[Solved] News: Show Title in Child Categories In Browser

[dinmix]

Hi Guys

I have 2 news items but I like to show only the Sports news in a page. Currently, I am getting this when I use the browse category template:

General
Current News
Sports
- Swimming
- Running
- Cycling

What I'm trying to do it to show only the Sports Category and its content like the following:

Swimming
- Title of Story One
- Title of Story Two
- Title of Story Three

Running
- Title of Story One
- Title of Story Two
- Title of Story Three

Cycling
- Title of Story One
- Title of Story Two

How can I achieve this? Thanks

[oliverseddon]

Hi,

I would suggest using a regular Summary template rather than the browsecat option. Then do something like this:

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{assign var='currentCat' value=''}
{foreach from=$items item=entry}
    {if $entry->category == 'Swimming'}
        {if $currentCat != $entry->category}<h2>{$entry->category}</h2>{/if}
    	{assign var='currentCat' value=$entry->category}
        <div class="NewsSummary">
        
            {if $entry->postdate}
                <div class="NewsSummaryPostdate">
                    {$entry->postdate|cms_date_format}
                </div>
            {/if}
            
            <div class="NewsSummaryLink">
                <a href="{$entry->moreurl}" title="{$entry->title|cms_escape:htmlall}">{$entry->title|cms_escape}</a>
            </div>
            
            {if $entry->author}
                <div class="NewsSummaryAuthor">
                    {$author_label} {$entry->author}
                </div>
            {/if}
            
            {if $entry->summary}
                <div class="NewsSummarySummary">
                    {eval var=$entry->summary}
                </div>
                
                <div class="NewsSummaryMorelink">
                    [{$entry->morelink}]
                </div>
            
            {else if $entry->content}
            
                <div class="NewsSummaryContent">
                    {eval var=$entry->content}
                </div>
            {/if}
            
            {if isset($entry->extra)}
                <div class="NewsSummaryExtra">
                    {eval var=$entry->extra}
                    {* {cms_module module='Uploads' mode='simpleurl' upload_id=$entry->extravalue} *}
                </div>
            {/if}
            {if isset($entry->fields)}
                {foreach from=$entry->fields item='field'}
                    <div class="NewsSummaryField">
                        {if $field->type == 'file'}
                            <img src="{$entry->file_location}/{$field->value}"/>
                        {else}
                            {$field->name}:&nbsp;{eval var=$field->value}
                        {/if}
                    </div>
                {/foreach}
            {/if}
        </div>
    {else if $entry->category == 'Running'}
        {if $currentCat != $entry->category}<h2>{$entry->category}</h2>{/if}
    	{assign var='currentCat' value=$entry->category}
        <div class="NewsSummary">
        
            {if $entry->postdate}
                <div class="NewsSummaryPostdate">
                    {$entry->postdate|cms_date_format}
                </div>
            {/if}
            
            <div class="NewsSummaryLink">
                <a href="{$entry->moreurl}" title="{$entry->title|cms_escape:htmlall}">{$entry->title|cms_escape}</a>
            </div>
            
            {if $entry->author}
                <div class="NewsSummaryAuthor">
                    {$author_label} {$entry->author}
                </div>
            {/if}
            
            {if $entry->summary}
                <div class="NewsSummarySummary">
                    {eval var=$entry->summary}
                </div>
                
                <div class="NewsSummaryMorelink">
                    [{$entry->morelink}]
                </div>
            
            {else if $entry->content}
            
                <div class="NewsSummaryContent">
                    {eval var=$entry->content}
                </div>
            {/if}
            
            {if isset($entry->extra)}
                <div class="NewsSummaryExtra">
                    {eval var=$entry->extra}
                    {* {cms_module module='Uploads' mode='simpleurl' upload_id=$entry->extravalue} *}
                </div>
            {/if}
            {if isset($entry->fields)}
                {foreach from=$entry->fields item='field'}
                    <div class="NewsSummaryField">
                        {if $field->type == 'file'}
                            <img src="{$entry->file_location}/{$field->value}"/>
                        {else}
                            {$field->name}:&nbsp;{eval var=$field->value}
                        {/if}
                    </div>
                {/foreach}
            {/if}
        </div>
    {else if $entry->category == 'Cycling'}
        {if $currentCat != $entry->category}<h2>{$entry->category}</h2>{/if}
    	{assign var='currentCat' value=$entry->category}
        <div class="NewsSummary">
        
