Sub Category Description Shown in Category List

james_sgp
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15 years 11 months ago #4130 by james_sgp

Sub Category Description Shown in Category List was created by james_sgp

I thought I had this working previously, but it isn`t now.

I want to be able to see the sub-category description in the category list, like shown below:

[Main category]
[Main category description]

[Sub category 1]
[Sub category 1 Description]

[Sub category 2]
[Sub category 2 Description]

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yopyop001
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15 years 11 months ago #4134 by yopyop001

Replied by yopyop001 on topic Sub Category Description Shown in Category List

Hi,

You have to edit the file category_subcategories.php of your template.

In the loop:

Code:

foreach ($this->categories as $sub) :
...
endforeach;

you can display the subcategory description using :

Code:

$sub->description

If you want to use the subcategory image you can use :

Code:

<?php echo JHTML::_('image.site', $sub->image, 'images/stories/', NULL, NULL, $sub->title); ?>

I hope it helps.

Rgds.

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james_sgp
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15 years 11 months ago #4194 by james_sgp

Replied by james_sgp on topic Sub Category Description Shown in Category List

I had already tried that, but for some reason I`m just seeing the HMTL code of the item description...not the formatted version?

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werrabbit
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15 years 10 months ago #5347 by werrabbit

Replied by werrabbit on topic Sub Category Description Shown in Category List

Hi yopyop001 !!

I tried this:

yopyop001 wrote: Hi,
you can display the subcategory description using :

Code:

$sub->description

changed:

Code:

[url=<?php echo JRoute::_( FlexicontentHelperRoute::getCategoryRoute($sub->slug) ); ?>]<?php echo $this->escape($sub->title); ?>[/url]

to:

Code:

<div class="subcatView"><div>[url=<?php echo JRoute::_( FlexicontentHelperRoute::getCategoryRoute($sub->slug) ); ?>]<?php echo '<h2 class="subcatTitle">'; echo $this->escape($sub->title);echo '</h2>';?>[/url]</div>

to add some styles to the title, and:

Code:

<div class="subcatDesc"><?php echo $this->escape($sub->description) ?></div>

to add the description and styles for it

and it really works for me!
I know nothing of php, could you write here the "if" condition to display the description if there is one, and leave the field empty if not.

for the rest (like images display) I'll try to look into categories_categories.php but I do not know what parameters to use.
( :cry:

I know nothing of php, can just compare and copy :cry:

)

thank you, will make sure get back and post if I do something nice

cheers

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yopyop001
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15 years 10 months ago #5355 by yopyop001

Replied by yopyop001 on topic Sub Category Description Shown in Category List

Hi,

You can try :

Code:

<?php
if($sub->description) :
?>
<div class="subcatDesc"><?php echo $this->escape($sub->description) ?></div>
<?php
endif;
?>

to avoid display

Code:

<div class="subcatDesc"></div>

when description is empty.

Regards

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werrabbit
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15 years 10 months ago #5363 by werrabbit

Replied by werrabbit on topic Sub Category Description Shown in Category List

yes exactly fro this reason,
and it works as expected

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werrabbit
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15 years 10 months ago #5364 by werrabbit

Replied by werrabbit on topic Sub Category Description Shown in Category List

I tried the same with image:

Code:

<?php 
    if($sub->image) :
?>
    <div class="subcatImage">
    <?php 
         echo JHTML::_('image.site', $sub->image, 'images/stories/', NULL, NULL, $sub->title); 
    ?>
    </div>
<?php 
    endif; 
?>

and this works too!

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15 years 6 months ago #8412 by simjoubert

Replied by simjoubert on topic Sub Category Description Shown in Category List

Hello I try yours code (sorry Iam Freench)
but I have a probleme
The HTML code is visible. when I use the fonction striptagsandcut only the < and > are remoove.

this is my code :

Code:

<div class="subcategorieslist">
	<?php
	echo JText::_( 'FLEXI_SUBCATEGORIES' ) . ' : ';
	foreach ($this->categories as $sub) :
		$subsubcount = count($sub->subcats);	
	?>
		[url=<?php echo JRoute::_( FlexicontentHelperRoute::getCategoryRoute($sub->slug) ); ?>]<?php echo $this->escape($sub->title); ?>[/url]
        <div><?php echo flexicontent_html::striptagsandcut($this->escape($sub->description),400);?></div>
		<?php
		if ($this->params->get('show_itemcount', 1)) echo ' (' . ($sub->assigneditems != null ? $sub->assigneditems.'/'.$subsubcount : '0/'.$subsubcount) . ')';
		$i++;
		if ($i != $n) :
			echo ', ';
		endif;
	endforeach; ?>
</div>

I have use

Code:

<?php echo flexicontent_html::striptagsandcut($this->escape($sub->description),400);?>

this is a view of my site

[size=9:yothfkay]imagik.fr[/size]

:
after i solved this problème i would like to view the image categorie
If your are french : vous pouvez me répondre dans la langue de MOLIERE!
Thank you

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simjoubert
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15 years 6 months ago #8418 by simjoubert

Replied by simjoubert on topic Sub Category Description Shown in Category List

I find my problem
in the description the < was replace by the <
i apply the php fonction htmlspecialchars_decode()
and after i apply the flexicontent_html::striptagsandcut
thank you
but i don't know why the < and the> was replace?

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