Are "category" headers possible?

[G. Noel Gross]

I'd like to have an image or additional text describing specific categories.

How would I do that? Right now, text-only category names just appear at the top of the first column of the standard template.

[poolie]

well, you could take the text-only tag and use that as image path.
example

$category shows "YOURCategory"

you would do that: <img src="/bla/$category.gif" width="" height="" alt="" />

and that should do it.

[G. Noel Gross]

Cool. I'll tinker with that.

Seems like an independent "category" template would give me more flexibility, though.

[phunkphorce]

1) Create a file called category.template in your templates/standard/ folder.
2) Edit templates/standard/header.template and add the following code wherever you want this category stuff to appear:

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{include file="$blogtemplatepath/category.template")}


3) fill in the contents of category.template with whatever you want.

That's it! You just added your own category template to your site.

[G. Noel Gross]

Oh, wow. That's great! Almost got it.

How would I limit the display of "category.template" to only pages with "news" category attributes?

I assume I'd have to make a "category.template" for each category I'd like to have a unique header, but I don't have the programming smarts to connect the dots.

Y'all are great! THANK YOU SO MUCH!

[jondaley]

Hrm. I thought there was a $category object, but I don't see it on the wiki page:
http://wiki.lifetype.net/index.php/Template_Development

You shouldn't need to create multiple template files, but just look at a variable and decide what category you are displaying, and then display different things based on the category.

something like {if $category=="News"} asdad {/if}
but maybe it was removed, or I am making things up about that variable existing.

[phunkphorce]

The $category object exists whenever we're browsing a category, it's just that we haven't updated the wiki yet

So all you have to do is:

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{if $category}
  currently browing category: {$category->getName()}
{/if}


You should replace the bits between {if..}...{/if} with your own stuff, and use {$category->getName()} to get the textual name of the category.

[G. Noel Gross]

Thanks, guys. Took some dancing around between your posts, but my feeble brain stumbled upon this ... which WORKS ... eureka!!!

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{if $category->getName()=="Podcast"}
      {include file="$blogtemplate/category.template"}
{/if}

[G. Noel Gross]

Argh! Spoke too soon. Now my front page crapped out.

Unfortunately, I learn by effing up.

[phunkphorce]

Before you can call $category->getName(), you need to make sure that the $category object actually exists:

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{if $category}
  {if $category->getName() == "..."}
    ...
  {/if}
{/if}


[G. Noel Gross]

Got it. Now, is there a way to have a unique header on my front page, but no where else? I tried this ...

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{if $OnMainPage}

{include file="$blogtemplate/front.template"}

{/if}


{if $category}
{if $category->getName()=="Podcast"}
{include file="$blogtemplate/podcast.template"}
{/if}
{if $category->getName()=="News"}
{include file="$blogtemplate/news.template"}
{/if}
{/if}

[phunkphorce]

main.template is your main page, whatever you include in there will be only shown in the main page. If you want show the message whenever we're not browsing a category, then you need {if $category}...{/if}.

[G. Noel Gross]

Hmmm.

If I put a JPG on "main.template" it appears on "category" pages too.

I'm just using "category.template" to include a JPG that only appears on category pages.

I'm looking to do the same thing on the "main" page. (Have a unique "include" that only appears on that page.)


I tried adding the "content" of the "main.template" into the new "category" template as well, but it doubled up on everything.

I really appreciate everyone's patience.

[G. Noel Gross]

Ah-ha! This got me what I was looking for ...

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{if $category}
{if $category->getName()=="Podcast"}
{include file="$blogtemplate/podcast.template"}
{/if}
{if $category->getName()=="News"}
{include file="$blogtemplate/news.template"}
{/if}

{else}

{include file="$blogtemplate/front.template"}
{/if}

See! Y'all learned me.

Now on to how to make "front.template" appeare only on page "1" of my blog. ???

[G. Noel Gross]

Now on to how to make "front.template" appear only on page "1" of my blog. ???

Another work around would be to replace these linkages with one of my choosing. Which file would I need to monkey with? Not spotting anything in "main.template" ...