[solved]Only show a handful of parents/children from 100s of resources

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kingsloi Reply #1, 14 years, 2 months ago

Hi,
Working on a site for a client and they have 100s of resources available in 8 languages.
I only want to show a handful of resources in the main navigation (showing all resources would just be a nightmare to navigate).

For instance:

Products
----Category 1
--------Product 1
--------Product 2
--------Product 3
----Category 2
--------Product 4
--------Product 5
--------Product 6
----Category 3
----Category 4

I only want to show

----Category 1
--------Product 1
--------Product 2
--------Product 3
----Category 3
----Category 4

So I want to hide the main 'Products' container, but only show a handful of children within that resource and some of their children.
The navigation will change for each language (same structure just different pages in each language)

Without having to specify a massive list( 100s+) of resources to either include /exclude, what's the best way to achieve this?
I'm really bummed out I couldn't hide a parent container from the menu (using the checkbox) but then have that parents children show. That's the kinda thing I'm after - does anyone know if such a feat is possible?

I'm after the most efficient way - if possible - without having to use hard coded ID's or actualy <li>link1</li><li>link2</li>

Any help on the subject would be awesome!

Thanks,
Kingsley
[ed. note: kingsloi last edited this post 14 years, 2 months ago.]

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Fuzzical Logic Reply #2, 14 years, 2 months ago

Assume you are getting this from a Resource. (The solution is the same whether you get it from a Resource, Template, or Chunk). First, you need to make sure and install getResources if you don't have it already. You will require two Chunks.

getResources call 1 (in Resource):

<ul>
  [[!getResources?
    &tpl=`Chunk1`  <-- Replace with your Chunk
    &parents=`1` <-- Replace with your Parent
    &limit=`5`      <-- Replace with the number of results you wish
  ]]
</ul>

getResources call 2 (in Chunk1):

  <li>[[+pagetitle]]
    <ul>
      [[!getResources?
        &tpl=`Chunk2`
        &parents=`[[+id]]` 
        &limit=`5`      <-- Replace with the number of results you wish
      ]]
    </ul>
  </li>

Chunk2:

  <li>[[+pagetitle]]</li>

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kingsloi Reply #3, 14 years, 2 months ago

Hey thanks for the reply,
I opted for an easier way - removing the 'products' container (it wasn't needed anyway, just a nicer way to house all the products).

Once I removed the container, I just went through each resource and and checked the "hide from menu" the resource which I didn't want to be shown.

Thanks anyway!