SID-00939: BlogAddOn Select Categories

Status:	Unanswered	TWiki version:	4.3.0	Perl version:
Category:	CategoryPlugins	Server OS:	Linux	Last update:	15 years ago

I am using the BlogAddOn Plugin to create a forum where my users can post information on various programs that I have documented on my TWiki site. These individual programs are grouped together in larger Modules, and the topics for the modules are actually INCLUDEd topics for all the programs.

What I am trying to do is make it so that, while the user is in the Module's topic, the list of available categories in the INCLUDEd BlogPost is restricted to the programs in that module.

So, for example, I may have a Module called "Fruit", and it INCLUDEs the programs: Apple, Orange, and Peach. So, the BlogPost Category drop-down menu will list:

Banana
Orange
Avocado

I know this can be done by modifying the BlodPost SEARCH parameters, but the problem with that is that I have multiple Modules, with mutiple programs, and sometimes a single program appears in more than one Module (e.g., Avocados may also be part of the Vegetable Module). Making a separate BlogPost for each module will not be feasible.

What I would like to do (if it's possible), is feed the list of categories to the SEARCH through the BlogPost INCLUDE through the category="" parameter, as follows:

%INCLUDE{"BlogWeb.BlogPost" sortdirection="descending" category="Banana, Orange, Avocado"}%

Question: Is this possible, and if so, what is the correct syntax for Banana, Orange, and Avocado?

-- JamieBenjamin - 2010-08-10

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