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{exp:channel:entries channel="projects" sort="desc" status="Open|Featured" paginate="top" limit="8" }
      {if absolute_results <= 8 && count == 1}
        <div id="projpgbrowse">
        <div id="projfilterby">
          {if segment_2 == "cat"}
            <h2>{categories}{category_name}(/categories}</h2>
<p>          {if:else}<br />
            </p><h2>All Projects</h2>
<p>          {/if}<br />
        </div><!-- end of #projfilterby -->  <br />
      </div><!-- end of #projpgbrowse --><br />
      <div id="projcasewrap"><br />
      {/if}<br />
{/exp:channel:entries}

I’m trying to display what category you’re currently filtering search results by, but

{categories}{category_name}(/categories}

wont parse.

Any ideas? Thanks!

ansonleclair, try something like this (not tested):

<h2>{categories}{if '{segment_3}' == '{category_id}'}{category_name}{/if}{/categories}

... I’m assuming {segment_3} contains the Category Id of the category you want to display.

HTH

thanks for the reply Brett,

segment_3 actually contains the Category URL Title.

I tried:

<h2>{categories}{if '{segment_3}' == 'water_service'}{category_name}{/if}{/categories}</h2>

and the if statement processed, but I still see displayed on the webpage:

{categories}{category_name}{/categories}

instead of it displaying the value of the variable {category_name}.

I’m using pagination, could that be affecting it?

ansonleclair, have you checked your code (syntax)? I noticed your closing {/categories} has a round opening brace (not a curly one)!

Also, if you only want to display info for the Category currently being displayed, try using this tag:

http://ellislab.com/expressionengine/user-guide/modules/channel/category_heading.html

B.

This extension might be better still ...

http://loweblog.com/software/low-seg2cat/

ansonleclair,

Let us know if Brett’s advice is helpful.

I would usually use the Category Heading tag in this instance

{if segment_2 == "category"}
{exp:channel:category_heading channel="projects"}
<div id="projpgbrowse">
        <div id="projfilterby">
<h2>{category_name}</h2>
<p></div><!-- end of #projfilterby -->  <br />
</div><!-- end of #projpgbrowse --><br />
{if:else}</p><h2>All Projects</h2>
<p>{/if}</p>

<p><br />
{/exp:channel:category_heading}<br />
{exp:channel:entries channel="projects" sort="desc" status="Open|Featured" paginate="top" limit="8" }<br />
    <br />
      <div id="projcasewrap"><br />
    <br />
{/exp:channel:entries}

Brett and John thanks so much, that got it working! I wound up using the {exp:channel:category_heading} tag you have both suggested.

I guess you can’t use the {categories} variable pair in a pagination area, that was my only issue. I’m not sure why, is it because you can’t nest any type of tags like this?

Thanks again!

Hi, ansonleclair.

Sounds like you have a solution—Feel free to start a new thread if you have any more questions.

Now really closing..