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carminejg3
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Apr 23, 2009, 5:21 PM

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Ok im excited about the ability to pull off this question. I'm just not sure how to finish it.
I created a field in the category database called Category SEO Title with the placeholder name of CategorySEOTitle.

What i want to do is an if test on this field. by defualt I'm using the category name which also drives the nav menu and i would like to add this catseofield to rename the page, but NOT the category menu name.

So I think an if test like this might do it.


Category SEO Title is empty print defualt category name
<!-- templateIf : $CategorySEOTitle$ eq "" -->
$my.homepageName$
<!-- /templateIf -->

Category SEO Title has new title print that instead.
<!-- templateIf : $CategorySEOTitle$ ne "" -->
$CategorySEOTitle$
<!-- /templateIf -->

is this the right way?

I also played with this version

<!-- templateIf : $CategoryTitle$ eq "" -->
$category.name$
<!-- /templateIf -->
<!-- templateIf : $CategoryTitle$ ne "" -->
$category.categorytitle$
<!-- /templateIf -->


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(This post was edited by carminejg3 on Apr 23, 2009, 11:43 PM)


ross
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Apr 27, 2009, 9:52 AM

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Re: [carminejg3] New category Title or use the old one [In reply to] Can't Post
Hi Carmine

Thanks for posting!

I actually think either of those two options should work. Had you tried either of them?

If the field is empty, use the category name. If the field has something in it, use that.

It's an if statement that has many uses (you can do the same for displaying a field on you article page).

Let me know how you make out once you've added all that code to your templates.

Thanks!
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carminejg3
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Apr 27, 2009, 10:36 AM

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Re: [ross] New category Title or use the old one [In reply to] Can't Post
Hi Ross,

I tried it and the category seo title worked... but for some reason the category name was causing an error...

I will try it again and confirm it. it might be because im not using the right validator or compare method. I just figured to look for an empty category title, then use the category name would be best.


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