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#1 2009-08-07 14:57:31

egecan

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Registered: 2009-08-07

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How to hide a section from the main page but show it in category view?

I have a blog with some technical posts that are in a different section than others. I find it too confusing to have them on the main page so I’ve switched the “on front page” option to off. So, I also display a list of categories in the sidebar but after that change, when I click on a category, I see none of those posts. Is “category view” a part of the main page? I’d really appreciate any help, because I want to show them in category view Thanks =)

#2 2009-08-23 15:14:57

els

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Re: How to hide a section from the main page but show it in category view?

egecan wrote:

Is “category view” a part of the main page?

Yes. Sorry for the delayed reply, I assume you already found a solution, but anyway: you can show category lists on a section page using the section or this_section attribute in the tags you use for linking to the categories (<txp:category />, <txp:category_list />, <txp:category1 />, <txp:category2 />).
If articles in a category can be in more than one section, you’ll have to use <txp:article_custom /> rather than <txp:article /> on that section page.

Last edited by els (2009-08-23 15:17:02)

#3 2009-08-23 15:25:46

egecan

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Registered: 2009-08-07

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Re: How to hide a section from the main page but show it in category view?

Yes I’ve found a solution but mine wasn’t so practical as using just article_custom tag. Btw, you don’t have to be sorry for a late reply, and I really appreciate that somebody did reply anyway. Thanks! =)

Els wrote:

egecan wrote:

Is “category view” a part of the main page?

Yes. Sorry for the delayed reply, I assume you already found a solution, but anyway: you can show category lists on a section page using the section or this_section attribute in the tags you use for linking to the categories (<txp:category />, <txp:category_list />, <txp:category1 />, <txp:category2 />).
If articles in a category can be in more than one section, you’ll have to use <txp:article_custom /> rather than <txp:article /> on that section page.