I am trying to use the cat_lister plugin to generate a sidebar menu, but when using the example code it generates a blank page. I noticed elsewhere on the forum that the plugin had an incompatibility with certain versions of PHP… but the version of Cat_lister has since changed so I don’t know if this is still the case. In case it’s relevant my server is running PHP 4.4.2
Here is the code I’m using in my weblog index template:
{exp:cat_lister weblog="divas"}
<a href="http://www.biographa.com/index.php/divas/categories/C{cid}" >{name}</a> ({entries}/{comments})<br />
{/exp:cat_lister}
Code problems aside, though, I’m not entirely certain that this plugin will accomplish exactly what I want, though another post on the forum suggested that it will… I was just beginning to play around with it, but since I’m getting a blank page, it’s hard for me to see it in action. Now I don’t want to invest a lot of time getting it to work if it won’t do what I want it to in the first place.
This is what I want:
I have a weblog with 2 master/parent categories and a handful of sub-categories and sub-sub-categories under each. What I would like is to display a sidebar menu listing 1 of the parent categories and all its children and grandchildren, ideally with individual entry titles under each. For the 2nd parent category I’d like a similar list only on a different template.
The category and category_archive tags won’t work because if I the show= parameter works on the parents and children independently of each other.
Any suggestions??? How can I get a menu that is limited based on the parent category, but shows all children and entries below without having to manually list each.
Thanks!
