Category Listing

ChrisGwynne · May 2006

Is it possible at all to list the categories within the sidebar (panel.php), or will it only work called from categories.php ?

I just want to be able to list title/link/description.

Bergamot · May 2006

Funny you should ask that; I was wondering the same thing...

lech · May 2006

/me points the the "Categories" drop down menu in the upper left portion of your forum view. providing you do have it enabled via your account...

ithcy · May 2006

but that doesn't show descriptions...
the answer is, as usual: it would be a very quick extension add-on

lech · May 2006

Yeah, I'm sure you could take that extension, then extend it to display the kind of info you require, including the code for block/unblock category all in a nice list there instead of the drop-down. Seems like a nice alternate sidebar replacement extension for that thing.

iBob · October 2009

Really old topic but still.

I got pissed with MVC.. Here's something really ugly to add to panel.php to get categories listed:


// Get categories and sort by priority
$query = "SELECT * FROM LUM_category ORDER BY Priority ASC";
$sql = mysql_query($query);?>

<ul>
<?php while ($rows = mysql_fetch_row($sql)) { ?>	
	<li><?= "<a href='http://yoururl.com/?CategoryID=".$rows[0]."'>".$rows[1]."</a>"; ?></li>
<?php }	?>
</ul>

iBob · October 2009

Btw. If theres a more proper way to do this, gief me a hint. Its quite hard to find addons from this site, since lack of tags etc.

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