form="content_link" wraptag="ul" class="content_nav" />

#20 2009-04-13 23:29:03

els

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Re: problem with combined section/category/article navigation

I just looked at your page, and I think I get it now: you indeed must leave out the ,<txp:category2 />, because it appears to tell Txp to look in all categories if there is no category2. So what happens if you just have <txp:category1 /> there?

Last edited by els (2009-04-13 23:29:57)

#21 2009-04-13 23:34:12

woy

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Re: problem with combined section/category/article navigation

Wow, that’s it. I can’t repeat to say thank you again, Els.

Could you please tell me what makes the difference between '<txp:category />' and '<txp:category />'

#22 2009-04-13 23:37:59

els

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Re: problem with combined section/category/article navigation

Phew… I’m glad we found it :)

<txp:category /> looks for the category that is currently being viewed (= the category that is in the URL), so it only works on a category (list) page. <txp:category1 /> and <txp:category2 /> look at the category (1 or 2) that is assigned to the article currently viewed, so they only work on an individual article page.

#23 2009-04-13 23:42:27

woy

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Re: problem with combined section/category/article navigation

Ah, good to know. Didn’t know that this makes such an significant difference.

Thanks and good night!

#24 2009-04-16 12:31:44

woy

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Re: problem with combined section/category/article navigation

I’m sorry for reinvigorating this thread. After fixing this problem with Els’ help, I’m struggling with two related issues.

First one:

I’v marked my “news” section as “on front page” to display it when opening the website. My main navigation consist of a section list and I highlight the selected one using

<li<txp:if_section name='<txp:section/>'> class="active"<txp:else/> </txp:if_section>.

Is there a solution to declare the section “news” as selected although I’ve not navigated to it?

My second problem is linked to my the initial topic of this post:

Currently I put my articles in place using the following tag structure:

<txp:if_individual_article> <txp:article form="standard" /> <txp:else /> <txp:article status="sticky" form="standard" category='<txp:category>'/> </txp:if_individual_article> 

I’m using sticky articles as landing pages for the sections. These articles have also a category assigned and I would like to have my category highlighted when I navigate to a section.

Can I achieve this without hard coding the navigation in my templates?

Thanks in advance,

Sebastian