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  • 09/10/2013 at 9:18 am #268871
    Brandon Hull
    Participant

    I’d like the ability to show the selected entry’s category, even if the user has first chosen that category from the drop-down on the main Directory page. I like how the other fields, like Email and Website, can be setup to show the field name in bold and the details right after it, how would I put the Category in that list…or show it at all as part of that single entry?

    I’ve attached a screenshot showing where I’d love to see it.

    Thanks.

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    09/10/2013 at 9:41 am #268873
    Brandon Hull
    Participant

    I should mention: I’m using Excerpt Plus for my template…

    09/10/2013 at 11:36 am #268875
    Steven Zahm
    Keymaster

    @

    The only way to do this is to edit the core template’s PHP file. Here’s how:

    Open this file:
    ../wp-content/plugins/excerpt-plus/card.php

    Add this code where you would like the categories to be shown:

    $entry->getCategoryBlock( array('separator' => ', ', 'before' => '<span>', 'after' => '</span>') );

    SAve and upload overwriting the original file.

    You may also have to add it to the following file depending on your configuration:
    ../wp-content/plugins/excerpt-plus/card-single.php

    Hope that helps.

    09/10/2013 at 1:16 pm #268878
    Brandon Hull
    Participant

    Thanks Stephen! Quick question before doing that: Will this also format that content that’s displayed so it’s similar to the other fields when they’re displayed, where the label is bold with a colon and the variable is plain text?

    And a quick follow-up question: the accordion feature doesn’t seem to be working for me, either. I’m guessing there’s a shortcode I’m missing out on there…?

    09/10/2013 at 2:53 pm #268886
    Steven Zahm
    Keymaster

    @ Brandon

    You might need to add a bit of CSS to the end of the theme’s style.css file to name the label bold, but I think that should be bold by default. If it isn’t share a link to your directory and I’ll give you the CSS you need to add.

    If you have a moment, I would truly appreciate a review as they do make a real difference. Many thanks in advance!
    http://wordpress.org/support/view/plugin-reviews/connections

    09/10/2013 at 3:51 pm #268908
    Brandon
    Guest

    Hopefully you’ll be able to take a quick look, as I’ve got the site behind a Closed Beta plugin for now and am taking it down so you can sneak a look.

    Here you go: http://nextrestaurants.com/directory/.

    I now have it exactly where I want it. Thanks. Just need to know the css to add that “Categories” and its colon in bold!

    09/10/2013 at 3:58 pm #268910
    Steven Zahm
    Keymaster

    @ Brandon

    The firewall at my current location is blocking my access to your site. I will not being able to look at this until this evening (EST), sorry!

    09/10/2013 at 4:00 pm #268912
    Brandon
    Guest

    Weird! Nothing inappropriate going on at my site to trigger that, I promise! Ping me when you can get back in to it tonight. Thanks again.

    09/10/2013 at 8:11 pm #268919
    Steven Zahm
    Keymaster

    @ Brandon

    I’m online. If you open up your site for a few minutes, I’ll take a look.

    09/10/2013 at 8:12 pm #268920
    Brandon Hull
    Participant
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