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Is there a way to output the current category from a weblog tag? I am trying to build a breadcrumb nav and I have been able to get the category heading when I am on my category listing page, but when you click on a category name to see all the entries associated with that category, I can’t figure out a way to add a link back to the category listing page they just came from.

{categories}{category_name}{/categories}

put that in your code within the exp:weblog tag

The will display ALL categories, so if you’ve more than one, you may be in trouble…

Erm you should be able to use the Weblog Category Heading Tag shouldn’t you?

That is if I am understanding what you need correctly?

Yeah, that returned all the categories. I was hoping that there was a way to get at the assigned category for a weblog.

{categories}{category_name}{/categories}

Should only return the categories that the weblog has assigned to it…
can you confirm that your weblog entries all ahve only one category assigned to them?

I had a similar issue recently, and I just echoed segment_3 instead (which contained my category, before the article)

Thanks Mark, but that doesn’t return anything. Here is what I am trying to do and my code is:

<div id="crumbs">
<ul>
<li><a href="http://{path=">Home</a></li>
{if segment_1 =="projects" && segment_2 == ""}
<li class="selected">{segment_1}</li>
{/if}
{if segment_1 =="projects" && segment_2 == "project_list"}
<li><a href="http://{path=">{segment_1}</a></li>
{exp:weblog:category_heading weblog="{segment_1}"}
<li class="selected">{category_name}</li>
{/exp:weblog:category_heading}
{/if}
{if segment_1 =="projects" && segment_2 == "project_details"}
<li><a href="http://{path=">{segment_1}</a></li>
{exp:weblog:categories weblog="projects" style="linear" status="open" limit="1"}
{exp:weblog:category_heading weblog="{segment_1}"}
<li class="selected">{category_name}</li>
{/exp:weblog:category_heading}
<li>Current Page</li>
{/if}
</ul>
</div><!-- end crumbs -->

is all this code surrounded by a {exp:weblog..} tag?

Is there a way to output the current category from a weblog tag? I am trying to build a breadcrumb nav and I have been able to get the category heading when I am on my category listing page, but when you click on a category name to see all the entries associated with that category, I can’t figure out a way to add a link back to the category listing page they just came from.

Actually looking back over this again I think I am even more confused now 😉

If you take a look at this page here it shows a list of categories. If you then click on one of them it shows all the songs in that category and shows the name of the category at the top of the page.

In your instance are you just trying to get back to the page with all the categories on?

If not then I apologise as I think I must be misunderstanding something otherwise. If I am right though then you would surely just need a link that sends you back to the template that lists all your categories wouldn’t you?

Best wishes,

Mark

No, this is just an embed. I am using one template called projects that display all my categories with this tag

{exp:weblog:categories weblog="projects" style="linear" status="open"}
<li>{category_name}</li>
{/exp:weblog:categories}

And then I have another template called project list in which I use this tag to get at a list of all weblog posts that have a particular category assigned

{exp:weblog:entries weblog="projects" orderby="title" sort="asc" status="open"}
<li>{title}</li>
{/exp:weblog:entries}

and finally I have the project details template that shows the particular weblog chosen from the project list template. I then just use the standard weblog:entries tag to show the posted weblog.

Thanks Beertastic, the {categories}{category_name}{/categories} worked. I had multiple categories assigned like you said.

Happy to help…
that one took me a few hours to sort outmyself…

Good luck with the next problem!
See you back here ;-p

Aha I think I know what you mean now 😉

When you say show the posted weblog you actually mean weblog entry don’t you?

So taking my example previously if you view this page here which would be the final page / weblog entry in this case then you want to place a link back to the category that showed it listed, right?

If so then you would just need this code :

{categories}
<a href="http://{path=site_index}">{category_name}</a>
{/categories}

If not that then do you have a link to the site in question so that I can understand a bit more. Have my head in a load of PHP today and I think it’s making me find understanding things more difficult than usual 😉

Best wishes,

Mark

Thanks Guys, Mark you are right, I did mean weblog entry. I added the {path=site_index} and it took me back to the main page of the site, not the page that had the category listing or the page I just came from. That is the only thing I am trying to figure out now. How to link it back to the previous page with the category headings on it.

Almost there.

Actually, I figured it out. Here is what I did.

<div id="crumbs">
<ul>
<li><a href="http://{path=">Home</a></li>
{if segment_1 =="projects" && segment_2 == ""}
<li class="selected">{segment_1}</li>
{/if}
{if segment_1 =="projects" && segment_2 == "project_list"}
<li><a href="http://{path=">{segment_1}</a></li>
{exp:weblog:category_heading weblog="{segment_1}"}
<li class="selected">{category_name}</li>
{/exp:weblog:category_heading}
{/if}
{if segment_1 =="projects" && segment_2 == "project_details"}
<li><a href="http://{path=">{segment_1}</a></li>
{exp:weblog:entries weblog="projects" status="open"}
{categories}
<li><a href="http://{path=">{category_name}</a></li>
{/categories}
{/exp:weblog:entries}
<li>Current Page</li>
{/if}
</ul>
</div><!-- end crumbs -->

Thanks again guys.

Excellent news! 😉

Glad you have it all working now. Yep the {categories} tag pair would be what you needed.

Sorry about all that but I was misunderstanding when you said weblog and then later on I figured you must have meant an actual entry 😉

Hope everything else goes well for you.

Best wishes,

Mark