For questions related to creating and managing ExpressionEngine categories which are using with the ExpressionEngine Channel Module.
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Expression Engine Categories And Safecracker
I am using EE Core and have set-up a site so that when a new entry is published, you also select a category for it, and on the front end this simply outputs the category name. This works perfectly ...
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Related Categories
Is there anyway to relate a category tag pair to a entries tag pair? I have this code below and I am trying to get the 'long_head' custom category name to relate to the entries being outputted above ...
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Category Description
Is there anyway to allow HTML into the 'Category Description' field or better add a WYSIWYG editor to this field? Any input would be a big help.
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File Category or Assets Folders for File Listings?
I'm using Assets and need to output a 'Resources' section listing various types of PDF's - Brochures, Technical Data, Operating Manuals with a 'category' nav to filter them.
I initially set them up ...
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related categories mode, display active as well?
exp:channel:entries related_categories_mode="yes" custom_fields="yes" member_data="yes" status="not Closed" sort="asc" limit="99"}
{portfolio_images}
<a ...
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how to show parent and children categories
I am trying to display the parent category as a heading and then display the children with links to a template that will display the entries form the child category. This is where I have started and ...
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Related Category Issue
I have this code. All seems fine but the categories info won't output between my H4 tags. Not sure what I am missing here but I think it has something to do with the 'related categories mode' ...
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Seeking thoughts on best way to create a “Document Repository”
I'm just moving in to the next phase of a large project and trying to work out the best way to tackle it, or indeed if any add-ons exist that might help.
This part of the project is basically a ...
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Need some help with GWCode Categories, url segments, and conditionals
I have a products section where I give each product group a main category. Initially I had it setup where each product had a main category and a sub category. GWCode generated a side nav from the ...
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Output Code Once if Conditional is True for One or More Entries in a Group
I'm displaying a list of categories, and I want to add a little "new" icon next to the category name if one or more entries in that category have been created in the last day. But I can't figure out ...
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Display Entries Assigned Exclusively to a Parent Category
I've got a list of categories:
Category 1
Category 1.1
Category 1.2
Category 1.3
Category 2
Category 2.1
Category 2.2
An entry can be assigned to any child category, OR it can be assigned to ...
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How can I compare the categories assigned to 2 different entries?
I'm trying to compare two entries from two different channels and see if they share a common category. Each entry can be assigned to a number of categories. Both channels use the same category group.
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Show the category image belonging to specific post
So on the Happy Monday website (http://www.happymondaypodcast.com) we have different sponsors for each show, these sponsors are set up as categories and assigned to the "Episodes" channel. I want to ...
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Replacing category image field with a file browser
I'm writing an accessory to replace the category image field with a file browser that enables the user to navigate through folders to select their image (because the native category image field is ...
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Low search for using grouped category dropdown
Just looking for a pointer in sorting out a search form.
I am implementing a property search form.
I have a search field and a couple of range filters, and a grouped category drop down.
See here...
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Client defined categories
I'm building an event schedule and I'm trying to conceptually figure out how to relate speaker information (name, title, bio) to times lots that the client will define.
Example:
9-10am Session I
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View template not fully loading for a certain category [odd!]
I'm coming across a pretty strange error.
I've recently added 2000 entries. Taken a while, but everything is cleaned up and seems to be working well, except for one thing I've found today.
The ...
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Categories not appearing in playa:children
One of the main templates on my site, the product page, has a single products channel entry, and up to 3 playa children (also products). I'm trying to get the categories for playa children. Here's my ...
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Show categories in random order
I'm using categories as tags for news articles and showing a list of "tags" in the sidebar. I'd like the list of "tags" to be ordered randomly. Does anyone know how to accomplish this?
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Category tag pair show group parameter not working
I've got a safecracker form which edits a channel entry. I want to display the categories that have been selected for the entry through check boxes, I've used this code:
{categories show_group="13"}
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Limiting GWcode categories based one an additional category
I am designing an EE site for a board game cafe which sells games online and also has a games library in-store for playing. The client wants to enter the game information only once into the shop ...
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Categories work on dev server but not live server
We've just moved a site from the dev server to the live server and everything seems to be fine. However, the categories filtering on the blog doesn't seem to be working.
The URLs generated are:
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'Fuzzy' conditionals
feeling little dumb for this.
What I am trying to do is to make my list of checkboxes checked depending on {segment_5}
If the value is '6', that is easy with
<input type="checkbox" ...
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Gathering category_id value from segment - Low Seg2cat
Not sure if I doing it wrong, my basic url goes like this
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'site.dev/scooter' - I used {segment_1_category_id} and I get the value of "8" which is correct
If my url is 'site.dev/8' and I used ...
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same category urls in category group
I need to create a categories with a parent/child structure as follows:
Category Parent 1
Parks
Accommodations
Dining
Category Parent 2
Parks
Accommodations
Dining
The child categories need ...
