Stash parse categories and category_id

Question

I'm trying to use the following conditionals in exp:stash:parse to set some values based on the category_id. However, I just can't get it to work and it always just gold for channel_colour or 20 for channel_category_group:

{exp:stash:set_list name="landing-{segment_1}" parse_tags="yes" parse_conditionals="yes" parse_depth="3" save="yes" refresh="60" scope="site" replace="yes"}
    {exp:channel:entries
        channel="landing_page"
        disable="{global:channel_disable_basic}"
        status="open"
        limit="1"
    }
        {exp:stash:parse process="inline" parse_depth="2"}
        {categories limit="1" show_group="5"}
            {if category_id == "60"}
                {exp:stash:set_value name="channel_short_name" value="things-to-do"}
                {exp:stash:set_value name="channel_url" value="things-to-do"}
                {exp:stash:set_value name="channel_category_group" value="2"}
                {exp:stash:set_value name="channel_colour" value="blue"}
            {if:elseif category_id == "62"}
                {exp:stash:set_value name="channel_short_name" value="food-drink"}
                {exp:stash:set_value name="channel_url" value="food-drink"}
                {exp:stash:set_value name="channel_category_group" value="3"}
                {exp:stash:set_value name="channel_colour" value="red"}
            {if:elseif category_id == "61"}
                {exp:stash:set_value name="channel_short_name" value="stay"}
                {exp:stash:set_value name="channel_url" value="stay"}
                {exp:stash:set_value name="channel_category_group" value="4"}
                {exp:stash:set_value name="channel_colour" value="yellow"}
            {if:elseif category_id == "63"}
                {exp:stash:set_value name="channel_short_name" value="study"}
                {exp:stash:set_value name="channel_url" value="study"}
                {exp:stash:set_value name="channel_category_group" value="20"}
                {exp:stash:set_value name="channel_colour" value="green"}
            {if:else}
                {exp:stash:set_value name="channel_colour" value="gold"}
            {/if}
        {/categories}
        {/exp:stash:parse}
    {/exp:channel:entries}
{/exp:stash:set_list}

Wondered if someone can help figure out what's going on?

Thanks,

Answer 1

[Updated in light of your comment...]

The problem is that you're using pre EE2.9, where the conditional parsing was improved to avoid the advanced conditionals trap (full story here if you're not aware of it: http://derekallard.com/index.php/blog/post/simple-vs-complex-conditionals-in-expressionengine-templates)

Basically in "advanced" conditionals, all of the tags get processed first before the irrelevant sections are removed from the output.

If you can't upgrade EE you could try Croxton's IfElse plugin, or Switchee. However, upgrading would be best, as dealing with these kind of things in pre 2.9 is an exercise in frustration.