December 24, 2005

MT Category plugins

We have installed the following category plugins for Movable Type:
  • MTFilterCategories — Allows for easy filtering of category listings to include or exclude certain categories. Not for MTEntries containers.

  • MTCatEntries — displays entries including or excluding categories you specify. In addition to allowing you to exclude categories, CatEntries correctly displays N entries when given a lastn="N" attribute.

  • MTCategoryOfArchive — This plugin can be used in a Category Archive template to give you access to the archive's category tags.

Examples

In Main Index Template 
<div id="content">
<div class="blog">
<MTCatEntries exclude="Private,Drafts">
 <-- your entry display code here -->
</MTCatEntries>

...

<div class="sidetitle">
  Categories
</div>

<div class="side">
<MTCategories show_empty="1">
<MTFilterCategories exclude="Private|Drafts">
<a href="<$MTCategoryArchiveLink$>"><$MTCategoryLabel$></a> <br>
<$MTCategoryDescription$><br>
</MTFilterCategories>
</MTCategories>
In Category Archive Template 
<div class="side">
<MTIfCategoryOfArchive>
      <b><$MTCategoryLabel$></b>
</MTIfCategoryOfArchive>
<P>
<MTEntries>
     <a href="<$MTEntryPermalink$>"><$MTEntryTitle$></a><br />     
</MTEntries>
</div>

MT Category plugins - posted by Vicki at Sat, 24 Dec, 22:45 Pacific | «e»