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I’m using multiple categories for entries in one weblog. I’m using one Category group for a navigation menu for entries of this weblog.

I also have a drop down menu for sorting by a different category group. It works, but when using the drop down it is pulling from all entries in the weblog, not just from the page/category I want to limit the sorting by.

Essentially I want to sort by a first category and then sort that category by another category, leaving out entries that may share category 2 but are not in category 1.

What’s the best way to accomplish this? Please let me know if I have done a poor job of describing what I want to achieve.

Hi gofreshdesign,

Please see the documentation for the weblog category parameter which allows you to filter by multiple categories.

Cheers

Greg

I’ve looked through that but I’m not sure how to accomplish what I’m trying to do.

I want to have the entries sorted by a category id from category group A first, and then sort those results by a category id of category group B.

I’m using a drop down menu. Maybe sharing the page would be helpful. (The horizontal menu is just a static image for now, only the vertical menu works.)

http://jax4kids.com/index-ee.php/classes/category/acting/

So while in the Acting section, I want to be able to further whittle down the entries by say, Age Group - Toddler. But what is happening now, is the drop down menu will show all entries marked Toddlers in the entire weblog, not just the Acting category.

Hey gofreshdesign,

It might be worth having a look at the Low Seg2Cat extension, which enables you to get useful pieces of information (such as category id) from the categories in your URL.

Hope that helps,
Chuck

Thanks for the assist, Chuck.

gofreshdesign, does Chuck’s advice help?