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Custom Category Page
I want to use a custom category display layout. Ive made a section called “category” and assigned it a “category” page, yet it still insists on using the default page to display urls like domain.com/category/somecat
Im sure ive done this before. What am i missing??!
Thanks!
Last edited by CodeWalker (2013-09-22 16:56:24)
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#2 2013-09-22 19:42:06
- milosevic
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Re: Custom Category Page
You don’t need a new section for that. On your actual page template:
<txp:if_category>
Your code for category pages
<txp:else/>
Your code for other situations like home,articles, search pages,etc,
</txp:if_category>
Note that you can control several situations directly from your default section page template with
If_category
If_search
If_author
If_individual_article
Etc.
This tags nested and using in conjuction of if/else structures will allow you to control what to do depending on what kind of page the user is visiting.
Last edited by milosevic (2013-09-22 19:52:07)
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Re: Custom Category Page
Thanks, I am aware i can do that, but i want a custom layout thats different to the default page. the html structure is different and It would be very difficult to use the default page.
Is there a way?
Last edited by CodeWalker (2013-09-22 19:50:00)
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Re: Custom Category Page
CodeWalker wrote:
I want to use a custom category display layout. Ive made a section called “category” and assigned it a “category” page, yet it still insists on using the default page to display urls like domain.com/category/somecat
Have you tried to replace category by some other name ?
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#5 2013-09-22 20:02:10
- milosevic
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Re: Custom Category Page
I guess no. Categories arte not asigned to any section so the default section controls It presentation.
You can try to pass the control of category pages presentation to a form instead of another page template starting your default page template with the if_category and calling a form instead a page:
<txp:if_category>
<txp:output_form form=“your-categories-template”/>
<txp:else/>
Here your actual default page markup.
</txp:if_category>
Last edited by milosevic (2013-09-22 20:02:46)
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Re: Custom Category Page
etc – it has to be called category as this is where Textpattern take you when you click on a category link. Im trying to customise how textpattern displays the list of articles in a category
milosevic – i understand, but i cannot do this because i would like a different HTML structure. If i use the form to do it, txp will generate html in the wrong place.
Last edited by CodeWalker (2013-09-22 20:12:12)
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Re: Custom Category Page
Ah, yes, stupid me. But what Jorge means seems to have sense:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<txp:if_category>
<html>...</html>
<txp:else/>
<html>...</html>
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#8 2013-09-23 02:44:50
- GugUser
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Re: Custom Category Page
etc – it has to be called category as this is where Textpattern take you when you click on a category link. Im trying to customise how textpattern displays the list of articles in a category.
Are you sure you understand the difference between sections and categories?
Then, you can customize everything what you want.
At the moment I don’t understand, what you need to do. For example, you can create a section and select “on front page” “no”. Then you give the section its own template (page).
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