Categories Dressing

[e81ny]

You want the subcats of the current top cat all showing at once, so you will need to install the Uncollapsed Categories Tree mod, which works with Categories Dressing.

Where can I get the "Uncollapsed Categories Tree" mod? I couldn't find it.. Thanks.

[smoke133]

Where can I get the "Uncollapsed Categories Tree" mod? I couldn't find it.. Thanks.

It's in the categories dressing module. Look at the ch_category folder that came with the module.

[e81ny]

Thank you.

Now I have another question: I have previously installed categories Dressing v2.6. Now the latest is 2.7.3 which includes the "Uncollapsed Categories Tree" mod. How do I upgrade?

[KismetDesign]

Hi, first of all THANK YOU for this mod, it's great!

I have a few questions about it, and I think I'll approach them one at a time.

#1 - Is there any way to get a line break between each of the list items? The rest of my side menu items have it, so I'd like them all to look the same. ???

Thank you ahead of time for your answer.

KismetDesign

[gjh42]

Actually, if you want a line break between items, just applying
display: list-item;
to the stock categories in your stylesheet will do that. Removing that <br /> was one of the first code modifications for Categories Dressing.

The standard sideboxes with <li> organization do not have <br /> tags in their coding; what are you using that does give breaks there?

[gjh42]

To upgrade from v2.6 to v2.7.3, you can replace the tpl_categories.php and categories_dressing_functions.php files with the new versions. If you keep your original categories_dressing_defines.php, all of your customizations will carry over.

The ch_categories version will need its own installation, and is separate from the regular version. You can actually enable both the standard sidebox and the ch_categories sidebox, and both will display in the locations you specify.

[gjh42]

Securfocus -
The indent can largely be addressed by changing list-style from "inside" to "outside". I haven't been able to completely eliminate the difference while keeping the basic structure.

[gjh42]

smoke133 -

Subcategory levels are controlled by the number of "ul" elements in the selector.
Top cats are (for example) #categories ul {}
First subcats are #categories ul ul {}
Sub-subcats are #categories ul ul ul {}
etc.

This principle can be applied and extended as desired.

[KismetDesign]

When I couldn't find an answer on how to get the line breaks in, I played around with the code for a couple of hours and ended up putting in custom top/bottom padding for the items. Then it took me even longer to get it to look the same in both browsers.

Now the next thing on my agenda is getting the arrows to line up right, because once I put the padding in, the arrows shifted up to the top, instead of the middle.

I've been told to try putting in the arrows as a background image instead, but after playing with that code for a couple of hours, I can't get the arrows to show up at all once I take the bullet out, like I was advised to do.

Does anyone have more advice on how I might handle the arrow (icon) issue?

My url is: http://tinyurl.com/m2enrl

Thanks!

PS. I found that in editing some of the CSS, I had conflicting stylesheets (3 total) that I've tried to condense down to one. So... my categories_dressing stylesheet now looks a little different than it did before.

[ryanb4614]

I have Categories that I would like to put links after them using the same style, margin, padding etc as the categories. Where would I input the link?

Example

Computers
LINK A
LINK B
Monitors
LINK C
LINK D