Navigation help...

[Smoky]

hmm well you are right and i was just merely pointing him to the mod that would help him out.. not sure how you would go about with just tp to show only the cats.. but i do know how to make the nav links..

lol just getting eyes opened.. morning!! 

[sturmkatze]

Each time frame should be an article category. Then create a block each category, with links to the articles in that category. Set the block to only display when in that category.

I did that. I thought... "Hey, that'll work!" but alas...

I tried checking the box that says show only in this category... None is working for me

What happens when you check the box that says show only in this category?

It doesn't work, thus causing mass frustration. And I tried checking and unchecking different boxes :-0 I dunno what's going on. I thought that would work logically.

[JPDeni]

It doesn't work

That doesn't tell me what happens. What happens, exactly? Does it not show at all? Does it show on every article? Does it show on the front page? Does it show on the forum? Does it show on the wrong category? What *exactly* happens?

[sturmkatze]

It doesn't work

That doesn't tell me what happens. What happens, exactly? Does it not show at all? Does it show on every article? Does it show on the front page? Does it show on the forum? Does it show on the wrong category? What *exactly* happens?

Absolutely NOTHING. No show anywhere. I tried making it both as an single article and as a script box (which had worked for other stuff I was having problems with). It didn't show anywhere. I was a bit curious about if it DID show how to make the main menu not show there, but figured it was more important to get the menu to show.

[JPDeni]

It didn't show anywhere.

That's what I needed to know.

I'm pretty sure that it's supposed to, so it could be a bug. I'll see if someone who knows more about the innards of the thing can confirm this.

[JPDeni]

Okay. I got it worked out.

Selecting the category should work. It doesn't.

But what does work is selecting the articles within the category. Yes, it's a drag to have to do that, but until the category thing gets worked out, you'll need to set the appropriate block to appear with each new article.

[sturmkatze]

Okay. I got it worked out.

Selecting the category should work. It doesn't.

But what does work is selecting the articles within the category. Yes, it's a drag to have to do that, but until the category thing gets worked out, you'll need to set the appropriate block to appear with each new article.

Are you saying I have to make a block for EACH article? By this I mean, I have 10+ categories w/ at LEAST 4-5 articles in each. At LEAST, Some have a LOT of articles (WWII for example. Does this mean I'll need to make a menu article for each article to pair them???

[JPDeni]

Are you saying I have to make a block for EACH article?

No. A block for each category.

When you set up where the block will be shown, instead of selecting the category, look over to the right of the page where all of the articles you've created are listed. Select all of the articles that are in the category you want the block to appear in.

I just realized that you're using the older version of TP, which only allows you to set one article per block. If you upgrade to 1.0.5, you'll be able to create one block per category.

[sturmkatze]

I just realized that you're using the older version of TP, which only allows you to set one article per block. If you upgrade to 1.0.5, you'll be able to create one block per category.

How many of my mods won't work if I do that? Also, how stable is 1.0.5?? I know it's still in beta. I am just afraid if I do that, it will suddenly be WAY more work getting it back to where it is now? :-0

[JPDeni]

Try it on a separate installation to play with it. I don't think it'll mess with any of your mods.