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#1 2012-01-28 19:27:08

markus_falk

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Registered: 2012-01-14

Posts: 11

exclude empty categories [solved]

is there a way to use the category list but exclude empty categories from it? I checked on a few plugins that did exactly that but with them I wasn’t able to change much of the HTML. I need the following output:

<ul data-role="listview" data-theme="c" data-divider-theme="a" data-inset="true"> <txp:category_list wraptag="" break=""> <li> <txp:category title="1" link="1" /> </li> </txp:category_list> </ul>

thanks alot :)

Last edited by markus_falk (2012-01-28 19:33:26)

#2 2012-01-28 19:32:56

markus_falk

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Registered: 2012-01-14

Posts: 11

Re: exclude empty categories [solved]

I swear I tried the very same thing for hours and hours …

http://forum.textpattern.com/viewtopic.php?id=35466

thanks to those contributers :)

#3 2012-01-28 19:38:09

Gocom

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From: Helsinki, Finland

Registered: 2006-07-14

Posts: 4,533

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Re: exclude empty categories [solved]

You could use article_custom and variable tags in the category listing. For example, something like:

<txp:category_list break="" wraptag="">

	<!--
		Check if the category has any articles using article_custom.
		Populate "has_articles" variable with "true" if there are articles.
	-->	

	<txp:variable name="has_articles"><txp:article_custom category='<txp:category />' limit="1">true</txp:article_custom></txp:variable>

	<txp:if_variable name="has_articles" value="">
		<!--
			No articles, skip.
		-->
	<txp:else />
		<li><txp:category title="1" link="1" /></li>
	</txp:if_variable>
</txp:category_list>

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