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#1 2005-11-16 20:06:18
- LuciferVandros
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Manual Category List Question
Is it possible to output a list of categories, but specify exactly what categories you want to display? In other words, I want to have an < ul > list of categories in my sidebar that when you click on shows the excerpts from articles that have been assigned to that category. I don’t need help with the latter, I’m just wondering if there is something like < txp:category_list categories=“food, links, news” />?
Thanks.
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#2 2005-11-17 14:01:30
- LuciferVandros
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Re: Manual Category List Question
Anyone?
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Re: Manual Category List Question
You can manually add a link like this for each category you want:
<code><a href=”/index.php?c=Art”>Art</a></code>
Last edited by reid (2005-11-17 15:39:20)
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#4 2005-11-17 15:50:53
- LuciferVandros
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Re: Manual Category List Question
Thanks. I guess specifying a list of categories in the tag is not something that can be accomplished?
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Re: Manual Category List Question
Not exactly in the manner you seem to want, at least not that I know of (and stating it isn’t possilbe is the best way to draw out someone to show you “yes, it is”).
I’ve had to do the same thing with the drop down menu that Txp uses by default to browse categories. I couldn’t get it to output the categories in the manner I wanted, so I manually create it … and store it in a form that I call in the templates. It’s still a pain to have to manually enter a new category in the code when you add one, but at least by placing it in a form, it only needs to be changed in that one place.
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#6 2005-11-17 16:34:29
- LuciferVandros
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Re: Manual Category List Question
Right. Once I got your first reply I figured a form would be the answer for hardcoded category links. Thanks a lot for your help.
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#7 2005-11-17 16:35:59
- rsilletti
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Re: Manual Category List Question
<code><txp:category /></code> will output a linked category by name or title.
<a href=“http://textpattern.net/wiki/index.php?title=Txp:category_/”>Txp:category</a>
There is also a conditional <code><txp:if_category></code> that will take a comma delimited list as an attribute, but the gray area in between that you describe will probably require a hard coded list or a plugin.
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#8 2005-11-17 17:48:07
- LuciferVandros
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Re: Manual Category List Question
> reid wrote:
> You can manually add a link like this for each category you want:
<code><a href=”/index.php?c=Art”>Art</a></code>
One more question. Will this type of link work with clean urls? That’s what I’m using.
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Re: Manual Category List Question
That link should give you a list of articles in a particular category, regardless of whether you have “clean” or “messy” set in the preferences. The URL for that category page would not be “clean,” it would be something like domain.com/index.php?c=Art
However, all the articles listed on that page would be links with their usual clean URL’s.
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#10 2005-11-17 19:27:34
- LuciferVandros
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Re: Manual Category List Question
Got it. Thanks!
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#11 2005-11-17 21:45:02
- els
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Re: Manual Category List Question
domain.com/category/art also works (that’s what <txp:category link="y" /> gives).
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#12 2005-11-17 21:47:43
- zem
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