Showing description under Category name

422

We have category Blog.
We have description for it, eg: Check out our blog.

When we click on the blog category, we get :

↳ Blog

But no description underneath it. Any idea why ?

Todd

The category description is meant for the categories/all page. We put in below the category title with the following code in our theme hooks:

public function CategoriesController_AfterBreadcrumbs_Handler($Sender, $Args) {
   $Description = $Sender->Data('Category.Description');
   if ($Description) {
      echo ''.$Description.'';
   }
}

422

Thanks for that, but not fully comprehending your template system, could you be a little more explanatory as to which template would need to be modified.

I am still getting to grips with Vanilla.

Todd

Read about theme hooks here.

422

Ok I have done that:
class [PluginName]ThemeHooks extends Gdn_Plugin { public function CategoriesController_AfterBreadcrumbs_Handler($Sender, $Args) { $Description = $Sender->Data('Category.Description'); if ($Description) { echo ''.$Description.''; } } }
And named it class.422themehooks.php and uploaded to our plugin folder ?? the above code doesnt seem to have changed anything...

sahotataran

i think theme hooks go into your theme folder - the theme you have activated and it wont work in the plugins

422

So I need to create a New Plugins folder within mytheme folder ? Then add that code ??

UnderDog

I found 1 theme in the addons site that also has themehooks.
http://vanillaforums.org/addon/527-vanillaforums.org-old-blue
If it works there, maybe that can give you an example for your theme :-)

422

Good onya thanks, I can get the hook to fire , just not todds code, so obviously I m doingsomething wrong. Will check that out, thank you..... And report back

x00

class 422ThemeHooks extends Gdn_IPlugin {

I believe

422

Tried that x00 seemingly, doesn't like numerical class.. Still fiddling tho thnks

x00

doh! yes class name must start with an Alphabetical character.

I would also be more descriptive.

class CategoryDescriptionThemeHooks extends Gdn_IPlugin

x00

theme hook usually are in a plugin not theme, if you wan them to be in a theme you extend Gdn_IPlugin

and name the file class.public_[name].php where [name] is the lowecases name of the class. Like class.public_categorydescription.php.