Hi jamieandreas,

sorry that the "categories" recipe is one of the longest and most complicated ones on the site. That's going to change in the next few weeks with a new version of MetaMod... but until then we're stuck with it.

The "now customise" bit is actually simpler than you thought. You see the 3 lines below that comment:

if ($category_id == 1) return 55;/* on category 1, return module 55 */
if ($category_id == 2) return 56;/* on category 2, return module 56 */
if ($category_id == 3) return 57;/* on category 3, return module 57 */

Well instead of those 3 lines, just use one of these as a template to do what you need it to do.

e.g.
if ($category_id == 1) return 55;

That means, for category 1, use module 55.

If there are different modules that you want to use for different categories, then just add additional lines just like that one, immediately following that line, just like in the example on the web page.

Obviously, you will need to change the "1" and the "55" to suit your particular site.

Lastly, if you want to return more than 1 module for a particular category, then you need to put the module ids in double quotes like this:

if ($category_id == 1) return "55,56";

Hope that helps - please write back if you need more help with it.

Cheers,
Stephen

Thanks Steve, that makes it clear.

It also makes it clear that something must be wrong because I still can't get it to work. The thing is, I think I had it working, and modules were showing like their supposed to, and now they don't.

I am trying to think of what other reasons might be the cause of metamod not working for me, now that I know the actual code is correct.

Any ideas?

Jamie

By the way, if you install the newest version of MetaMod (2.4c) then you can replace the ENTIRE rule above with this simple line:

if ($content_genius->check("category_id = 41" ) ) return 138;

Cheers,
Stephen

Hi Jamie,

it's all working now. I just used the recipe:

if ( $content_genius->check("category_id = 41" ) ) return 138;

The only real problem was that you had set the MetaMod to display on "none" pages. You did need to do that for the target module, but not for the MetaMod. The MetaMod has to be set to appear on some pages, otherwise, well, it just wouldn't display.

All done,
Best regards,
Stephen

One more clarification Stephen. When I select a menu in the metamod module, can it be any selection, and then the php code takes effect, or must it be the actual category that corresponds the category chosen in the php code?

Jamie