Re: Formating found categories
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 1997
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 11895
interpreted = N
texte = >>I've been messing with trying to get found categories on a search.tmpl>>file in to a table.>>>>ie there are say 6 catagories in the db, and we want to display then in 2>>columns of 3.>>I don't remember if anyone answered this already, but here's the hint:>>In order to 'break' at an arbitrary column while displaying a list of>[founditems], you use [showif]'s ability to sense when a number is>divisible by another.>>[showif [index]\3] means to do something every third time.>>So you would set up your table _as though_ it would go on forever with>just one row leading from left to right. But you would put the [showif]>inside that causes something special to happen every third item. In your>case, it would close off the row and start another new row.>>
>>[foundItems]>[sku] | [showif [index]\3]
[/showif]>[/foundItems]>
>
Oh ... THAT's how you do it!I saw that [index]\3 stuff in the HTML docs, but without an example Icouldn't figure out how to implement it. Maybe I was having one of mybrain-dead days, but the description and example above sure makes it clear.Thank you Grant !!! :)Sincerely, Ken GromeWebDNA Solutions
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>>I've been messing with trying to get found categories on a search.tmpl>>file in to a table.>>>>ie there are say 6 catagories in the db, and we want to display then in 2>>columns of 3.>>I don't remember if anyone answered this already, but here's the hint:>>In order to 'break' at an arbitrary column while displaying a list of>
[founditems], you use
[showif]'s ability to sense when a number is>divisible by another.>>[showif [index]\3] means to do something every third time.>>So you would set up your table _as though_ it would go on forever with>just one row leading from left to right. But you would put the
[showif]>inside that causes something special to happen every third item. In your>case, it would close off the row and start another new row.>>
>>[founditems]>[sku] | [showif [index]\3]
[/showif]>[/foundItems]>
>
Oh ... THAT's how you do it!I saw that [index]\3 stuff in the HTML docs, but without an example Icouldn't figure out how to implement it. Maybe I was having one of mybrain-dead days, but the description and example above sure makes it clear.Thank you Grant !!! :)Sincerely, Ken GromeWebDNA Solutions
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