Get category id when not in URL

Question

I'll try to explain it. Here we go.

Searched all over the web but got nothing.

I've got a setup where no category is used in the URL. Navigation is build with stucture. I've got a channel with entries which do have a category.

When I create a entry with structue I assign a category as well. You'll get something like this in stucture:

Locations - Location A (has template X and category Y) - Location B (has template X and category Z)

Now the url looks something like this: www.website.com/locations/location-a/ www.website.com/locations/location-b/

I don't know the category. But I do want to display the entries which belong to the Location with category Y or Z.

The solutions I've tried all need the cat name or id in the URL

It could be that I'm looking at it the wrong way. Hope someone can help me or point me in the right direction.

Cheers, Martijn

Answer 1

I'm not sure I understand what you're trying to achieve. Have you looked at any of these addons to see if they can do what you want:

URL Segment tom-foolary:

• http://devot-ee.com/add-ons/freebie
• http://devot-ee.com/add-ons/zoo-triggers

Full on routing

• http://devot-ee.com/add-ons/freeway
• http://devot-ee.com/add-ons/router

I've not used any of the routing addons in production but they look pretty solid.

Answer 2

If you have the channel entries tag around your content, calling in the entry, than adding channel="locations" and category="#ID | #ID" where #ID is the id of the category, than it should do it. http://ellislab.com/expressionengine/user-guide/modules/channel/channel_entries.html#category

OR if it is more complex...

I believe that you can use gw:code (http://gwcode.com/add-ons) to grab the category group or category id's in your Entry Parameters to narrow down your returns, check out the documentation and examples in each addon to see which one may work best for you, I think 'gw:categories' should do it.

Answer 3

Are you looking for something like this?

{if segment_2 == "location-a"}

  {exp:channel:entries channel="location" dynamic="no" category="cat-y"}
  ...
  {/exp:channel:entries}

{if:elseif segment_2 == "location-b"}
  {exp:channel:entries channel="location" dynamic="no" category="cat-z"}
  ... 
  {/exp:channel:entries}

{if:elseif segment_2 == "location-c"}
  {exp:channel:entries channel="location" dynamic="no" category="cat-y|cat-z"}
  ... 
  {/exp:channel:entries}

{/if}