Removing the additional category fields

[dmdave]

I'm creating a directory where I don't want listings to be in more than one category, so I'm trying to remove the "Additional category" fields from the add/modify link forms.

I've removed the fields from the add form, modified add.php to remove the references to the additional categories.

I've also changed ajax.js as below:

//    AjaxRequest('ajax.php?cmd=fetch_pricing&cat=' + cat + "&cat1=" + cat1 + "&cat2=" + cat2 + "&periodprice=" + periodprice, 'UpdatePricing');
    AjaxRequest("ajax.php?cmd=fetch_pricing&cat=" + cat + "&periodprice=" + periodprice, 'UpdatePricing');

and removed the lines referring to additional categories from the top of categories.enables.js.php and altered onchangeCategoties to just return without doing anything.

Now when I load the page and try to add a link, the "Listing Type" field isn't populated, it just changes to be blank. I can see the following AJAX requests when I change categories:

POST /ajax.php?cmd=fetch_sub_category&cat=4&selected_cat=cat&div_tag=cat_div
POST /ajax.php?cmd=fetch_pricing&cat=0&periodprice=Please%20select%20category%20first%20!
POST /ajax.php?cmd=fetch_pricing&cat=0&periodprice=%C2%A0%20%C2%A0%20%C2%A0%20%C2%A0%20%C2%A0%20%C2%A0
POST /ajax.php?cmd=fetch_sub_category&cat=5&selected_cat=-1&div_tag=cat_div

I'm also seeing the following JavaScript error, but the json.js file is beyond my JS knowledge:

Error: too much recursion
Source File: /themes/worldex/json.js
Line: 71

Any ideas?

[FSGDAG]

You might want to talk to mpdaddy... He created a plugin for me that limits the categories a listing can choose based upon the listing type they choose. I'm sure with a quick tweek you could make it so that additional categories are not an option

[mpdaddy]

I could do that and I would love to help you out right now, but I am not at home. When I get home tomorrow morning, I will check it out. I will then post the solution here.

Regards
mp

[dmdave]

Excellent, thanks!

[mpdaddy]

Sorry it took me so long to reply, I don't have internet at home until the end of the week.

Starting with a fresh install of IndexU 1.3, here is what you would do to remove the extra category selections and make all listings free.

First, follow the instructions in the post at http://www.nicecoder.com/community/f...239/#post38748.

Next, find this code in your add_form.html file (Example taken from the kosmos theme):

        <div>
          <label><%t%>Additional Category 1<%/t%></label>
          <label id="add_cat1_div"><%$add_cat1%></label>
          <br style="clear:both;">
        </div>
        
        <div>
          <label><%t%>Additional Category 2<%/t%></label>
          <label id="add_cat2_div"><%$add_cat2%></label>
          <br style="clear:both;">
        </div>

Replace it with this code:

        <input type="hidden" name="add_cat1" value="0">
        <input type="hidden" name="add_cat2" value="0">

You are done. That is all there is to it. No need to edit the ajax files or any other files.

Let me know how it works.

Regards
Wayne

[dmdave]

Excellent, thank you. I'll give it a go. I want to keep the pricing for the category but that should be easy to work out.

[mpdaddy]

If you want to keep the pricing, you should just have to do as I said above without the edits in the other post I referred to.

Regards
mp