root cat
 

is there root cat syntax?

like

{if root_cat eq 255}

blah blah blah

{/if}

Ash

Re: root cat
 

if $cat eq "1" or $current_category.parentid eq "1"

Re: root cat
 

but what if the are ina sub sub sub cat... you know 4 levels down?

Re: root cat
 

paul,

didn't work at all. nothing showed.

Re: root cat
 

$cat is the current category id
$current_category.parentid is one level up obviously (which will work if you have only one level down)
There is also $current_category.categoryid_path which first element will be the first category id for the sub sub sub cat. It is in the form of 123/234/345...

Re: root cat
 

how do you do a foreach from a certain category only?

like say list sub one level down just from cat 255

Re: root cat
 

How about this

<ul>
{foreach from=$allsubcategories item=c}
{if $c.parentid eq "255"}
<li>$c.category</li>
{/if}
{/foreach}
</ul>

If you don't have $allsubcategories this is how to get them (I can't remember the thread)

add to /include/categories.php at the end before subcategories and cat assigns

Re: root cat
 

couldn't figure it out, so I hard coded it.

Here the whole scenario.

There are 10 root cats all together. 5 of them have a sub cat that list gemstone cats

so

rings > gemstone rings > Amethyst, Pearl, Emerald, Garnet Ruby ect...

earrings > gemstone earrings> Amethyst, Pearl, Emerald, Garnet Ruby ect...

I want to list the sub cats of the gemstone rings on the rings root cat page

and

I want to list the sub cats of the gemstone earrings on the earrings root cat page

Re: root cat
 

Ok try in subcategories template used to show subcats

<ul>
{if $cat eq "rings"}
{foreach from=$allsubcategories item=c}
{if $c.parentid eq "gemstone rings"}
<li>$c.category</li>
{/if}
{/foreach}
{elseif $cat eq "earrings"}
{foreach from=$allsubcategories item=c}
{if $c.parentid eq "gemstone earrings"}
<li>$c.category</li>
{/if}
{/foreach}
{/if}
</ul>

Replace cat names with cat numbers

Re: root cat
 

ok thanks, will try that.

Ash