Using if_article_category

logo1664 · 2011-01-28 15:23:08

I’m implementing the “Archive page in article” tip http://txptips.com/archive-page-in-an-article and ran into a snag. Not with it, but integrating in the site.

I have a single article form br_article that handles both article lists and individual articles. For the archive page, I don’t need the posted date, author, and other things related to an individual article. The form has:

<txp:if_individual_article> 
  <txp:if_article_category name="Blog Archive"> 
    <txp:body /> 
  <txp:else /> 
    ... individual article tags ... 
  </txp:if_article_category> 
</txp:if_individual_article>

The article has Category 1 assigned to “Blog Archive”. In categories, its parent is Blog.

Blog (0)
  Blog Archive (1)
  Whatever (7)

When the page is rendered, it goes through the if_individual_article but not the if_article_category. The post time, author information, and comment information is shown.

I turned on the tag trace and have:

<txp:if_individual_article>
    [<txp:if_individual_article>: true]
    <txp:if_article_category name="Blog Archive">
        [<txp:if_article_category name="Blog Archive">: false]
        <txp:permlink>
            <txp:title />
        </txp:permlink>
        <txp:posted />
        ...

I double checked the article, and category 1 is “Blog Archive”. I also tried <txp:if_article_category name="Blog Archive" number="1"> to force Category 1, but it still evaluates to false.

Is there something special I need to do because the Blog Archive is a child and not a level 1 entry?

Thanks,
Loyd

logo1664 · 2011-01-28 15:58:16

I think I found the solution. For multiword tags, use a dash (-) instead of space: <txp:if_article_category name="blog-archive">. Documented? :)

michaelkpate · 2011-01-28 16:15:28

It looks like you were using the category title rather the name.

It will execute the contained statement if the category name associated with a particular article (Category1 or Category2) matches the values of the name and number attributes. Should be used in an article form. – if article category

logo1664 · 2011-01-28 16:35:40

The examples for if_article_category are vague. From the tag reference,

<txp:if_article_category name="Prose" number="1">
	<p><txp:category1 /></p>
</txp:if_article_category>

Since “Prose” is properly capitalized, it implies I should be able to use the Title as presented on the Categories / Article Categories screen. if_article_category does not have a title attribute like some of the other tags. Multiword names are not mentioned. I found this by looking in the textpattern table.

No worries, I have it working and now chasing other issues.

Thanks!

els · 2011-01-28 16:45:51

Category (or section) names should not contain capitals; when you create a category ‘My Category’, that will be its title, and the name is converted to ‘my-category’. As values for tag attributes, always use the (category or section) names.

Bloke · 2011-01-28 17:39:30

logo1664 wrote:

Since “Prose” is properly capitalized, it implies I should be able to use the Title

Good catch. Documentation updated.

els · 2011-01-28 17:49:53

Bloke wrote:

Good catch. Documentation updated.

Doh! I really thought we caught them all… we need an smd_where_used for the wiki ;)

logo1664 · 2011-01-28 17:53:25

Awesome!

uli · 2011-01-28 18:06:32

Caught some more in section tags. Hope these were the last ones.

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