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Dec 12, 1999, 9:45 PM
Jonathan
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Hiding Certain Categories
Hello,

I want to be able to exclude certain categories from showing up when I use $category on my pages. However, I still want the page for that category to be built when I build my pages. I tried in nph-build.cgi in sub build_category_pages doing

Code:
# Store all the category html info in $category.
unless (@{$subcategories{$cat}}[2] =~ /hide/) {
if ($#{$subcategories{$cat}} >= 0) {
$category = &site_html_print_cat (@{$subcategories{$cat}});
}
}
else {
$category = "";
}

This is not working, but if anyone can see what I am trying to do with this code can they please help.

Thanks,
Jon
Dec 13, 1999, 12:54 PM
lordmouse
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Dec 13, 1999, 12:54 PM
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try something similar in sub site_html_print_cat in site_html_templates.pl. I'm not a perl person okay, but I believe you can exclude the link to the category from there, since this is what determines how the category list is displayed.

[This message has been edited by lordmouse (edited December 13, 1999).]
Dec 14, 1999, 3:37 PM
Jonathan
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Dec 14, 1999, 3:37 PM
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Thanks for helping me with a solution, lordmouse. It works perfectly.
-Jon
Dec 15, 1999, 1:23 PM
Eliot
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Glad it works.

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Jan 29, 2000, 11:55 PM
DogTags
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Jonathan

If you get a chance, could you explain how you did this and how to use this feature?

Thanks.
Jan 31, 2000, 5:01 AM
Redneck
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Jan 31, 2000, 5:01 AM
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yes please tell how you did this or any one else know.

Thanks

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Jan 31, 2000, 10:14 AM
Jonathan
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Jan 31, 2000, 10:14 AM
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Okay,

I went into site_html_templates.pl in sub site_html_print_cat and changed:

Code:
# Then we print out the name linked, new if it's new, and popular if its popular.
$output .= qq|<dl><dt><strong><a class="link" href="$url">$category_name</a></strong> <small class="numlinks">($numlinks)</small> |;
$output .= qq|<small><sup class="new">new</sup></small>| if (&days_old($mod) < $db_new_cutoff);
$output .= qq|</dt>|;
$output .= qq|<dd><span class="descript">$description </span></dd>| if (!($description =~ /^[\s\n]*$/));
$output .= qq|</dl>|;

to

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# Then we print out the name linked, new if it's new, and popular if its popular.
unless ($category_name =~ /Name of Category to Exclude/i) {
$output .= qq|<dl><dt><strong><a class="link" href="$url">$category_name</a></strong> <small class="numlinks">($numlinks)</small> |;
$output .= qq|<small><sup class="new">new</sup></small>| if (&days_old($mod) < $db_new_cutoff);
$output .= qq|</dt>|;
$output .= qq|<dd><span class="descript">$description </span></dd>| if (!($description =~ /^[\s\n]*$/));
$output .= qq|</dl>|;
}

However, I had some trouble with this because I don't think that $category_name is in the form Category/Subcategory1/Subcategory2 so for the name of the category to exclude I used whatever Subcategory2 was.

I know this isn't really the best way to do this, so if someone does know the best way, please add your input.

-Jon
Mar 11, 2000, 12:08 PM
zaro
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Mar 11, 2000, 12:08 PM
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This works fine, however, how can one also exclude the category from the pull down menu on the add form?

Regards,

Zaro
Mar 11, 2000, 12:13 PM
Stealth
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Mar 11, 2000, 12:13 PM
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Use the Category Select Mod written by Bobsie in the Resource Center.

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