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  Posted: Nov 28, 2007 - 04:30 AM

  Is there a tutorial somewhere for getting Categories to work in PN .8 with the news module? I haven't been able to figure it out...

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• nestormateo
  
  

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  Posted: Nov 28, 2007 - 04:53 AM

  Hi and Welcome to the Community Forums!
  I think that you're using and 'old' revision of the 0.8 development release.
  Robert Gasch engaged the Categories module and now it looks/works pretty well.
  
  Download and try this snapshot:
  http://www.viendoraglass.com/2007-11-27-PostNuke08.zip
  
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• **unknown user**
  
  

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  Posted: Nov 28, 2007 - 06:02 AM

  I'm using the RC1 that is available for download from the PN web site. Does that qualify as too old for Categories to work in News?

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• nestormateo
  
  

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  Posted: Nov 28, 2007 - 06:56 AM

  Yes, we're very near to the RC2,
  and the Categories improvement was after RC1, so you must try a recent snapshot.
  
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• denisrf
  
  

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  Posted: Nov 28, 2007 - 08:50 AM

  I don't think anything has changed in the categories module regarding this problem and I'm not sure if it is a bug or the way it is designed to work. I'm using the latest bugfix SVN. Trying to add categories through the news module admin always puts the new category under the global categories. If I add a subcategory to the news module in the categories admin it never shows up in the cats dropdown in the news module. So, is it a bug or is it designed to work that way? Is the news module designed to only work with the global categories?
  
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• nestormateo
  
  

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  Posted: Nov 28, 2007 - 09:10 AM

  Looking at the News module code, yes
  the Global categorie is used as the Topics, and called directly as the $mainCat of the News module. And yes, it seems that this problem need a little of work, i use the Categories amdin panel itself and i'll check that for a solution.
  
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• rgasch
  
  

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  Posted: Nov 28, 2007 - 10:13 AM

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  f I add a subcategory to the news module in the categories admin it never shows up in the cats dropdown in the news module. So, is it a bug or is it designed to work that way? Is the news module designed to only work with the global categories?

  
  
  You need to re-assign the category mapping in the category registry (Category Administration -> Category Registry) to point the News module to the appropriate category tree you wish to use. Once you have done this, the assigned category tree will show up in the news module.
  
  Greetings
  R

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• denisrf
  
  

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  Posted: Nov 28, 2007 - 10:46 AM

  Ahhh. Brilliant!! Thank you.
  
  I will eventually find my way around this stuff.
  
  Best Regards
  Denis
  
  
  
  edited by: denisrf, Nov 29, 2007 - 08:17 AM

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• nestormateo
  
  

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  Posted: Nov 28, 2007 - 10:49 AM

  Ah! i've forgot the Category-registry!
  
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• jaenosjelantru
  
  

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  Posted: Dec 07, 2007 - 06:41 AM

  rgasch

  You need to re-assign the category mapping in the category registry (Category Administration -> Category Registry) to point the News module to the appropriate category tree you wish to use. Once you have done this, the assigned category tree will show up in the news module.
  
  Greetings
  R

  
  
  This seems like a lot of work to get one of the most basic modules up and running. I realize you aren't going to support News as a core module but a lot of people prefer it over Pagesetter.
  
  Sincerely, Confused in Tulsa

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• Topiatic
  
  

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  Posted: Dec 07, 2007 - 09:38 PM

  jaenosjelantru

  rgasch

  You need to re-assign the category mapping in the category registry (Category Administration -> Category Registry) to point the News module to the appropriate category tree you wish to use. Once you have done this, the assigned category tree will show up in the news module.
  
  Greetings
  R

  
  
  This seems like a lot of work to get one of the most basic modules up and running. I realize you aren't going to support News as a core module but a lot of people prefer it over Pagesetter.
  
  Sincerely, Confused in Tulsa

  
  
  It's just a matter of browsing to Categories admin, click a link, make a selection, click create. It's no more or less work than any other module configuration. I think you're thinking of this as a News module function, but it's actually a Categories module function which can be used by any module.
  
  Did that make sense? Did you already understand that? Should I be quiet now ?
  
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• rgasch
  
  

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  Posted: Dec 09, 2007 - 05:31 AM

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  This seems like a lot of work to get one of the most basic modules up and running. I realize you aren't going to support News as a core module but a lot of people prefer it over Pagesetter.

  
  
  2 points:
  
  1) 3 clicks is not a lot of work. We ship a working default setup, it is your choice whether you wish to change this or not.
  2) This is very flexible. It allows you point your modules at any category subtree you wish without touching the code. IMHO this is a nice solution. Imagine if you had to edit a config file (or even worse, a proper code file) to accomplish this. The complaints from the community would then be much louder and justified.
  
  Greetings
  R

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• denisrf
  
  

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  Posted: Dec 09, 2007 - 12:17 PM

  I'm with rgasch on this. While it might not suit everyone, a couple of clicks doesn't seem much to me. Once I was pointed in the right direction it was simple to get things the way I wanted them as rgasch says in his second point. .8 (latest SVN) is the best PN version ever and is going to put a lot of the competition to shame as it matures.
  
  Over the last few months I've evaluated a lot of cm systems for a couple of projects and while all of them have points that beat Postnuke, as a complete package, including categories, Postnuke comes out on top.

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• rgasch
  
  

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  Posted: Dec 12, 2007 - 04:48 AM

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  Over the last few months I've evaluated a lot of cm systems for a couple of projects and while all of them have points that beat PostNuke, as a complete package, including categories, PostNuke comes out on top.

  
  It would be quite interesting if you could summarize the pros/cons for the packages you reviewed. Most the coredevs are too focused on PostNuke (I know I am) to keep up with what other OSS CMS packages are doing.
  
  Regardless of the out-of-the-box features PN provides, I believe that our core development environment in 0.8 (DBUtil, PNObject, etc) is second to none in the OSS CMS space. It allows for easy development of custom applications with a minimum of effort. If done correctly, the resulting code is small, clean and thus easily maintainable.
  
  Greetings
  R

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