NP_CatListVars.php

Adds variables available in the Category List Item field of templates.

Requires Nucleus CMS version 3.40 or higher

1. Unzip the file and upload the contents to your plugin directory
2. Install the plugin
3. Add category template variables as described below

Install it and add the variables to your template as desired

The variables described below are only available in the Category List Item field of your templates and can be used to enhance the category lists on your site.

• <%numitems%> : displays the number of items in the listed category.
• <%catiscurrent%> : displays ‘yes’ if the listed category is the currently selected category. displays ‘no’ otherwise. This is useful for having different CSS classes to display the category element.

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An example of a Category List Item field using these extra variables:

In CSS file:

.currentcat_no a {
	font-weight:normal;
}
.currentcat_yes a {
	font-weight:bold;
}

In Category List Item field of the template used to display your categorylist:

<li class="currentcat_<%catiscurrent%>"><a href="<%catlink%>" title="<%catname%>"><%catname%> [<%numitems%>]</a></li>

Results as HTML:

<li class="currentcat_no"><a href="http://domain.tld/cars/" title="Cars">Cars [20]</a></li>
<li class="currentcat_yes"><a href="http://domain.tld/downloads/" title="Downloads">Downloads [13]</a></li>
<li class="currentcat_no"><a href="http://domain.tld/general/" title="General">General [51]</a></li>
<li class="currentcat_no"><a href="http://domain.tld/sports/" title="Sports">Sports [37]</a></li>
<li class="currentcat_no"><a href="http://domain.tld/todo/" title="To Do">To Do [3]</a></li>

To viewer it looks like:

• Cars [20]
• Downloads [13]
• General [51]
• Sports [37]
• To Do [3]

• Version 1.0, released 13 April 2009 ]
  • initial release