[solved] category browsing

[UndercoverAndrey]

i'd like to allow the visitors to browse the news by category. is this possible?

[Blackshadow]

Moved to Help and Support forum

First of all, Merry Christmas!

Out of the box it's not possible, but it's possible with a bit of extra code. I don't have time to write something to do what you want write now, but I'll get something done for you ASAP.

[UndercoverAndrey]

thanks a lot i apprecate it


& merry christmas as well =D

[Blackshadow]

Here's a simple PHP script that lists the categories, and links to a page which will display the news for the selected category:

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<?php

// EDIT THIS HERE
$fn_directory = 'news;

include $fn_directory . '/common.php';

$show_category = isset ($_GET['show_category']) ? (int)$_GET['show_category'] : 0;

if ( $show_category <= 0 )
{
    ob_start();

    $category_file = file ($fn_directory . 'categories.php');
    array_shift ($category_file);

    $categories = array();
   
    echo '<ul>';
    foreach ( $category_file as $category )
    {
        $data = get_line_data ('categories', $category);
        echo '<li><a href="?' . $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'] . '&amp;show_category=' . $data['category_id'] . '">' . $data['name'] . '</a></li>';
    }
    echo '</ul>';
   
    ob_end_flush();
}
else
{
    $fn_category = $show_category;
    include $fn_directory . '/news.php';
}

?>

Copy and paste that on to the page you want to list the categories, and it'll do the rest for you. At the moment, it displays the categories in a bulleted list, but I think you can work out how to change that If not, just ask.

[UndercoverAndrey]

im getting this error message from the code above

"Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_CONSTANT_ENCAPSED_STRING in /home/clear/public_html/cats.html on line 8"


do I have to edit something for it to work? thanks

[joshua.s.belanger]

You need to edit the

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// EDIT THIS HERE
$fn_directory = 'news;

[Blackshadow]

Sorry, I forgot to mention you need to edit that line josh has pointed out. And there should be an extra apostrophe after news:

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$fn_directory = 'news';

Change news to the directory you installed Fusion News to.

[djbobolod]

I was looking for the same. I can do with

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$fn_directory = 'news';

[UndercoverAndrey]

well the directory i have news installed to is already called news. i tried changing the 'news' to the full directory path

$fn_directory = 'home/clear/public_html/news';

still getting error messages


thanks, sorry about all the trouble

[Blackshadow]

You're missing a forward slash at the beginning of your path. It should be /home/clear...

[UndercoverAndrey]

no idea whats's wrong, that doesnt solve the problem though... could something else be wrong with the code?

theres also a news directory inside the news folder itself... is the directory suppose to lead to that folder or just the folder there fusion news is installed to?

either way, both arent working, sorry all the problems



this takes you to the fusion news login

http://clearnonsense.com/news/


this is what code im using

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    <?php

    // EDIT THIS HERE
    $fn_directory = '/home/clear/public_html/news';

    include $fn_directory . 'common.php';

    $show_category = isset ($_GET['show_category']) ? (int)$_GET['show_category'] : 0;

    if ( $show_category <= 0 )
    {
        ob_start();

        $category_file = file ($fn_directory . 'categories.php');
        array_shift ($category_file);

        $categories = array();
       
        echo '<ul>';
        foreach ( $category_file as $category )
        {
            $data = get_line_data ('categories', $category);
            echo '<li><a href="?' . $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'] . '&amp;show_category=' . $data['category_id'] . '">' . $data['name'] . '</a></li>';
        }
        echo '</ul>';
       
        ob_end_flush();
    }
    else
    {
        $fn_category = $show_category;
        include $fn_directory . '/news.php';
    }

    ?>

[Blackshadow]

Looks like there's something wrong with the code I gave you :p

This line:

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include $fn_directory . 'common.php';

Should have a / before common.php:

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include $fn_directory . '/common.php';

Try making that change and see what happens.

[UndercoverAndrey]

alright got that done, so now im able to generate this page

is there a way to link to those categories from within the website itself and not a separate page?

what i'm trying to say is, it works as its own page http://www.clearnonsense.com/cats.php

however, when i try to integrate it into my website itself, this happens http://clearnonsense.com/index.php?id=cats


thanks =]

[joshua.s.belanger]

I think this will work for your site:

Replace cats.php with this:

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<?php
// EDIT THIS HERE
    $fn_directory = '/home/clear/public_html/news';

        include $fn_directory . '/common.php';
   
      ob_start();
      
    $category_file = file ($fn_directory . '/categories.php');
    array_shift ($category_file);

    $categories = array();
     
    echo '<ul>';
    foreach ( $category_file as $category )
    {
        $data = get_line_data ('categories', $category);
        echo '<li><a href="?&amp;show_category=' . $data['category_id'] . '">' . $data['name'] . '</a></li>';
    }
    echo '</ul>';
       
    ob_end_flush();      
?>

Then open your index.php page... On the top where you want the category links put this:

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<?php

include 'cats.php';

?>

Then below where you want the news to show put:

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<?php

$show_category = isset ($_GET['show_category']) ? (int)$_GET['show_category'] : 1;
$fn_category = $show_category;
include 'news/news.php';

?>

This will show your category #1 by default. You can change that by changing the number at the end of this line:

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$show_category = isset ($_GET['show_category']) ? (int)$_GET['show_category'] : 1;

[UndercoverAndrey]

thanks josh, the code works

EDIT: scratch the question i had, I figured it out. thanks a lot for everyone's help & happy new year