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Hi, Having a really odd problem trying to use the above.  I’ve set up a few category groups on my site and I’m using the following code to echo a list of category names into a UL.  Here’s the code:

{exp:channel:categories category_group="4"}
<li><a href="#">{category_name}</a></li>
{/exp:channel:categories}

What’s odd is when I use category_group=“3” it works great, and when I don’t specify a category group it loads group 3 in only.  I thought there was a problem with the group 4 I created, so I retraced my steps exactly as I’d created group 3, but it still wont load any other category_group than 3.

The only other difference I can see between the two was I had content in the channel the group was associated with on 3 and not on 4, so I put some duff content in and tried to call it by channel instead, but still nothing.

Can anyone see what I’m doing wrong or has anyone else had problems with this?

Thanks & best regards,

Phil

I’ve found a kind of work around - not sure if I was mis-using the other approach?

I did this instead and it worked great…

{exp:channel:entries channel="portfolio"}
 {categories}
 <li><a href="#">{category_name}</a></li>
 {/categories}
{/exp:channel:entries}

Hi, designbuddy.

Can you tell us which version/build of EE2.x you’re using? See EEWiki:// HowTo Determine My EE Version

I don’t recall seeing this particular problem - is this particular category group assigned to more than one channel?

Hi Sue, thanks for your reply.

My version number is 2.3.1

I only have the group assigned to one channel.  I’ve set that group up exactly the same as group 3, which works fine, but doesn’t help with the confusion!

Hi designbuddy,

What happens if you try the following?

{exp:channel:categories category_group="4|3"}
<li><a href="#">{category_name}</a></li>
{/exp:channel:categories}