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Categories Support

The content on the Categories page https://docs.grabaperch.com/functions/categories/perch-categories/ is empty. please can you provide content as I have a problem with called the categories and creating links.

Timothy Rackham 0 points

5 years ago

Drew McLellan 2638 points
Perch Support

5 years ago

An example would simply be:

<?php
     perch_categories([
        'set' => 'my-set',
     ]);
?>

Timothy Rackham 0 points

5 years ago

So I have built this page ( https://gochattervideos.com/blog/archive.php ) with isotope grid filter. and I wanted to allow the user to post a blog post and select categories and then the filter should link up with this, however when I try to get the categories to come through as a class on the blog posts list they can only display the categories number. and in the filter bar at the bottom it just fails to it all together and I have had to manually enter them in which isn't going to work... Hope that makes sense....

Plus on a post I have the categories printing out and what them to be able to view more in the same, however I can't get the url to print #filter= and then the catergory...

Drew McLellan 2638 points
Perch Support

5 years ago

Can you show us the code that isn't working?

Timothy Rackham 0 points

5 years ago

Blog archive listing

<div class="five-col grid-item <perch:blog id="categories" />">
    <a href=" <perch:blog id="postURL" />" rel="bookmark">
        <img class="repson-img" src="<perch:blog id="image" type="image" />" />
    </a>

    <div class="summary">
        <p class="time"> <perch:blog id="time" type="text" textile="true" /> </p>
        <h3> <perch:blog id="postTitle" type="text" textile="true" /> </h3>
        <p> <perch:blog id="excerpt" type="textarea" textile="true" words="20" append="..." /> </p>
    </div>
</div>

Filter bar

<perch:before>
    <div class="button-group filter-button-group">
</perch:before>
    <button class="button <perch:category id='catTitle' />">
        <perch:category id="catTitle" />
    </button>
<perch:after>
    </div>
</perch:after>

I need the blog post add class of the categories in the post and the filter to display each

categories section post template

<perch:categories id="categories" set="blog" label="Categories" display-as="checkboxes">
        <a href="archive.php?#filter=.<perch:category id="catSlug" type="slug" />" class="p-category">
            <perch:category id="catTitle" type="text" />
       </a>
</perch:categories>

Timothy Rackham 0 points

5 years ago

Did this help ?

Simon Clay 127 points

5 years ago

Hi, for your Blog Item Listing first div try:

<div class="five-col grid-item <perch:categories id="categories" set="blog"><perch:category id="catSlug" type="slug" /> </perch:categories>">

And your filter bar:

<perch:categories id="categories" set="blog">
  <perch:before>
    <div class="button-group filter-button-group">
  </perch:before>
      <button class="button <perch:category id='catTitle' />"> <perch:category id="catTitle" /> </button>
  <perch:after>
    </div>
  </perch:after>
</perch:categories>