Description on Category Grid Page

[Ben]

What is the best way to get my summary or description on to the Category Grid Page layout? I tried this in the .ascx but didn't work.

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<asp:Literal ID="CategoryDescription" runat="server" EnableViewState="false"></asp:Literal>

The Category Details Page adds my summary/description but doesnt give me a 3 column option. I would be willing to use Category Details Page if I could make it into 3 columns. Thanks

[mwolf]

I actually just did this on CategoryGridPage today.

CategoryGridPage.ascx (add this code wherever you want the description to display)

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<div style="text-align:center; padding:8px;">
  <asp:Literal ID="CategoryDescription" runat="server"></asp:Literal>
</div>  

CategoryGridPage.ascx.cs (change BindPage() function)
Original Code:

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    private void BindPage()
    {
        //BIND THE DISPLAY ELEMENTS
        if (IsValidCategory())
        {
            CategoryBreadCrumbs1.Visible = DisplayBreadCrumbs;
            CategoryBreadCrumbs1.CategoryId = this.CategoryId;
            if (_Category != null)
            {
                Page.Title = _Category.Name;  
                //Caption.Text = _Category.Name;
            }
            else
            {
                // IF IT IS ROOT CATEGORY
                Page.Title = DefaultCaption;
                //Caption.Text = DefaultCaption;
            }
            BindSubCategories();
        }
        else
        {
            CategoryHeaderPanel.Visible = false;
        }
        BindSearchResultsPanel();
    }

CHANGE BindPage() To:

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    private void BindPage()
    {
        //BIND THE DISPLAY ELEMENTS
        if (IsValidCategory())
        {
            CategoryBreadCrumbs1.Visible = DisplayBreadCrumbs;
            CategoryBreadCrumbs1.CategoryId = this.CategoryId;
            if (_Category != null)
            {
                Page.Title = _Category.Name;  
                CategoryDescription.Text = _Category.Description;   
                //Caption.Text = _Category.Name;
            }
            else
            {
                // IF IT IS ROOT CATEGORY
                Page.Title = DefaultCaption;
                //Caption.Text = DefaultCaption;
            }
            BindSubCategories();
        }
        else
        {
            CategoryHeaderPanel.Visible = false;
        }
        BindSearchResultsPanel();
    }

[kens]

Hi all-

I tried this solution on a customcategorygridpage that I have and it worked fine (I usedd cdesc.text instead of Categorydescription.text). I tried the same code on the regular categorygrid page and it gave me the following error:


cdesc does not exist in the current context

any ideas why it would work in one and not the other?

Thanks

Ken

[s_ismail]

I guess you are missing literal control with id 'cdesc' in your customcategorygridpage.ascx file. If you want to use literal with id 'cdeskc' then you must have a literal control instead of Categorydescription literal
LIke this one

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<asp:Literal ID="cdesc" runat="server"></asp:Literal> 

[kens]

Almost forgot to come back and say thanks.

It never even occurred to me that I HAD to reference it in ascx page in order to not get an error. I had assumed (rotten me) that step 1 was to set it up in cs file and step 2 was put it in the ascx file and that it wouldn't be a problem.

I have a lot to learn!

Thanks

Ken