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markcarey

Jul 29 2003, 10:57 AM

I would like to allow users to search within a particular category only. Is this possible?

If not, is there a way I can conditionally output only those search results for the category I want? For example, can I use the "compare" plugin to say "if MTEntryCategory isnotequal to "mycat", then don't output anything?

markcarey

Jul 29 2003, 11:28 AM

Okay, I tried this with the "Compare" plugin and it works. For example, to restrict search results to the category called "Category One":

CODE

<MTIfEqual a="[MTEntryCategory]" b="Category One">
    <div class="blogbody">
    <h3 class="title"><a href="<$MTEntryPermalink$>"><$MTEntryTitle$></a></h3>
    <$MTEntryBody$> <$MTEntryEditLink$><br />    <div class="posted">Posted in <$MTBlogName$> on <$MTEntryDate$></div>
    </div>
</MTIfEqual>

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