Re: Formating found categories

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1997


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 11895
interpreted = N
texte = >>I've been messing with trying to get found categories on a search.tmpl >>file in to a table. >> >>ie there are say 6 catagories in the db, and we want to display then in 2 >>columns of 3. > >I don't remember if anyone answered this already, but here's the hint: > >In order to 'break' at an arbitrary column while displaying a list of >[founditems], you use [showif]'s ability to sense when a number is >divisible by another. > >[showif [index]\3] means to do something every third time. > >So you would set up your table _as though_ it would go on forever with >just one row leading from left to right. But you would put the [showif] >inside that causes something special to happen every third item. In your >case, it would close off the row and start another new row. > > > >[foundItems] > [showif [index]\3][/showif] >[/foundItems] > >
[sku]
Oh ... THAT's how you do it!I saw that [index]\3 stuff in the HTML docs, but without an example I couldn't figure out how to implement it. Maybe I was having one of my brain-dead days, but the description and example above sure makes it clear.Thank you Grant !!! :)Sincerely, Ken Grome WebDNA Solutions Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Formating found categories (Richard Wylie 1997)
  2. Re: Formating found categories (Kenneth Grome 1997)
  3. Re: Formating found categories (Grant Hulbert 1997)
  4. Formating found categories (Richard Wylie 1997)
>>I've been messing with trying to get found categories on a search.tmpl >>file in to a table. >> >>ie there are say 6 catagories in the db, and we want to display then in 2 >>columns of 3. > >I don't remember if anyone answered this already, but here's the hint: > >In order to 'break' at an arbitrary column while displaying a list of >[founditems], you use [showif]'s ability to sense when a number is >divisible by another. > >[showif [index]\3] means to do something every third time. > >So you would set up your table _as though_ it would go on forever with >just one row leading from left to right. But you would put the [showif] >inside that causes something special to happen every third item. In your >case, it would close off the row and start another new row. > > > >[founditems] > [showif [index]\3][/showif] >[/foundItems] > >
[sku]
Oh ... THAT's how you do it!I saw that [index]\3 stuff in the HTML docs, but without an example I couldn't figure out how to implement it. Maybe I was having one of my brain-dead days, but the description and example above sure makes it clear.Thank you Grant !!! :)Sincerely, Ken Grome WebDNA Solutions Kenneth Grome

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