Adding Categories Menu

[Fastian]

For my site BestofWallpapers.Com, I am working on a new way of showing categories & subcategories. (Using some JavaScript)
(Like a right hand menu for Categories)

I don’t know how the current system works but my changes are working fine. Although I have to edit the file manually every time I add a new category. (I don’t how could I make it work the usual way)

Anyway, I was wondering that instead of adding this long code to all html files would it be possible to make a new html file say catmenu.html and then include it in other templates by using some tag like {catmenu}

Is it possible?  :

[V@no]

hmmm...lets see. try this:
[qcode]$site_template->register_vars("tag_name", $site_template->parse_template("template_name"));
[/qcode]
no .html in the template name!

You can place that line into includes/page_header.php if you want to show it on any pages.

If you want use other tags in that template, then they must be registered BEFORE parsing the template.

Good luck.

[Fastian]

Thanks V@no
The above method works just fine.

I have a little trouble in what I was trying to do before. I tried but I can’t find a solution so I am asking here to get some help.
Let me show you the java script (Basic code) that I was trying to use.

Code: [Select]

<script>
function expcol(id)
{
obj = document.getElementById(id);

if (obj.style.display == 'none')
obj.style.display = 'block';
else
obj.style.display = 'none';

}
</script>
<div onClick="expcol('span1')" style="cursor:hand;">Main Category</div>
<span id="span1" style="display:none;">
Subcategory 1<br>
Subcategory 2<br>
Subcategory 3
</span>
</span>


When someone clicks on main category, the menu expands itself and shows all the sub-categories in it.
The problem is, since category images are displayed using categories.html, the above code doesn’t show subcategories.

More precisely, I was trying to do something that you can see in this website.
HERE

Any idea if this can be done ??

[Fastian]

More precisely, I was trying to do something that you can see in this website.
HERE

Anyone ?