            {if $entry->postdate}
                <div class="NewsSummaryPostdate">
                    {$entry->postdate|cms_date_format}
                </div>
            {/if}
            
            <div class="NewsSummaryLink">
                <a href="{$entry->moreurl}" title="{$entry->title|cms_escape:htmlall}">{$entry->title|cms_escape}</a>
            </div>
            
            {if $entry->author}
                <div class="NewsSummaryAuthor">
                    {$author_label} {$entry->author}
                </div>
            {/if}
            
            {if $entry->summary}
                <div class="NewsSummarySummary">
                    {eval var=$entry->summary}
                </div>
                
                <div class="NewsSummaryMorelink">
                    [{$entry->morelink}]
                </div>
            
            {else if $entry->content}
            
                <div class="NewsSummaryContent">
                    {eval var=$entry->content}
                </div>
            {/if}
            
            {if isset($entry->extra)}
                <div class="NewsSummaryExtra">
                    {eval var=$entry->extra}
                    {* {cms_module module='Uploads' mode='simpleurl' upload_id=$entry->extravalue} *}
                </div>
            {/if}
            {if isset($entry->fields)}
                {foreach from=$entry->fields item='field'}
                    <div class="NewsSummaryField">
                        {if $field->type == 'file'}
                            <img src="{$entry->file_location}/{$field->value}"/>
                        {else}
                            {$field->name}:&nbsp;{eval var=$field->value}
                        {/if}
                    </div>
                {/foreach}
            {/if}
        </div>
	{/if}
{/foreach}

[dinmix]

Excellent! Thank you very much Oliver. The result is exactly what I want but with this I have to add the category name in the template every time I add new one. Is there a way to make automate this similar to the browsecat template?

[oliverseddon]

Looks like this would do it:

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{assign var='currentCat' value=''}
{assign var='open' value=false}
{foreach from=$items item=entry}
    {if $currentCat != $entry->category}
        {if $open}</div>{/if}
        <h2 class="category-title">{$entry->category}</h2>
        <div class="items">
        {assign var='currentCat' value=$entry->category}
        {assign var='open' value=true}
    {/if}
    <div class="NewsSummary">
        {if $entry->postdate}
            <div class="NewsSummaryPostdate">
                {$entry->postdate|cms_date_format}
            </div>
        {/if}
        <div class="NewsSummaryLink">
            <a href="{$entry->moreurl}" title="{$entry->title|cms_escape:htmlall}">{$entry->title|cms_escape}</a>
        </div>
        {if $entry->author}
            <div class="NewsSummaryAuthor">
                {$author_label} {$entry->author}
            </div>
        {/if}
        {if $entry->summary}
            <div class="NewsSummarySummary">
                {eval var=$entry->summary}
            </div>
            <div class="NewsSummaryMorelink">
                [{$entry->morelink}]
            </div>
        {else if $entry->content}
            <div class="NewsSummaryContent">
                {eval var=$entry->content}
            </div>
        {/if}
        {if isset($entry->extra)}
            <div class="NewsSummaryExtra">
                {eval var=$entry->extra}
                {* {cms_module module='Uploads' mode='simpleurl' upload_id=$entry->extravalue} *}
            </div>
        {/if}
        {if isset($entry->fields)}
            {foreach from=$entry->fields item='field'}
                <div class="NewsSummaryField">
                    {if $field->type == 'file'}
                        <img src="{$entry->file_location}/{$field->value}"/>
                    {else}
                        {$field->name}:&nbsp;{eval var=$field->value}
                    {/if}
                </div>
            {/foreach}
        {/if}
    </div>
{/foreach}
{if $open}</div>{/if}

Then your {news} call would need to look something like:

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{news sortby='news_category' category='Sport*'}

[dinmix]

Thank you so much! Exactly what I was looking for and it work like a charm. I've have spend two days trying to do this and you did that in like a minute. You are a life saver! Thank you! Thank you!

[oliverseddon]

No problem, glad to help. Some inspiration was taken from the ListIt2 module's template.


Thanks
Oliver