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I’m using {exp:channel:categories} to display a navigation menu with four parent categories, each with a number of child categories. I can’t seem to figure out how to get different markup for each. There doesn’t seem to be a reference for conditionals that will work within this tag.

Current code:

{exp:channel:categories channel="default_site" style="nested"}
<a href="http://{path=site/overview}">{category_name}</a>
{/exp:channel:categories}

What I’d like is for the parent categories to use the template ‘site/overview’ and the children to use a different template, e.g. ‘site/category’. What do I need to do to accomplish this?

I’d also like to be able to selectively append classes, e.g. to style the last item in the outputted list differently.

Hi imolta,

You have to build the list structure yourself if you use the linear style instead of the nested one and that might give you a little bit more flexibility. However, something like this should get you on your way:

{exp:channel:categories channel="default_site" style="nested"}
{if parent_id == 0}
    <a href="http://{path=site/overview}class=last_item">{category_name}</a>
{/if}
{if parent_id > 0}
    <a href="http://{path=site/category}class=last_item">{category_name}</a>
{/if}
{/exp:channel:categories}

Cheers

Greg

Thanks for the help, Greg - that is indeed enough to get me started!

Glad Greg was able to help. Don’t hesitate to post again as needed.