Alternating display dependent on news category [solved - nearly]

[howey]

Hi

Can anyone point me in the right direction. I am trying to write a news summary template that will display the news summaries with different colour backgrounds dependent on their category.

I though that I could check the category value and use "if" "elseif" staements dependent on the category name. I don't seem to be able to get the category name/variable to check though.

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<!-- Start Notice Display Template -->

{foreach from=$items item=entry}

{if $category_label=="purple_notice"}

<div class="purplenotice">

<h3>{$entry->title}</h3>

{if $entry->summary}
<p>{eval var=$entry->summary}</p>
{/if}

</div>

{/if}

{/foreach}

<!-- End Notice Display Template -->

Something like the above then adding elseif statements. I hope I have explained myself OK.

Any advice help gratefully received.

[Dr.CSS]

Searching forum for alternate colors should do it...

[howey]

Hi

Found the cycle function mentioned  – I think this will work better than what I was trying to do in that it assigns alternating styles to news items. A bit simpler than choosing styles based on the category.

I would still find it useful to know how to call the news category though – I'll dig around and see if I can solve it.