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I’m probably just being thick… but how do I output the Category Image of a single Category, given the Category ID?

I was expecting it to be something like this:

{exp:channel:categories category_id="8" style="linear"}
 {category_image}
{/exp:channel:categories}

That should work fine.  What version are you using?  And if you go to the category edit page and edit id 8, make sure it shows an image.  And you might resave it.  Also- output the {category_name} as well- just so you know for sure it’s outputting the right category.

EE v2.5.3
For some reason this code outputs all the categories.
Am I able to just out the details for one specific category?

Man- I should learn to focus.

First- typically when you want to show just one category, you use the channel heading tag- but it is ONLY dynamic- you can’t specify with category it pulls.  So it may/may not be what you need.

Second- I didn’t even see it first time around, but if you’re using the categories tag and want to specify which category(s) to show?  You need to use the show parameter, there is no category_id parameter.  Though I will admit- that name would have been more consistent with where we do it elsewhere.

Get it working with one of the above?

1) I added the “channel” parameter it still lists all categories (as expected).
2) I added the “show” parameter, and it displays nothing at all on screen.
http://www.gigant.co.uk/index-new.php/products/test

{exp:channel:categories channel="products" show="13"}
 {category_name}
 {category_image}
{/exp:channel:categories}

3) The “channel_heading” tag isn’t any good for me, as I’m not in a specific Category page; rather a sub-category listing page, displaying all the sub-categories.

Real quick try two things to see what’s going on:

{exp:channel:categories channel="products" show="13"}
 {category_name}
 {category_image}
{if no_results}No cat 13{/if}
{/exp:channel:categories}

And in ‘Admin- System Prefs- Output and Debug’ turn on ‘Display Output Profiler?’.  Then look through the SQL that shows in the debug and find any that reference category id 13.  Paste back- let’s make sure the query is right.

There you go, run the page now and see what’s what.  😊
http://www.gigant.co.uk/index-new.php/products/test

Argh!  It is taunting me.  I get a blank white screen!  Something is odd- be on the lookout for an email.  Perhaps if I take a closer look I’ll spot what’s going on!

Oh that’s weird - looks like you can only see the debugging code if you’re logged in.
Will reply to your other email now.  😊

Any chance, that category that will not display, is a “child” category?

https://support.ellislab.com/bugs/detail/17853

Hey Kurt!

Thanks for the reminder. I thought that bug had been fixed, but now I see it’s a bit of discussion.

Once Robin gets a look, we’ll have a solid answer for this.

Thanks!

Yes that’ll be it.
Apparently I can show the data for the parent categories at the same time, but not the child data on its own.

{exp:channel:categories channel="products" show="2|637|13" style="nested"}
{category_name}
{/exp:channel:categories}

Any ideas when this might be fixed guys?

Hi all,

From the comments in that bug report, it doesn’t look like that’s a feature that’s going to be added to the tag. Let me recommend an add-on that should help you achieve what you’re looking for. Have you given a look to GWcode Categories yet?

No I don’t think that will output the Category Name and Image for a single specific sub-category. Or am I wrong?
I have found an alternative - slightly non-ideal method to achieve this for now.

I hope Categories become a more significant element of EE, which will be looked at for a major upgrade in the future.
Despite there being a quite a few add-ons which help, I think many of us developers are hoping for better built-in control and flexibility with Categories.  😊

Keep up the good work.

Hi IC360,

Thank you for the feedback, we really do appreciate it!

If you have time, we’d love to hear about the alternative method you’ve come up with.

Is there anything else I can assist you with?

Cheers,