Re: Base path for categories

I think you're going to have to build a plugin.  I don't think the 
category is available outside of the entry.

You should look at the data dict in the request object.  Check to see if 
the bl_type is file or dir.

If bl_type is file, then peel off the last thing from pi_bl.  If it's dir, 
then use pi_bl as it is.  If the bl_type is an empty string, then it's 
either a 404, or a different plugin is building the entries and it's not 
based on the blog datadir.

So something like this:

%<------------------
import os.path
def cb_prepare(args):
    req = args["request"]
    data = req.getData()

    bl_type = data.get("bl_type", "")
    pi_bl = data.get("pi_bl", "")

    if bl_type == "dir":
       data["category"] = pi_bl
    elif bl_type == "file":
       data["category"] = os.path.split(pi_bl)[0]
    else:
       data["category"] = ""
%<------------------

Or something to that extent.  I think that'd work, but haven't tested it 
(and this is assuming I understand what you're asking for in the first 
place).

So then the variable you'd want to use in your head and foot templates 
would be $category.

Hope that helps--
/will


On Tue, 21 Sep 2004, Steven Cummings wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I'm  fairly new to pyblosxom, and I'm jumping right in to try to get
> some templates working. I've got rss and atom flavors working, and
> what I want to do is provide links for them on each category page.
> Unfortunately, the $path variable only exists per entry, so it seems I
> can only link to the weblog-base directory (and hence only the base
> rss and atom files) no matter what category is currently be viewed.
> Did I miss something, or is a further plugin required to achieve this.
> Thanks.
>
> /S


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