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#1 2010-02-20 01:23:02

dandul

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From: Brisbane, Australia

Registered: 2010-01-31

Posts: 33

can't make section-specific category list

Trying to make a menu that lists the categories used by articles in a particular section. So in section ‘notes’ if I’ve applied category One and Three to some articles, I want the menu to list just these categories, and not the unused Category Two.

I used this code:

<txp:category_list label=“Categories” section=’<txp:section />’ wraptag=“p” break=“br” />

And got every category. Nothing section-specific there! So then I tried this:

<txp:category_list this_section=“1” />

And again got every category in the database. Googled and typed and it beats me. Help anyone?

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#2 2010-02-20 02:08:34

jsoo

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From: NC, USA

Registered: 2004-11-15

Posts: 1,793

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Re: can't make section-specific category list

Have a look at some category plugins. The core category_list tag doesn’t do what you want.

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#3 2010-02-20 03:40:15

maniqui

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From: Buenos Aires, Argentina

Registered: 2004-10-10

Posts: 3,070

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Re: can't make section-specific category list

On your resulting menu, where should each category item link to? to a general site-wide category listing? or to a section-specific category listing?

Anyway, let’s try something simple first:

<txp:category_list>
  <txp:variable name="has_article"><txp:article_custom section='<txp:section />' category='<txp:category />' limit="1"><!-- hello! --></txp:article_custom></txp:variable>
  <txp:if_variable name="has_article" value="">
    <!-- no articles in this category, don't display the category -->
  <txp:else />
    <txp:category />
  </txp:if_variable>
</txp:category_list>

As always, inspired on some tip by Els.

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#4 2010-02-20 05:58:09

dandul

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From: Brisbane, Australia

Registered: 2010-01-31

Posts: 33

Re: can't make section-specific category list

Thanks for the suggestion jsoo, cbs_category_list did the job in a minute.

Thanks for the code maniqui, I had a play with it and will keep it for future reference. (BTW i was after section-specific category listings)

thanks for your time

:)

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