categories slug

Hi Denise,

perch:category tags need to be within perch:categories tags. So, for example your category-list template would start and end with perch:categories tags. Something like this:

<perch:categories id="destinations" label="Type of work" set="destinations" required="true">

  <!-- your category list template here -->

</perch:categories>

Does that help?

Hi Simon

Thanks for your reply but when this is added to my category-list template I get none of my set items listed at all.

I added it also to my master category template category-single.html and then had options to add 'types of work" i.e. categories from my destinations set but this is not required and I want to show all anyway. Just need the slug to work.

At the moment for example the category bath goes to epicweekends.co.uk/destinations/bath (no page exists) but I guess it should still contain category.php?

Hi Denise, You should find it works if you change the url in your cat-list.html to:

<a class="brighten" href="destinations.php?s=<perch:category id="catSlug" type="slug" for="catTitle" label="Slug" />" >

Ok I'll give that a go, thanks. Do I still need to include

<perch:categories id="destinations" label="Type of work" set="destinations" required="true">

<!-- your category list template here -->

</perch:categories>

in both templates ?

I thought you did need those on the listing template, but perhaps not.

Let me know if that works.

Hello again Simon

Yes that worked thanks and clicks through fine to page but cannot get just the one category item listed with reference to the slug. They all appear again with the different template.

On my destinations.php page I have at the moment... ~~ <?php
if (perch_get('cat')) { perch_category(perch_get('cat'),array( 'template'=>'category_single.html'

));
perch_categories('Destinations', array(
  'template' => 'cat_list.html',
  'page'=>'/category.php',
  'category' => perch_get('cat'),
  'match' => 'eq',
  'count' => 1,

));
} else {
  perch_categories();
}
?>

~~

Any ideas where Im going wrong, thank you

A little update...

I have one item listed correctly but it does not match the url slug.

ie. When I click on one of the list of categories it just always leads to the first item.

My destinations.php is now

~~

<?php perch_categories(array(

        'category'   => perch_get('s'),
        'template'   =>'category-single.html',
        'match' => 'catslug',
'count' => 1,

    )); ?>

~~

Oh ok, I don't need that then. How do I get the correct category info then?

For example the url at the top of my page gives the correct output but the page does not.

My category.php

<?php perch_categories(array( 'set'=> 'destinations', 'template' => 'cat-list.html', 'category' => perch_get('cat'),

                )); 


?>

I tried that in my template but it makes no difference

<a class="brighten" href="destinations.php?s=destinations/<perch:category id="catSlug" type="slug" for="catTitle" label="Slug" />" >

It's the same set, just need to view categories within it.

Thanks for your patience Im sure I missing sth obvious here!

Yes, which I have and when you select a category from the list it takes you to this individual category with more info etc.

That made no difference I'm afraid. The set is working fine and displays all categories, it is the pasty to the category where the error is. I am only working with one set here with a list of categories within.

if I give you the url will that help you see the error

https://www.epicweekends.co.uk/category.php

if you click on anything but the first item you will see the issue.

Thank you for your time and quick responses, its very appreciated!

Yes, and the fact that it is not grabbing the category selection.

It has to work like list/detail but I need to use categories as I am using this as a filter elsewhere. The category.php is a bit of a testing page as the moment.

So I want to list categories in the set destinations on category.php and then single categories on destinations.php.

Ok yes, I have simplified slightly to just show essential items.

my list template (simplified slightly) for my set page (category.php) is

<perch:before>
<ul >
</perch:before>
<li>  <div>

<a href="destinations.php?s=<perch:category id="catSlug" type="slug" for="catTitle" label="Slug" />" >

                    <img src="<perch:category type="image" id="destimage" height="167px" crop="true" />" alt="<perch:category type="text" id="destination" />" />

            <div> <blockquote><h6><perch:category id="catTitle" type="smarttext" label="Title" required="true" />
</h6></blockquote></div></a>
<div>
 </li>
<perch:after>
</ul>
</perch:after>

AND my single category (master) template for destinations.php is...

<div>
<img src="<perch:category type="image" id="destimage" label="Destination image" crop="true" order="2" />" alt="<perch:category id="catTitle" type="smartest" label="Title" required="true" title="true" order="1"  />" />
</div>

   <div>
                 <div><h2><perch:category id="catTitle" type="smarttext" label="Title" required="true" /></h2></div>

            <a href="#" class="btn-u btn-u-large" style="margin-left:5px">+ ENQUIRE</a>

            </div>             

  <perch:category id="catSlug" type="slug" for="catTitle" suppress="true" />
  <perch:categories id="setTitle" type="smarttext" label="Title"  suppress="true" />
<perch:categories id="setSlug" type="slug" for="setTitle" label="Slug"  suppress="true" />