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Paul Cripps (Nine Four)'s avatar
Paul Cripps (Nine Four)
104 posts
14 years ago
Paul Cripps (Nine Four)'s avatar Paul Cripps (Nine Four)

Hello,

Is there a way to ONLY show a child category for an entry within an entries loop?

Lets say I have categories such as:

  • Blog

    • design
    • work
    • something else
  • Social

    • lastfm
    • flickr

I then submit a post to the child cat, design.

Then my entries loop:

{exp:channel:entries channel="tumblelog"}
{categories}

 {category_name} <!-- outputs : blog design -->

{/categories}
{/exp:channel:entries}

This outputs, blog, design… BUT I only want to ever show the single, child category for a given entry… NEVER showing the parent category.

Is this possible?

Please note it vital I keep “Auto-Assign Category Parents” on as I do need this relationship elsewhere.

       
Laisvunas's avatar
Laisvunas
879 posts
14 years ago
Laisvunas's avatar Laisvunas

Hi,

Try Child Categories plugin.

       
Mark Bowen's avatar
Mark Bowen
12,637 posts
14 years ago
Mark Bowen's avatar Mark Bowen

Hi Paul,

Untested but I think this should work :

{categories}

{if parent_id != "0"}
         {category_name}
{/if}

{/categories}

Hope that helps a bit.

Best wishes,

Mark

       
Paul Cripps (Nine Four)'s avatar
Paul Cripps (Nine Four)
104 posts
14 years ago
Paul Cripps (Nine Four)'s avatar Paul Cripps (Nine Four)

Ahhh Mark thank you!

The simplest most straight forward answer worked a treat!

Thanks again,, Paul.

       
Mark Bowen's avatar
Mark Bowen
12,637 posts
14 years ago
Mark Bowen's avatar Mark Bowen

Hi Paul,

Excellent news. Glad that helped a bit.

Best wishes,

Mark

       

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