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Dec 14, 2014, 9:48 PM

iplay

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Dec 14, 2014, 9:48 PM

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Conditions to specify categories in detailed.html

In detailed.html, I'd like to create a condition that would work on ANY subcategory of a particular main category.

I know I can do this using Category_Template like this
<%if Category_Template eq category_idioms.html %>
but I'd prefer to have only one category template, ie category.html.
Likewise, I'd prefer to have only one detailed template, ie detailed.html.

For example, I have several hundred categories arranged as:

Idioms <-- category
Idioms A <-- subcategories
Idioms B
Idioms C
etc to
Idioms Z

Quotes <-- category
Quotes A <-- subcategories
Quotes B
Quotes C
etc to
Quotes Z

How can I tell detailed.html the following (without using Category_Template)?

IF category is Any-Subcategory-of-Idioms THEN do this...

IF category is Any-Subcategory-of-Quotes THEN do this...

Thanks,
--Jo

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iplay: Dec 14, 2014, 9:51 PM

Dec 14, 2014, 10:20 PM

Andy

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Dec 14, 2014, 10:20 PM

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Hi,

I can't remember the exact format - but I think this should work:

Code:
<%if Full_Name istart "Whatever/"%> 
 ...run this 
<%endif%>

"istart" is telling it to find a string that you give, that matches the "start" of the string. So in the instance of:

Idioms/Idioms A/Idioms B

....then the match would be:

Quote:

Idioms - no match
Idioms/Idioms A - match
Idioms/Idioms A/Idioms B - match

Hope that helps.

Cheers

Andy (mod)
andy@ultranerds.co.uk

Dec 14, 2014, 11:14 PM

iplay

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Dec 14, 2014, 11:14 PM

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Many thanks Andy Smile

I've just tried your suggestion. I can't get it to work in detailed.html but it does work in category.html.

Using <%GT::Template::dump%>, it seems that Full_Name is not available for detailed pages though it is available for category pages.

Can you see any way to get it working on detailed pages? (It looks as though it's exactly what I need!)

Thanks,
--Jo

Dec 15, 2014, 12:24 AM

Andy

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Dec 15, 2014, 12:24 AM

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Hi,

If its not in the detailed page, then you should be able to use the breadcrumb to get it.

Code:
TEST: <%title_loop.1.Name%>

See what that gives. If its the category name, then good - otherwise try:

Code:
TEST: <%title_loop.2.Name%>

This is basically getting the category name out of the breadcrumb. Once you know which one this is held in, just do something like:

Code:
<%if title_loop.1.Name eq "Idioms" and title_loop.length > 2%> 
   its in Idioms, and a sub-cat of it 
<%endif%>

Cheers

Andy (mod)
andy@ultranerds.co.uk

Dec 15, 2014, 4:24 AM

iplay

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Dec 15, 2014, 4:24 AM

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Many thanks as always, Andy.

I've just done a quick test and it seems to work.

I'll set it all up more thoroughly and confirm how it went later.

THANK YOU Wink

Thanks,
--Jo

Dec 16, 2014, 9:47 PM

iplay

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Dec 16, 2014, 9:47 PM

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Andy: Just to let you know that it all works well using:

Code:
<%if title_loop.1.Name eq "Idioms" and title_loop.length > 2%>  
   its in Idioms, and a sub-cat of it  
<%endif%>

Thanks again for your advice.

Thanks,
--Jo

Dec 16, 2014, 11:27 PM

Andy

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Dec 16, 2014, 11:27 PM

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Glad to hear it Angelic

Cheers

Andy (mod)
andy@ultranerds.co.uk