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Category linked to a section, with subcategories ... and breadcrumb
Hello all,
I’m working on a website which has sections, and for each section is linked a particular set of category and subcategories. To link the parent category with its section, I used the same name for both (no matters the title).
For example, the section named ‘products’ displays these categories :- products
- motherboards
- intel-mini-atx
- intel-s-478
- intel-s-775
- hard disks
- 2-5
- 3-5
- external
- motherboards
- display a breadcrumb like : products > motherboards > intel-s-775 but linked with the section and not the category (a sort of
<txp:breadcrumb this_section="1" />) where ‘products’ is the section, ‘motherboard’ and ‘intel-s-775’ are the [sub]categories. In other words, the parameters in the links should be (when using messy urls) :/?s=products >/?s=products&c=motherboards>/?s=products&c=intel-s-775 - when browsing the category ‘motherboard’, have a list of all the products in its subcategories
A product can be in 2 different categories.
There could be later more levels of subcategories.
- is it possible natively ? (unsure …)
- can I find plugin(s) to do this ?
- or should I write mine ? :p
Hope I’ve been clear.
Thank you !
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#2 2011-04-29 22:04:18
- brunodario
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- From: Belo Horizonte, Brasil
- Registered: 2007-09-19
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Re: Category linked to a section, with subcategories ... and breadcrumb
For the breadcrumbs:
You´ll need etz_crumbs this plugin it´s a great aid for breadcrumbs. Your code will look something like this:
<p class="crumbs"> You are here: <txp:etz_crumbs hometitle="Home Page" category="2" /> </p>
Using your example this will output
You are here: Link to home page > Link to Section (Products) > Link to Category1 (products) > Link to Motherboards > Link to intel-mini-atx
The drawbacks:
First
you´l have a repeated link with same name ( Products link to section > Products link to category > etc…) .One way to deal with it it´s by editing the category “Products” (and any other master category) and leave the Title field blank. This will make the name disapear, leaving the breadcrumb with 2 “>” symbols. Or you can remove the third link with jquery, something like:
$('p.crumbs a:eq(2)').remove();
If you opted for the first solution you may also be able to get rid of the doubled “>” with jquery.
Second
Using your example: The way textpattern deals with category doesn´t allow a user to click on “Motherboards” category and have “Intel-mini-atx” , “intel-s-478” and “intel-s-775” listed. So this is a situation i haven´t found any other solution but listing it manually (in my case it wasen´t a crucial thing because the main and second level sections were fix but this can be a serius issue if your site is so dynamic that the categories change every time).
Anyway a form to list it manually would look something like this:
Create a form called “global_categories”
<txp:if_category name="motherboards">
<txp:article_custom form="yourform" category="intel-mini-atx, intel-s-478, intel-s-775 " limit="99" section="products" />
</txp:if_category>
.... repeat for other categories
And then call it anywhere: <txp:output_form form=“global_categories”/>
If anyone knows a way to achieve this dynamically i´ll apreciate it too! Hope it helps you anyway…
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Re: Category linked to a section, with subcategories ... and breadcrumb
brunodario a écrit:
You´ll need etz_crumbs this plugin it´s a great aid for breadcrumbs.
Yes, it helps, thank you.
I’ll have to deal with the double “Products” and the presence (or not) of a second category, but it shoudn’t be a problem.
The way textpattern deals with category doesn´t allow a user to click on “Motherboards” category and have “Intel-mini-atx” , “intel-s-478” and “intel-s-775” listed. […] this can be a serius issue if your site is so dynamic that the categories change every time.
Ok. The site won’t be that dynamic, but I prefer to be pro-active :) and manage the category tree automatically from the beginning.
So, researches keep going on !
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Re: Category linked to a section, with subcategories ... and breadcrumb
brunodario a écrit:
The way textpattern deals with category doesn´t allow a user to click on “Motherboards” category and have “Intel-mini-atx” , “intel-s-478” and “intel-s-775” listed.
Actually, yes … almost.
To retrieve in a variable (named “allcats” in the example) a comma-separated list of the current category and all its subcategories, in one line :
<txp:variable name="allcats" value='<txp:category_list parent=''<txp:category />'' break=","><txp:category /></txp:category_list>' />Notice the double single quote around <txp:category />
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