Parent category list based on subcategory ID?
Development and Programming
Yikes, that’s a scary title … but here’s my problem:
I need to build a category list (and links) based on entries that are classified under a category in a different category list , e.g.,
Topics
Topic 1 Topic 2 Topic 3
Age Range
Infant Child Teenager Adult
Based upon all entries that have been classified as Teenager, I need to build a list of Topics, excluding any where no entries are available.
As I write this, it seems simple, but I have tried various approaches with no success. The closest I got was by using the Child Categories plugin, but I could never get the “siblings” parameter to work (which seemed to offer a solution). Here is as far as got (with no solution):
{exp:child_categories category_group="2" show_empty="no"}
{child_category_start}
<li><a href="http://{path=search/results_category/C{child_category_id}}">{child_category_name}</a></li>
{child_category_end}
{/exp:child_categories}Many thanks for any pointers!
Tony,
the Child Categories plugin is a third party plugin so you will need to contact the plug in’s author or post in the Plugin forums. I can move it you want me to?
Also if you haven’t already, have you had a look at the Category Archive Tag?
Thanks, John … I think moving my post to the Child Categories plugin thread is a good idea.
Thanks also for the pointer to the Weblog Category Archive tag. My issue is that I need to display a list of “topic” categories based on entries for which another category (in another category group) has been set … and I’m not seeing that this tag accommodates that.
I’m now starting to think that I should do this filtering with a status parameter instead, but it will be messier, since I can only assign one status group to a weblog (right?) Thanks again for replying and admin-ing this!
Moving as per request.