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kadyellebee

Dec 11 2001, 12:57 AM

I set up my group blog the red kitchen to have categories and it is GREAT! Perfect for this group.

If you look on the sidebar, it has a list of all of the categories that posts have been made under. I also have red boxes under each actual post that lists the category so that people can find it again later or just know what the cook thinks it should be.

I haven't used categories nearly as much on my personal journal, but the kitchen makes up for it many times over! I really love how it works.

hope this helps!
Kristine

christina

Dec 11 2001, 07:41 AM

I also use the category to create a unique header image in the individual and category archives.

CODE

#marquee {
position: absolute;
top: 110px;
left: 0;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
border-top:
2px solid #000;
border-bottom: 2px solid #000;
z-index: +1;
background-image:
url(http://www.eleganthack.com/img/cats/<$MTEntryCategory$>.jpg);
background-repeat: 3;
width: 100%;
height: 86px;
}

erratic

Dec 10 2001, 05:41 PM

does anyone have any good examples of category use? i haven't figured out how to use them quite yet, so i'd like to see something before i mess my templates up even further :p

kgish

Dec 11 2001, 01:29 AM

Basically, just include the following code somewhere in the Main Index template by the sidebar:

CODE

<div id="right">
...

<div class="side">
Archives by category:<br />
<MTArchiveList archive_type="Category">
<a href="<$MTArchiveLink$>"><$MTArchiveTitle$> (<$MTArchiveCount$>)</a><br />
</MTArchiveList>
</div>
...
</div>

It's easy. Make sure that in the Blog configuration you have checked the Archive by category option. For an example please feel free to visit my blog.

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