highlight current categories in sidebar

[thomas]

hi i use this code to show the categories of the events in the calendar sidebar:

<ul>
<?php  $terms = get_terms( TribeEvents::TAXONOMY, array( 'orderby' => 'menu_order' ) );
foreach ( $terms as $term ) {
echo '<li><a href="'. get_term_link($term->slug, 'tribe_events_cat') .'" >' . $term->name . '</a></li>'; }?>
</ul>

http://www.villa-ver.de/kalender/
how can i highlight the current event category?
thanks and keep up the good work!
thomas

[Geoff]

Hey Thomas,

Thanks for the kind words, my friend!

Good question. The answer will largely depend on how you’ve set up the get_terms() query, but here’s a nice example of how someone was able to accomplish that, shared on StackOverflow.

Will this help get you started? Please let me know! We’re fairly limited in how much we can support custom development questions, but I’d be happy to help as best I can!

Geoff

[thomas]

he geoff,

i checked some links and now i have this:

if( here has to be the right code snippet ) {$termclass = "current-cat";}
echo '<li class="'. $termclass .'"><a href="'. get_term_link($term->slug, 'tribe_events_cat') .'" >' . $term->name . '</a></li>';

i just need to check if the current category is viewed to put a “current-cat” class to the li.
but i don’t know how? anyway the class works …
thomas

• This reply was modified 8 years, 7 months ago by thomas.
• This reply was modified 8 years, 7 months ago by thomas.

[Geoff]

Hi Thomas,

I’m afraid this sort of customization is outside the scope of what we can support here on the forums. That said, I’ll certainly try to point you in the right direction, if I can!

Perhaps something like this can help:

if ( $post->ID == $page->ID ) { $termclass = "current-cat";} echo '<li class="'. $termclass .'"><a href="'. get_term_link($term->slug, 'tribe_events_cat') .'" >' . $term->name . '</a></li>';

I hope that helps. If not, I’m be happy to leave this thread open a little longer to see if anyone from the community might be able to chime in with additional ideas.

Thanks!
Geoff

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