In my website I needed to get a list of s9y top-level categories to create links to them form my page to the blog. I used the following code to accomplish it. // Switch to the Serendipity path. We need to use chdir so that the s9y framework can use its relative calls. $oldDir = getcwd(); chdir('blog...

Don't worry. I got it all working. I was able to list all the variables available to me by putting some {php} tags in my code and recursively printing the variables in "$this". Then I could see what I could use, and I put what I needed in content.tpl. I was also able to put some code in my...

Now, how do I tell if I am displaying entries in a category (like I click on a category link from my index page), or if I'm displaying an entry from that category? Also, how can I tell which category it is?

Thanks,
John

Ok, changed the $is_startpage to $startpage and it works.

Thanks.
John

Ok, I think I understand. Do you mean I need to have serendipity_categories_plugin installed? I do, however, I see no difference in my home page. It is still listing my entries. I played with the code, and it seems like it is only going to the else clause.

John

Thanks. What do you mean by "sidebar plugin"? Isn't the sidebar part of s9y and other plugins add content to it? How do I tell if it is installed, and where do I get it if it is not installed?

John

I did not know whether to put this here or on the plugin forum. It seems more like a theme question. I want my index page to display a list of the categories of the blog instead of the entries. I have created a .tpl file called categories.tpl, but index.tpl just has {$CONTENT} and I don't know where...