category menu active page

Hi Ian,

Can you attach the about_us.php file so we can take a look? Thanks!

Sure thing. I'm sorry if this code is nuts.

Hi Ian,

It looks like you always have a list of all your records in $about_usRecords, and you have your selected record defined as $about_usRecord (no s). And when you loop over "all" the records in the foreach you refer to each individual record as $record. So you should be able to check if the menu link you are displaying is selected like this:

<?php if ($record['num'] == $about_usRecord['num']): ?>
selected
<?php endif ?>

That's basically saying, if the record we're displaying in the menu has the same record number as the selected record then print "selected".

It's a bit easier to read if you assign that to a variable. Here's some easier to read code:

<?php foreach ($about_usRecords as $record): ?>
<?php $isSelected = ($record['num'] == $about_usRecord['num']); ?>

<div style="display:inline; margin-right:5px;">

<?php if ($isSelected): ?>
<a href="<?php echo $record['_link'] ?>"><?php echo $record['name'] ?></a>
<?php else: ?>
<?php echo $record['name'] ?>
<?php endif ?>

</div>

<?php endforeach ?>

Hope that helps! Give that a try and let me know if you get any further, and any questions or problems with it.

Hi Dave,

Thanks so much for helping me out.

This works for the "about_us.php" page, but my problem, I see now, is really with "about_us_detail.php" page.

When I go to any of those other entries in the "about_us" section editor the corresponding link remains active. How would I go about deactivating the link for the respective entries of that link?

I've attached the "about_us_detail.php" page. Any help you can provide is greatly appreciated!

Ian

Hi Ian,

Something like this should help you with your link formatting. It does not create a link if the num of the current record equals the num of the record in the loop.

<?php foreach ($about_usRecords as $record): ?>

<?php if ($record['depth'] == 0): ?>
<?php if ($about_usRecord['num'] != $record['num']): ?>
<div style="display:inline; margin-right:5px;"><a href="about_us.php"><?php echo $record['name'] ?></a></div>
<?php else: ?>
<div style="display:inline; margin-right:5px;"><?php echo $record['name'] ?></div>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php else: ?>

<div style="display:inline; margin-right:5px;"><a href="<?php echo $record['_link'] ?>"><?php echo $record['name'] ?></a></div>

<?php endif ?>

<?php endforeach ?>

Hope that helps,
Robin