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air-ship
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May 13, 2008, 1:41 AM
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Hi there.
Is there a way I can include the top level categories in a row across the page? We would like to keep the global index page really clean and simple but my client does not want a menu to the side of the page in columns.
If this can be achieved then can we be selective about which categories are displayed?
Many thanks,
Rees.
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eric_fisher
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May 13, 2008, 1:57 AM
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edit your category menu html to something like this:
<table border="0" width="100%" id="table1">
<tr><!-- template insert : $categoryList$ -->
<!-- templatecell : categoryRow -->
<td><a href="$published.categoryIndex.url$">$category.name$</A></td><!-- /templatecell : categoryRow -->
</tr>
</table>
Then edit your publishing rule at the bit where it says: 'Category Filter' - here you can specify which categories you would like including on the menu.
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air-ship
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May 13, 2008, 2:06 AM
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Thanks for that Eric. It looks good. One question though: Will the Category Filter be global across the site or can I make it affect one page (like the Global Index) only?
Rees. 
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eric_fisher
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May 13, 2008, 2:46 AM
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In that example it would be global if you include the menu on each page.
But I think you could create a brand new template using the above code, then copy the menu rule and call it something like 'indexmenu' and make sure you select your new template.
Then if you make sure you global index only includes this menu template you could have different categories on your main index page compared to the rest of the site.
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air-ship
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May 13, 2008, 2:49 AM
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That makes sense Eric. I'll give it a whirl.
Rees 
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MikeB
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May 13, 2008, 11:24 AM
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Hi Rees,
Thanks for the post!
It looks like Eric has provided you with some great details on getting up and running with this.
Just to touch on one thing that Eric mentioned, you can absolutely use one global menu for the index page, and a different menu for other non-category pages on the site (search page, search results). As Eric mentioned, you'd just create a new publishing rule for that menu and tweak your include to bring in the appropriate menu.
I hope this helps!
Cheers,
Mike Briggs - Product Specialist
support@interactivetools.com
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