Category and URL problem

Question

In my url the entry have a category and a sub-category.

1. Category = meat
2. sub category = beef

href="{url}/{channel_short_name}/{categories}{category_url_title}{/categories}/{url_title}"

I'm using {category_url_title}, but the result URL is:

mysite/recipes/meatbeef/hamburger

The category and the sub category are together: meatbeef with no /. It should be meat/beef.

How to have a category and subcategories working fine, like : cat/subcat/subsubcat..?? It give me headaches :)

Happy XMas Stéphane

Answer 1

Use the backspace parameter:

href="{url}/{channel_short_name}/{categories backspace='1'}{category_url_title}/{/categories}/{url_title}"

Backspace removes x characters from the final output.

Watch out if your entry belongs to 1 or more sub categories as your category URLs will grow uncontrollably.