Navigator module (navigation builder)

almost a riddle (but I don’t know its answer)

This code (Navigation Module)

{exp:navigator group="4" backspace="6"}
<a href="http://{nav_url}/">{nav_title}</a>

{/exp:navigator}

gives

Link1
Link2
Link3
Link4

But if I want to get the following table:

| Link1 | Link2 | Link3 |
| Link4 |

(w/o borders)

Can this Module do such tables? I think it can’t. But maybe it can.

P.S. http://www.latvija.lv/EN/WebLinks/State/

No, you’d have to use php to accomplish that.

You could do this another way by giving the link blocks a fixed width, and floating them to the left, inside a fixed width container.

Example: (I’m using inline css for this example)

Make sure you clear the float!

Thanks! Very useful module.

Now today’s Menu Items show:

Notice: Undefined index: 4.48 in /.../.../public_html/.../modules/navigator/mcp.navigator.php on line 736

Notice: Undefined index: 4.48 in /.../.../public_html/.../modules/navigator/mcp.navigator.php on line 736

...

in

CP Home  ›  Modules  ›  Navigator  ›  Item Management

But I see after ‘edit’ and ‘Update Item’ these Notices disappear one by one.

I don’t know what that is. But FYI.

Thanks for the module.

EDITED:

I think I understood why there were these notices.

I deleted Template (to “rename” it) that was used in Edit Item.

FR: Edit Item uses ‘Cxx’ in the Category field. ‘Cxx’ aren’t very beautiful.

I’m trying to use Category Name in URL. And I’ll use the Name as a variable to localize the site.

I think Navigator should also have a checkbox to use Category Names.

sigork,

The module inherits the preference you set in “CP Home › Admin › Global Weblog Preferences”. So, if you use Category names for your site, so will the module.

Thanks for the reply.

Yes, I tried that. But in this case I MUST add the ‘category’ word (Category URL Indicator) in the next field. I don’t like to see this “additional” word in URL.

If you set the above preference to “yes” you must choose a reserved word. This word will be used in the URL to indicate to the weblog display engine that you are showing a category.

Use another plugin to replace it?

Now I use your module, but with the full path as “Custom URL (Template, Category and Entry Title will be ignored)”.

P.S. And now I see maybe this FR is not important because I see I won’t use Categories at all. I use Segment 4. That means if I use Categories, I should enter them twice: as a Segment in the Navigator and as a Category in the Categories. This way is not logical. I should enter them one time, that means they won’t be shown in the Category field in the Navigator.

So, the only way is to use Custom URL (I do that now).

EDITED:

No, Categories should be used also. Because ‘exp:weblog:entries’ uses them (category=).

So, I should enter the same data twice. As Categories only to select Entries in ‘exp:weblog:entries’ :(

I hope I’ll have a better idea (how to use ‘exp:weblog:entries’ without Categories to enter Segment 4 only once, in Navigator only).

Dear Cocoaholic,

I’ve completed a personal project (a links catalog) with your Navigator module.

But there’s a small programming problem.

The module shows all Item Titles. But this menu can be used in several languages/templates, e.g.,

{exp:navigator group="<?php echo $nv_grp; ?>"}

<a href="http://http:/lv/weblinks/{segment_3}/{nav_title}/">{exp:localized_text string="{nav_title}" file="my_localized_text" language="latvian"}</a></div>

{/exp:navigator}

and that would be desirable not show some Items in some languages, e.g., not to show some specific info that is not actual for foreign visitors.

For example, to write in Edit Item somewhere in a field (e.g., Description) that this Item should not be shown in exp:navigator for some parameters.

Maybe there’s an idea how to do that?

Thanks.

You can use conditionals.

In this example I used the Description field to specify if an item is for a specific language only, if the item should be shown to all countries I left the Description field blank so it will show the default language, in my case ‘english’. This might not exactly be what you had in mind, but I’m pretty sure you can use EE’s conditionals to do the job.

{exp:navigator group="<?php echo $nv_grp; ?>"}

{if nav_description == ""}

<a href="http://http:/en/weblinks/{segment_3}/{nav_title}/">{nav_title}</a></div>

{if:elseif nav_description == "fr" AND segment_1 == "fr"}

<a href="http://http:/fr/weblinks/{segment_3}/{nav_title}/">{exp:localized_text string="{nav_title}" file="my_localized_text" language="french"}</a></div>

{if:elseif nav_description == "lv" AND segment_1 == "lv"}

<a href="http://http:/lv/weblinks/{segment_3}/{nav_title}/">{exp:localized_text string="{nav_title}" file="my_localized_text" language="latvian"}</a></div>

{/if}

{/exp:navigator}

I tried to use a plugin to compare {nav_description} and {segment_1}.

For example, {nav_description} has en|de, and if {segment_1} is fr

{exp:compare long="{nav_description}" short="{segment_1}"}

http://ellislab.com/forums/viewthread/37029/

gives ‘0’.

But this code

{if {exp:compare long="{nav_description}" short="{segment_1}"} == "0"}

doesn’t work.

It works only in this combination:

{exp:compare long="{nav_description}" short="{segment_1}"}
{if {exp:compare long="{nav_description}" short="{segment_1}"} == "0"}

Now I see the only way is to edit the Module not to show some Menu Items for some parameters.

Feel free to edit the Module 😊

Cocoaholic, any chance to add a clone a group? I’m building 5 or 6 menus at a time, and the only thing that’s different is one class per menu.