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Oct 29, 2002, 1:32 AM

estjohn

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Oct 29, 2002, 1:32 AM

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title_linked modification

Hi,

I'm trying to modify title_linked so the displayed text is the categories' Meta Description field instead of Name. (the url would still be derived from Name)

For example, the category named 'netherlandsantilles' should be displayed as 'Netherlands Antilles' (that is in the Meta Description field) and be linked http://www.exploitz.com/...antilles/index.shtml

I looked in Build.pm where it seems like all the action is and I see $dirs[$_] in sub build_title_linked. I've tried substituting various things throughout Build.pm but nothing has worked so far. For example:

$output .= qq| <a href="$CFG->{build_root_url}$path/$CFG->{build_index}">$display{meta_name}</a>

Any ideas on how to make this modification?

thanks

Oct 29, 2002, 2:03 AM

Andy

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Oct 29, 2002, 2:03 AM

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Re: [estjohn] title_linked modification In reply to

Not quite sure what you mean...but try this as a global;

Code:
sub { 

   my $title_linked    = shift; 
   my $meta_name  = shift; 
   my ($sliced1,$sliced2); 

   ($sliced1,$sliced2) =~ m#<a href="(^.?)">(^.?)</a>#i; 

   my $new_linked = "<a href="$sliced1">$meta_name</a>"; 

   return $new_linked; 

}

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Oct 29, 2002, 2:44 AM

yogi

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Oct 29, 2002, 2:44 AM

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Re: [Andy] title_linked modification In reply to

This won't work.

You need to look up the meta name for every category. It's not so difficult to implement, but I don't have time to do it.

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Oct 30, 2002, 12:50 PM

estjohn

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Oct 30, 2002, 12:50 PM

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Re: [Andy] title_linked modification In reply to

Thanks Andy, couldn't get it to work still.

I'm trying change the following:

1. (default) Exploitz.com : regions : caribbean : netherlandsantilles : St Martin

to

2. (proposed mod) Exploitz.com : Regions : Caribbean : Netherlands Antilles : St Martin

In #1, the Name field is used for both displayed text and the url.

In #2, the mod I'm trying to do, the Meta Description field is used for the displayed text and Name is still used for the url.

Aug 23, 2004, 4:36 PM

Chas-a

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Aug 23, 2004, 4:36 PM

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Re: [Andy] title_linked modification In reply to

Thought I'd bring this thread back up as Im looking to do something similar.

Andy, I tried your suggested sub but its returning this error:

Quote:

Unable to compile 'title_linked2': syntax error at (eval 36) line 9, near ""

What im hoping to do is add in keywords to the title_linked sub if any are listed in the category Table for that category, example:

Home : This Category Name Keywork1 keyword2 : page 3

As yogi suggests would I need to set that sub up to loop through the keyword colum (or in his example the meta name) for every category?

Thanks,

Charlie

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Aug 26, 2004, 7:08 AM

Andy

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Aug 26, 2004, 7:08 AM

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This might work;

Code:
sub { 

   my $title_linked = $_[0]; 
   my $ID           = $_[1]; 

   my $cat_details = $DB->table('Category')->select( { ID => $ID } )->fetchrow_hashref; 

   my $keyword1 = $cat_details->{Keyword1}; 
   my $keyword2 = $cat_details->{Keyword2}; 

   my ($sliced1,$sliced2) =~ m|\Q<a href="\E(.*?)\Q">\E(.*?)\Q</a>\E|i; 

   my $new_linked = qq|<a href="$sliced1">$sliced2|; 
      $new_linked .= " $keyword1" if $keyword1; 
      $new_linked .= " $keyword2" if $keyword2; 
      $new_linked .=  "</a>"; 

   return $new_linked; 

}

<%global_name($title_linked,$ID)%>

... Will only work on category pages (for obvious reasons =)).

Hope that helps.

Cheers

Andy (mod)
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Andy: Aug 27, 2004, 3:33 AM

Aug 27, 2004, 2:33 AM

Chas-a

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Aug 27, 2004, 2:33 AM

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Re: [Andy] title_linked modification In reply to

Appriciate you helping with ths Andy! Smile

That global is returning a similar error:

Unable to compile 'title_linked2': syntax error at (eval 36) line 17, near ""

which would appear to be this line:

Code:
my $new_linked = "<a href="$sliced1">$sliced2";

Any ideas?

thanks!

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Aug 27, 2004, 2:36 AM

Andy

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Aug 27, 2004, 2:36 AM

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Re: [Chas-a] title_linked modification In reply to

Eugh, another late one :(

It should read;

my $new_linked = qq|<a href="$sliced1">$sliced2|;

Cheers

Andy (mod)
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Aug 27, 2004, 3:28 AM

Chas-a

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Aug 27, 2004, 3:28 AM

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That works except the original title_linked text for the link is missing eg.

Home : test keyword1 test keyword2

to be...

Home : Some category test keyword1 test keyword2

thanks,

Charlie

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Aug 27, 2004, 3:34 AM

Andy

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Aug 27, 2004, 3:34 AM

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Mmm.. how does the modified global work now? (I've changed a few things; so I'd suggest simply overwriting the old global).

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Andy (mod)
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Aug 27, 2004, 9:15 AM

Chas-a

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Aug 27, 2004, 9:15 AM

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Like this:

Code:
sub {  
  
   my $title_linked = $_[0];  
   my $ID           = $_[1];  
  
   my $cat_details = $DB->table('Category')->select( { ID => $ID } )->fetchrow_hashref;  
  
   my $keyword1 = $cat_details->{Keyword1};  
   my $keyword2 = $cat_details->{Keyword2};  
  
   my ($sliced1,$sliced2) =~ m|\Q<a href="\E(.*?)\Q">\E(.*?)\Q</a>\E|i;  
  
   my $new_linked = qq|<a href="$sliced1">$sliced2|;  
      $new_linked .= " $keyword1" if $keyword1;  
      $new_linked .= " $keyword2" if $keyword2;  
      $new_linked .=  "</a>";  
  
   return $new_linked;  
  
}

and returns:

Home : keyword1 keyword2

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Aug 27, 2004, 9:59 AM

Andy

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Aug 27, 2004, 9:59 AM

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Re: [Chas-a] title_linked modification In reply to

Mmm.. what if you change it from;

my ($sliced1,$sliced2) =~ m|\Q<a href="\E(.*?)\Q">\E(.*?)\Q</a>\E|i;

...to;

my ($sliced1,$sliced2) = $title_linked =~ m|\<a href\=\"(.*?)\"\>(.*?)\<\/a\>|i;

?

Cheers

Andy (mod)
andy@ultranerds.co.uk

Aug 28, 2004, 6:31 AM

Chas-a

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Aug 28, 2004, 6:31 AM

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Hi Andy,

Here's what your changed code returns on the first page...

<a href="link to home page">Home : Keyword1 Keyword2</a>

and page 2, page 3 etc.

<a href="link to home page">Home : Keyword1 Keyword2</a>

Here's what im hoping to setup...

<a href="link to home page">Home</a> : Category name Keyword1 Keyword2

and page 2, page 3 etc.

<a href="link to home page">Home</a> : <a href="link to this category">Category name Keyword1 Keyword2</a> : Page 2

thanks fella!

Charlie

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Sep 1, 2004, 8:03 AM

Chas-a

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Sep 1, 2004, 8:03 AM

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Andy, I take it you dont know of a way to do this?

thanks,

Charlie

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Sep 1, 2004, 8:08 AM