ListIt2Extended - List Sub Categories In Summary Template

[ptysell]

How would one go about listing sub categories (within a category) while listing list times on the same summary template?

Essentially what I need is an output of the sub categories to generate a filter and then generate all of the items with in the category (and subcategories) to generate the original list to be filtered.

Thanks!

[velden]

You might consider using a category action/template and use show_items parameter. Then loop the $categories twice; once to list the categories, once to list the items. Iirc you can determine the type by checking for existence of fielddefs property (only items have it).

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<!-- categories -->
<ul>
{foreach from=$categories item=category}
{if !$category->fielddefs}<li class="category-{$category->alias}">{$category->name}</li>{/if}
{/foreach}
<ul>
<!-- categories //-->

<!-- items -->
<ul>
{foreach from=$categories item=category}
{if $category->fielddefs}<li class="category-{$category->alias}">{$category->title}</li><!--{$category|print_r}-->{/if}
{/foreach}
<ul>
<!-- items //-->

However items will be sorted based on category.

[ptysell]

Thanks.

What I am attempting to do is the following.

Have a page that lists top level categories - Category Template - Done.

Have the next page - Summary Template - List items within that category. - Done.

I am handling the filtering/sorting with jQuery RE sub categories.
This works fine using a fixed list of filter categories (sub categories) for one main category.

This is essentially what I want to setup / output.

Setup
Category 1
-Sub Category A
--Product 1
--Product 2
--Product 3
-Sub Category B
--Product 4
--Product 5
--Product 6
Category 2
-Sub Category C
--Product 7
--Product 8
--Product 9
-Sub Category D
--Product 10
--Product 11
--Product 12

Output Page 1 - Category Page - Category Template (easy)

Category 1
Category 2

Output Page 2 - List Page - Summary Template (Click On Category 1)

Sub Category A | Sub Category B

Product 1
Product 2
Product 3
Product 4
Product 5
Product 6

This something along the lines of this
http://demo.i-arts.eu/list-it-extended

where I want the filter buttons to be dynamically generated on the summary template based on a list of sub categories for that category.