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Silvatti
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Oct 8, 2006, 11:20 AM

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Ok...

I know you guys are busy, but I'd be grateful if anyone can help with this one problem that's been bugging me all week. Smile What must I edit in the category_list.html file (and in SETUP OPTIONS) in order to achieve the following effect on my page:

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HOME > LIBRARY > HISTORY

* American
    - Colonial
    - Industrial
* European
    - Rennaissance
    - Enlightenment
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...where the "History" category is not shown (to avoid redundancy since it is already the presently selected/viewed category), and where all categories 2 levels down below the present category are displayed?Smile


(This post was edited by Silvatti on Oct 19, 2006, 5:45 PM)


ross
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Oct 8, 2006, 2:07 PM

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Hi there.

Thanks for posting!

In your category_list.html there is going to be two separate sections. One for category links that you currently have selected. They are all going to have something like row_depth_selected in them. By default there are three of these.

What you could do is remove all the HTML from between the template cells for each one. This will have them display nothing when they are currently selected. Just make sure to leave the actual templatecells because they are required.

Does that make sense? Give it a shot and let me know how you make out Smile.
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Silvatti
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Oct 8, 2006, 2:59 PM

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I've removed all HTML from between the row_selected_depth template cells, and as desired, the currently selected category is no longer being displayed!

Ross, thank you for your help!!

The only remaining matter now is how to instruct AM to display just one additional category depth downward. Any ideas?


ross
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Oct 8, 2006, 3:54 PM

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Hi.

I am glad to hear that worked for you Smile.

I am not quite sure what you mean with the second part there. Did you still want the sub categories of that category just hid to appear?

If you could give me a few more details there, I can look into the options you have Smile.
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Silvatti
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Oct 8, 2006, 4:28 PM

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Ross, thanks again for your help!Smile

Prior to your advice, the problematic category arrangement looked this way:

1. CURRENT CATEGORY
1.1 - Category Alpha
1.2 - Category Bravo


Using your advice, I was able to omit the "current category" as desired in the following way:

1.1 - Category Alpha
1.2 - Category Bravo


While ommitting the current category, however, I'd also like to display just one more category level downward in this fashion:


1.1 - Category Alpha
1.1.1 - Subcategory
1.1.2 - Subcategory

1.2 - Category Bravo
1.2.1 - Subcategory
1.2.2 - Subcategory


...And this is the end result I've been trying to achieve all along. Smile

This way, users can get a deeper look into whether the category they're about to click on will lead to the content they're looking for, or skip over having to click on the intermediary category to get to the category two sub-levels downward. I really hope I'm making sense with this!

Is there a way to configure AM to do this?


(This post was edited by Silvatti on Oct 8, 2006, 4:34 PM)


ross
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Oct 9, 2006, 8:12 AM

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Hi.

To be honest, I am not quite sure if I understand just yet, however, I have an idea for you to try out Smile.

If you log into Article Manager and go to the Server tab in Setup Options, there will be a section labeled “Subcategory Settings”. Here you are going to find a section for “Subcategory Format”. What I am thinking you’ll want to do is check off “Show All”.

I did some testing and with the category list edited, that setting gets me 1.1 and 1.1.1 showing.

Could you give this a shot and let me know how you make out?
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Silvatti
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Oct 14, 2006, 1:53 PM

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Hi Ross,

I've taken a few days hiatus to clear my head on this.
I've also created a live example of what effect I'm looking for, located here:

http://sirvera.org/test/

I hope this offers a more visible demonstration of what effect I'm desiring article manager to replicate. In short, I'd like to have each page dynamically generate a category listing that displays subcategory pages one level downward, and then the "sub-sub"-categories one more level below those, if that makes sense. =]

Of course, this category listing will look differently depending where on the site the user is navigating... the options will not be the same throughout.


(This post was edited by Silvatti on Oct 14, 2006, 2:05 PM)


ross
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Oct 15, 2006, 9:45 AM

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Hi Silvattie.

Thanks for clearing that up!

I definitely understand what you are looking for here now and basically, Article Manager will be able to get close to what you are looking for.

What you’ll want to try is go back to the Subcategory Format I mentioned in my previous post and select “Selected Branch Only” and hit Publish All.

What that is going to do is only show you the categories from the main category you are looking at. Using your example, when you click on Letters, you would see “Letters” still and then all the sub categories below it. You would see any other parent level categories like “Numbers”.

When you are on the main index page, you are going to see just the parent level categories like “Letters” and “Numbers”.

Give it a shot and let me know what you think Smile.
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Silvatti
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Oct 16, 2006, 4:31 PM

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Ross,

I've not been able to attempt your suggestion just yet, but if it performs as I imagine it might, the category listing will still contain a redundant link to its own corresponding category (e.g, a "Letters" link on the "Letters" page), and this, unfortunately, is what I was trying to avoid.

Also, with the way the site is meant to be arranged, including other contrary parent categories in the listing would probably just serve to confuse my visitors (see below):



As mentioned in one of my previous posts, each category page is intended to be arranged into four "quadrants". Quadrant 1 would house the category list we've been talking about in this thread (and as demo'd here).



This image gives a closer look at the contents of "Quadrant 1". The left navigational column stretches from top-to-bottom of the page, and is appended to the left of the four quadrants mentioned earlier. I opted to hard-code a more permanent navigational column on the left side, (since I don't intend Article Manager to manage the entire site). Quadrant 1 then would serve as aan AM-generated context-sensitive navigational tool users may click on to progress deeper into the site.

I've done searches through these forums to see if there's a way to produce the desired effect of removing redundant or unnecessary AM-generated category links, but it seems the only thing to do at this point is just hardcode the navigational links on all index templates myself. I understand by doing this, I'll lose Article Manager's dynamic category link managing ability, but it is necessary that they be arranged this way. In any case, I'll let you know how it works out -- I actually have a separate problem I wish to present later (this one is more integral to AM's ability to make it easy to manage thousands of articles across numerous categories and subcategories); if that can be resolved, I'll be able to stay with Article Manager for my content management needs! Ross, thanks again for your support!


(This post was edited by Silvatti on Oct 16, 2006, 4:35 PM)