Category Custom Fields

Try to place them within:

<mt:IfCategory type="primary">
your category custom fields here
</mt:IfCategory>

And if you would like to use this coding inside a sidebar widget, you may like to surround the above with:

<mt:If name="entry_archive">
...
</mt:If>

Thanks for the reply. When I try that method, it gives me a publishing error looking for a label attribute on the IfCategory tag. Would something like this work:

<mt:If name="entry_archive">
<mt:IfCategory label="<$mt:EntryCategory$>">
<div class="box red content contact-us">
	<div class="title content"><h2><$mt:CategoryLabel$>'s Mini Bio</h2></div>
	<div class="box-content-beige" style="height: 160px;">	
		<div class="inner">
                   <div style="float: left; width: 150px;"><a href="<$mt:CategoryArchiveLink$>" border="0"><img src="imagepath" alt="<$mt:CategoryLabel$>" /></a></div>
                   <MTDataPlayerBioMini>
		</div>		
		</div>
</div>
</mt:IfCategory>
</mt:If>

I'm hoping the code shows you what I'm going for. Earlier I was trying to use where you are using the IfCategory. This approach was working and displaying data correctly but obviously it was looping through every category in the system instead of just the current category. I just can't figure out how to limit it to just look at the category that the entry is in, if that makes sense. I have a few hairs going gray because of this today I think!

I guess the main problem is in addition to the MTDataPlayerBioMini field I also need to be able to access the CategoryLabel, CategoryArchiveLink, and CategoryBasename and I can't seem to access any of these without using . However I can't figure out how to use in the context of just this particular category instead of looping through every one in the system. I'm losing hope, any one else have any thoughts?

In the coding sample you've provided about replace <$mt:EntryCategory$> with the label of the category you want to display...

But it needs to be variable depending on that particular entry category instead of hardwired. Even then I still can't use CategoryLabel, CategoryArchiveLink, and CategoryBasename because it spits out publishing errors about using them out of context without being in .

I think you have to explain from scratch the following:

1) what you want to obtain;

2) on what page types you would like to obtain that;

3) on which template will you place the coding you seek.

Also, a direct link to your web site might help.

Sorry for the confusion....

1) I'm trying to be able to access the following fields: CategoryLabel, CategoryArchiveLink, and CategoryBasename, in addition to my custom category field MTDataPlayerBioMini.

2) It's going in a sidebar widget which will be featured on entry archive pages, just standard posts in the blog.

3) Above, going in a widget to work on entry archives.

I've gotten the widget working on the actual CATEGORY page but I can't get it working on any ENTRY pages because I can't figure out how to access category data pertaining to the category that the current entry is in. I always get publishing errors when trying to access those fields if I don't wrap them in a because the widget is being featured on an entry page. I just can't figure out how to code it to where it can pull those category fields on an entry page.

Does that make any more sense or just rubbish?

Thanks for your explanation!

Then just put this one at work!

<mt:If name="entry_archive">
<mt:If tag="EntryCategory">
<div class="box red content contact-us">
<div class="title content"><h2><$mt:CategoryLabel$>'s Mini Bio</h2></div>
<div class="box-content-beige" style="height: 160px;">
<div class="inner">
<div style="float: left; width: 150px;"><a href="<$mt:CategoryArchiveLink$>" border="0"><img src="imagepath" alt="<$mt:CategoryLabel$>" /></a></div>
<MTDataPlayerBioMini>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</mt:If>
</mt:If>

NP, thanks for trying to help as I'm truly going insane. That is pretty much what I've been trying to do, except I get the following publishing error when I try that code:

Error in tag: Error in tag: You used an tag outside of the proper context.

It doesn't seem to let me access those category tags from there like this. Any thoughts or other ideas? I've tried so many different ways now and it's just not working for me.

Also, my MT version is as follows:

Movable Type Pro version 4.23-en with: Community Pack 1.61, Professional Pack 1.21

If it makes a difference at all....

Still not working....=( Anyone else care to offer to ideas or help here?

Why don't you drop me a line by email with access to your MT Admin and I will try to patiently get that working for you?

If I could get that fixed for your quick fast you owe me nothing, or you can make a small donation if you want.

This approach was working and displaying data correctly but obviously it was looping through every category in the system instead of just the current category.

SvenCondon
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I think we have a similar issue - wondering if you found a solution to your problem.

Here's mine:

I want to have a Navigation Bar that list 4 or 5 'custom' categories.

Currently ALL of my MT:cats are Parent level - and I want to keep it that way.

So, I made a custom field in Categories for these 'fake new parent categories' - So, custom field drop down - New Cat1, New Cat2, etc.

I can list the categories with New Cat1 / Old Cat - but I can't figure out how to get the New Cats to sort all of the Old Cats -

Am I making any sense? It would seem mt:loop - but I've all but given up

Suggestions?

Fwiw, I'm having essentially the same issue with custom fields for users. I have several custom fields for users in our system.

In the middle of an entry context, I can obviously access the pre-baked MT tags like:

mt:entryauthordisplayname

but I can't get to the custom fields for the entryauthor without -- in the middle of the entry -- looping through all authors, finding the one that matches the entryauthor, and then getting at the custom fields that way. It's not pretty.

What I'd like to be able to do for a custom field like this:

mt:AuthorDataFavoriteColor

is be able to say something like this:

mt:EntryAuthorDataFavoriteColor

any suggestions for this or the custom category fields discussion above would be wonderful.

thanks!

-tony

you said it much better than me - but that's exactly what I'm trying to do with a Category.

I'm thinking it maybe a little tougher on a category since each is associated with an infinite amount of entries - but it would seem if I just want a list of Categories that have a specific custom field - it shouldn't be this hard - unless I'm just not thinking about it right...

Any admins willing to chime in?