Navigation breaking
10 posts by 3 authors in: Forums > CMS Builder
Last Post: August 13, 2012 (RSS)
I'm using some code that I've used before (and it worked) to create my navigation. Within this code, I wanted to exclude any that had 1 in the is_feature field.
However, when I put the code in like:
<?php foreach ($allIndex_homeRecords as $categoryRecord): ?>
<?php if(!$categoryRecord['is_feature']): ?>
<?php echo $categoryRecord['_listItemStart']; ?>
<span <?php if($thisPage == "index"){echo 'class="currentpage"';} ?>><a href="<?php echo $categoryRecord['_link'] ?>"><?php echo $categoryRecord['name'] ?></a></span>
<?php echo $categoryRecord['_listItemEnd'] ?>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php endforeach; ?>
It breaks the navigation (please find attached how_nav_is_breaking.png and how_nav_is_breaking_source.html).
If i put the code in like:
<?php foreach ($allIndex_homeRecords as $categoryRecord): ?>
<?php echo $categoryRecord['_listItemStart']; ?>
<span <?php if($thisPage == "index"){echo 'class="currentpage"';} ?>><a href="<?php echo $categoryRecord['_link'] ?>"><?php echo $categoryRecord['name'] ?></a></span>
<?php echo $categoryRecord['_listItemEnd'] ?>
<?php endforeach; ?>
The navigation is as it should be (please find attached how_nav_should_be.png and how_nav_should_be_source.html), but the navigation displays the 'features', when it shouldn't.
So you can understand more, if you go to: http://jubileehighschool.no-ip.org/curriculum.php?Curriculum-1-1, you will see two blocks on the right (feature and feature2), now if you hover over Curriculum 1 in the nav, you will also see feature and feature 2 there, but I don't want them to be displayed in the nav.
Re: [dsternalski] Navigation breaking
By gkornbluth - August 6, 2012
Do you have 'allowSearch' => false, in your get records call?
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Re: [gkornbluth] Navigation breaking
Yes I have in the getRecords call but not in the getCategories call.
Re: [dsternalski] Navigation breaking
By Jason - August 8, 2012
The issue here is that in your first foreach loop, you're not outputting all your records. You're only outputting records where "is_feature" is selected. You probably need an "else" for outputting records where that is not set.
Hope this helps
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Re: [Jason] Navigation breaking
In the first for each loop, I have an ! (explanation mark) before the variable as I'm trying to output all records except those that have is_feature = 1.
Re: [dsternalski] Navigation breaking
By Jason - August 8, 2012
You're right, I misread that.
getCategories creates the listItemStart and listItemEnd pseudo fields that contain all the <ul> and <li> tags to produce a nested list. When you filter out some records, it's throwing these tags off, so certain records are being nested when they shouldn't be. Currently, there isn't a good way to filter category records using a field value.
One option would be to output all records. If a record is featured and you don't want to display it, you could add CSS to it's <a> tag to set display to none. That way it doesn't show up, but the nesting stays correct.
Hope this helps
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Re: [Jason] Navigation breaking
I will give that a try, but I have a feeling that although it will hide the <a> tag, that it won't hide the <li> tag, leaving a slight height in the empty <li>.
I have used code like this before to hide features in the navigation & it worked fine in an older version of the CMS, so I'm wondering if possibly where the code behind the CMS has been updated that it now doesn't work.
Re: [dsternalski] Navigation breaking
By Jason - August 9, 2012
Another approach would be to change your "is_featured" check box to a "hidden" checkbox. This way, all those records will be filtered out by default by the getCategories() call, so the nesting should remain in tact. Also, you wouldn't need an if statement in your foreach loop.
When you needed those records to show up, you could use the
'ignoreHidden' = true,
option.
Hope this works.
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Re: [Jason] Navigation breaking
By dsternalski - August 11, 2012 - edited: August 11, 2012
I have tried this:
<?php foreach ($allIndex_homeRecords as $categoryRecord): ?>
<?php echo $categoryRecord['_listItemStart']; ?>
<?php if(!$categoryRecord['is_feature']): ?>
<span <?php if($thisPage == "index"){echo 'class="currentpage"';} ?>><a href="<?php echo $categoryRecord['_link']; ?>"><?php echo $categoryRecord['name']; ?></a></span>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php echo $categoryRecord['_listItemEnd']; ?>
<?php endforeach; ?>
And although it doesn't break the navigation, it doesn't completely remove the empty <li>'s.
Attached is an image of what I mean.
Re: [dsternalski] Navigation breaking
By Jason - August 13, 2012
Another option is to get the display:none style into the li/ul tags
First add this function to your page:
function hideFeaturedCategories($category) {
if ($category['is_featured']) {
return "style = 'display:none'";
}
return;
}Then you can call this function using the li and ul attributes callback options in getCategories
EXAMPLE:
'liAttributesCallback' => 'hideFeaturedCategories',
'ulAttributesCallback' => 'hideFeaturedCategories',Hope this helps
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