Working with Categories

In this video, we will add a category group and categories to our blog, as well as display them in our blog template.

What We Do

• Create a category group
• Create categories
• Assign a category group to channels
• Show category loop in our most recent posts
• Use the backspace parameter

Code Snippets

Adding Category Loop To Display Name

{!-- Categories --}
<p class="text-sm leading-5 font-medium text-indigo-600">
   {if has_categories}
      {categories backspace="2"}<a class="hover:underline" href="/blog/entry/{url_title}">{category_name}</a>, {/categories}
   {/if}
</p>
{!-- End categories --}

Links

• ExpressionEngine ChannelEntries Loop: https://docs.expressionengine.com/latest/channels/entries.html
• ExpressionEngine Categories Loop: https://docs.expressionengine.com/latest/channels/categories.html
• ExpressionEngine Backspace Parameter: https://docs.expressionengine.com/latest/channels/categories.html#backspace
• See all of the site build in action in the Learn EE git repository.

Discussion and Questions

• Discuss in the forum

Doug Black

Doug is the developer and founder at tripleNERDscore. He is also core contributor to, ExpressionEngine!