Web Wiz Support and Community Forums : Display category name in forum topics? https://forums.webwiz.net/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Mon, 06 Apr 2026 12:21:45 +0000 Wed, 19 Nov 2003 06:23:39 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.08 360 https://forums.webwiz.net/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=4971 <![CDATA[Web Wiz Support and Community Forums]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://forums.webwiz.net/ <![CDATA[Display category name in forum topics? : To my knowledge there is no MOD...]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/display-category-name-in-forum-topics_topic4971_post36886.html#36886 Author: ljamal
Subject: 4971
Posted: 19 November 2003 at 6:23am

To my knowledge there is no MOD to do this for 7.51a. This MOD I created is for 7.01 and if I have time the next MOD would be for whatever the most current version is at the time (currently 7.6). Due to other projects that I'm working on and the rapid version updates over the last few months, I don't have time to update the mods for each minor version.

]]> Wed, 19 Nov 2003 06:23:39 +0000 https://forums.webwiz.net/display-category-name-in-forum-topics_topic4971_post36886.html#36886 <![CDATA[Display category name in forum topics? : Has anyone got this mod working...]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/display-category-name-in-forum-topics_topic4971_post36881.html#36881 Author: JamesM
Subject: 4971
Posted: 19 November 2003 at 4:31am

Has anyone got this mod working with 7.51a yet ?

I have tried but all goes well until you click on a topic and then i just get an error 500 from the server.

Any help would be appreciated as I am new to asp.

Thanks in advance.

James



Edited by JamesM]]> Wed, 19 Nov 2003 04:31:10 +0000 https://forums.webwiz.net/display-category-name-in-forum-topics_topic4971_post36881.html#36881 <![CDATA[Display category name in forum topics? : ljamal wrote:I just created...]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/display-category-name-in-forum-topics_topic4971_post23681.html#23681 Author: shovel
Subject: 4971
Posted: 14 August 2003 at 12:39pm

Originally posted by ljamal ljamal wrote:

I just created a MOD to do this for you.

Jamal, thank you so much for this MOD.  I was able to easily copy and paste it into my already heavily modified pages, thanks to your clear notation!

By the way, I want to once again thank not only Bruce for such an outstanding job on this forum but also all those who have added so many useful and easily administered MODS!

Jim 

]]> Thu, 14 Aug 2003 12:39:00 +0000 https://forums.webwiz.net/display-category-name-in-forum-topics_topic4971_post23681.html#23681 <![CDATA[Display category name in forum topics? : Any time you pass information...]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/display-category-name-in-forum-topics_topic4971_post23546.html#23546 Author: ljamal
Subject: 4971
Posted: 13 August 2003 at 5:28pm

Any time you pass information via the querystring if opens it up for your users to change that information. This means that the information has to be checked to insure that it is at least of the variable type you need. This is an unnecessary step when the information is easily and more accurately queried from the database.

I wouldn't call you way wrong or incorrect, just not the simplest or more straightforward method of getting the data.
]]> Wed, 13 Aug 2003 17:28:36 +0000 https://forums.webwiz.net/display-category-name-in-forum-topics_topic4971_post23546.html#23546 <![CDATA[Display category name in forum topics? : I don&#039;t see how you&#039;re...]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/display-category-name-in-forum-topics_topic4971_post23543.html#23543 Author: fernan82
Subject: 4971
Posted: 13 August 2003 at 5:10pm

I don't see how you're gonna produce a category ID that doesn't exist on the db when you're passing it from other pages where it's queried from the db... i've been doing it for a while like that and it never happened...]]> Wed, 13 Aug 2003 17:10:39 +0000 https://forums.webwiz.net/display-category-name-in-forum-topics_topic4971_post23543.html#23543 <![CDATA[Display category name in forum topics? : I just created a MOD to do this...]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/display-category-name-in-forum-topics_topic4971_post23528.html#23528 Author: ljamal
Subject: 4971
Posted: 13 August 2003 at 4:24pm

I just created a MOD to do this for you.

MOD

The problem with passing the Category ID is that it would be possible to produce a category ID that did not exist in the database and thus would not return the correct name. By querying it from the Forum ID you are guaranteed to get the correct Category ID for the froum]]> Wed, 13 Aug 2003 16:24:51 +0000 https://forums.webwiz.net/display-category-name-in-forum-topics_topic4971_post23528.html#23528 <![CDATA[Display category name in forum topics? : You can save a query or make it...]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/display-category-name-in-forum-topics_topic4971_post23509.html#23509 Author: fernan82
Subject: 4971
Posted: 13 August 2003 at 3:33pm

You can save a query or make it simplier by passing the category ID on the URL so you only have to query tblCategory, that's how I did it on my portal if it's not found on the URL then it queries tblForum and tblCategory i think..... you can even browse one category at the time in my forum.... http://www.uznetworkz.com/forum/ it can be a pain to get this done as you have to modify about every file on the forums...

Edited by fernan82]]> Wed, 13 Aug 2003 15:33:18 +0000 https://forums.webwiz.net/display-category-name-in-forum-topics_topic4971_post23509.html#23509 <![CDATA[Display category name in forum topics? : Thanks Jámal ... Now, I&#039;m...]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/display-category-name-in-forum-topics_topic4971_post23498.html#23498 Author: shovel
Subject: 4971
Posted: 13 August 2003 at 1:23pm

Thanks Jámal ...

Now, I'm sure that sounds real easy to you, but as I am an ASP dabbler who mostly copies and pastes code from one place to another I'm not sure what that entails.   

Now, I can follow along in the default.asp page and see the flow of code related to categories, but I'm not sure how much of that is actually needed for this task, nor how to query regarding the particular forum or which part makes for the saving to a variable. 

I've done a lot of guessing and experimenting with a few things and surprisingly for me it often works.  I'm just at an impasse since I can't find the needed code in the pages to do what I want.  One day I'll most likely pick up an ASP book and learn it from the ground up, but that day is not today. 

Should you decide to help me any further it will be appreciated, and if not, it will be understood. 

Thanks, Jim

]]> Wed, 13 Aug 2003 13:23:49 +0000 https://forums.webwiz.net/display-category-name-in-forum-topics_topic4971_post23498.html#23498 <![CDATA[Display category name in forum topics? : Query the database for the Category...]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/display-category-name-in-forum-topics_topic4971_post23412.html#23412 Author: ljamal
Subject: 4971
Posted: 12 August 2003 at 11:16pm

Query the database for the Category name associated with the Forum and save it to a variable.]]> Tue, 12 Aug 2003 23:16:52 +0000 https://forums.webwiz.net/display-category-name-in-forum-topics_topic4971_post23412.html#23412 <![CDATA[Display category name in forum topics? : Hi all, I would like to display...]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/display-category-name-in-forum-topics_topic4971_post23357.html#23357 Author: shovel
Subject: 4971
Posted: 12 August 2003 at 3:16pm

Hi all,

I would like to display the category name in both the forum topics and the forum posts pages.  I've been fooling around with it for a while with no success.  Anybody have an easy solution?

Thanks, Jim

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