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Auto assign old entries to parent category
A client wants to clean up their messy categories, but when assigning the categories to parent categories, the entries don't update. So when I want to output a list of all entries in a parent ...
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Playa - use a child category to filter the channel entries of the parent?
We are still having some trouble with this. We need to display the daily deals for today from businesses that match the current category. I thought I would take one last shot at seeing if you can ...
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category_heading and GWcode Categories
I don't seem to be able to use ExpressionEngine's native {exp:channel:category_heading} feature in combination with GWcode Categories.
I would like to display a simple category results page which ...
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Categories Tag inside of Channel Entries Tag understanding problem
I use this code to list and filter my 3000 blog entries by category.
{exp:channel:entries channel="blog" limit="200" disable="member_data|pagination|category_fields" category="1&2" dynamic="no" ...
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Sort categories by amount of entries
When using {exp:channel:categories} to list categories, is it possible to sort the list by the number of entries each category has associated with it?
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Need a query to display limited subset of categories based on custom category field value
I suspect there's a simple query to be able to do this but it's not something I've tried before. I'm trying to create a user-friendly way for a client to, from within the category edit screen, to ...
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ExpressionEngine {exp:channel:categories}, categories from multiple category groups ordered together
Is it possible to create a single alphabetically ordered list containing categories from multiple category groups?
Here is the code I am using:
<ul>
{exp:channel:categories ...
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Two different channels, but one archive. Possible?
I'm sure I'm going to do a horrible job explaining this, so apologies in advance.
I have two different blogs (Blog and Featured), two different category groups (Blog and Decades), and I'm having a ...
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Category group ordering within categories tab
Does anyone know if it's possible to change the order category groups appear within the categories tab when publishing/editing an entry?
Mine are coming back in neither ID order nor alphabetical ...
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Display Currently Selected Category Inside Safecracker Form
How do I display the currently selected category for the channel entry inside a Safecracker form?
I tried:
{categories}
{if checked}
{category_name}
{/if}
{/categories}
I also tried ...
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Stash and Categories
Is it possible to set the category id in a channel entries tag based on the last segment or by another method so that I don't have to create multiple templates?
I'm trying to get this template to ...
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output nested categories plus channel entries
I'm scratching my head to find the best way to output a nested category list that contains channel entries for child cats...something like this
h1 Parent Category Name
h2 Child Category Name 1
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Categorization of Cities and Performance
Good Morning. I was hoping to get feedback on what might be a best practice or the best way to approach a new site. What I'm trying to accomplish is build a business directory of doctors in different ...
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Displaying what categories a product belongs to on a single-entry page
I have 3 category parents with several children in each.
For a single entry product page, I would like to list which categories the product belongs to (children only), with a single header for each ...
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Using categories to build a location filter
I'm building a site that has a directory listing and I want to allow the user to browse by location. The ideal scenario would be that they would follow this sort of a path:
go to site.com/browse and ...
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Losing Active Status of Category in Pagination
I'm using this code to display the active category as the title of the page before the channel entries are listed out, however, if you go to the next page using the pagination the category seems to ...
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How to Display an Entry's Category?
I'm on a single product entry page. The URL does not specify the category. In fact, the entry has 3 category groups associated with it. I want to display the first category assigned from each of the ...
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Get array of entries based of catagory
I'd like to start editing a template, the template uses php to create an array. Is their documentation about how to only get an array for a certain category? Or are they channels? Sorry.
I can't ...
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How can Playa combine multiple category filters in the CP?
I have a site with many similarly-named article entries that are organized by multiple categories. When selecting these articles in a Playa field in the control panel, I'd like to be able to select ...
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Effecting the last Category in a list
I have this code:
{categories}{category_name}, {/categories}
Outputting in a Entries Tag Pair.
I would like to remove the comma from the last outputted category only. I am thinking an IF ...
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Structure nav item no more selcted
I'm using EE2.5 with structure.
I have a simple nav:
{exp:structure:nav current_class="selected" start_from="/" show_depth="2" include_ul="no"}
I have a channel: photos
I have a Category Group: ...
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Editor ability to attach “events” to a page
I have the need to allow site editors to be able to create groups of "events" and assign a title, body, icon, etc to those events, order them, and place them where they like inside of their "pages".
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Linking a Category Image
Is it possible to link a category image in Expression Engine 2+? I have logos as my category images and I'd like to link them to external sites. Thanks.
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Trouble Editing Categories for Admins
I'm having some difficulties having clients adding/editing categories within entries.
As the Super Admin, I can simply open an entry, click Categories and can add/edit categories without any ...
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Automatically assign parent category to child category url's
I have multiple parent categories:
Kids Stuff
Dining Out
Things to Do
Each of those parents have multiple children:
Kids Stuff -> Schools, Camps, Parties
Dining Out -> Restaurants, Catering
Things ...
